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Chicken Enchiladas...white Sauce...rich!
photo by vrvrvr
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 59.14 ml butter or 59.14 ml margarine
- 59.14 ml flour
- 473.18 ml chicken stock (or canned broth)
- 226.79 g sour cream
- 226.79 g chopped green chilies, undrained
- 1.23 ml cayenne pepper
- 709.77 ml chopped cooked chicken breasts
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 473.18 ml monterey jack cheese (or more)
- 8 flour tortillas
directions
- In medium saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour, add chicken stock, heat and stir until thickened and bubbly.
- Add sour cream, green chilies and cayenne. Remove from heat.
- In a separate bowl, toss cooked chicken and chopped onion. To this bowl, add 3/4 cup sauce mixture from the saucepan. Stir well.
- Fill each tortilla with scant 1/3 cup chicken mixture, roll up and place seamside down in oblong greased casserole.
- Pour remaining sauce on top.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, covered.
- Remove from oven, take off foil and sprinkle cheese over top.
- Return to oven or just let it sit on the stovetop while you call everyone to the table. Either way, the cheese will melt.
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Reviews
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In making a roux, the 1st step in this recipe, forgo margarine. There is no good reason to use it. Use unsalted butter if avoiding sodium. Roux must always be mixed then cooked for 3 minutes or more to remove the raw flour taste. Cook longer if you wish to develop a nuttier flavor. Whisk during cooking to avoid burning. Then add your stock, in small amounts, and mixture will quickly thicken. This comment is more for people who aren't familiar working with roux.
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Tweaks
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Mixed up the Dry Enchilada Seasoning Mix Substitute found on Food.com and added in a can of Rotel diced tomatoes & green chilies to the shredded chicken along with some diced onion and a little Mexican cheese. When I made the sauce I left out the cayenne pepper and just added in some more Dry Enchilada Seasoning Mix Substitute.
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This was delicious! I used turkey instead of chicken, but don't feel that that altered the turn out. I would salt and pepper the sauce and the filling, along with garlic either added to the sauce or the filling. I put cheese inside and outside. Next time and there will be a next time :) I will add cilantro to the filling along with some sliced olives. I'm thinking you could sub the green chilies with a green salsa in a pinch. This was a wonderful dinner for a Saturday night. Thank you vivmom for posting this delightful recipe. Shirl
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