Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas
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Cooking:
20 min.
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Servings per container:
8
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Ingredients for - Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas

1. Butter - 2 tablespoons
2. Onion, minced - 1 large
3. Fresh poblano peppers, seeded and sliced into strips - 2 medium
4. Fresh jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced - 4 medium
5. Garlic, chopped - 2 cloves
6. Chicken chunks, drained - 3 (12.5 fl oz) cans
7. Lime, halved, or more to taste - 1 medium
8. Cream cheese - 1 (8 ounce) package
9. Garlic powder - 1 tablespoon
10. Garlic powder - ½ teaspoon
11. Cayenne pepper - 1 teaspoon
12. Ground paprika - ½ teaspoon
13. Chili powder - ½ teaspoon
14. Ground cumin - ½ teaspoon
15. Salt and ground black pepper to taste - ½ teaspoon
16. Salsa verde - 34 ounces
17. Sour cream - 1 (8 ounce) container
18. Fresh cilantro, chopped - 1 bunch
19. Corn tortillas, or as needed - 8 (6 inch)
20. Shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided - 1 (8 ounce) package

How to cook deliciously - Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish.

2. Stage

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, poblano peppers, jalapeno peppers, and garlic; cook and stir until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Add chicken; squeeze lime halves over chicken, then place rinds and pulp into the skillet. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 25 minutes.

3. Stage

Remove and discard lime rinds. Stir in cream cheese, 1 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, cayenne pepper, paprika, chili powder, and cumin. Season with salt and pepper. Once cream cheese is melted, remove from heat.

4. Stage

Puree salsa verde, sour cream, and cilantro in a blender or food processor.

5. Stage

Heat tortillas in a microwave until soft, 15 to 30 seconds.

6. Stage

Pour enough of the sour cream mixture into the prepared baking dish to coat the bottom. Place 2 heaping tablespoons or more of the chicken mixture in each tortilla, roll up, and place seam side-down in the baking dish. Pour remaining sour cream mixture over all enchiladas and top with shredded Monterey Jack cheese. Cover the dish with foil.

7. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until heated through and bubbling, 30 to 35 minutes.