Chicken or Turkey Enchiladas
Description: 🌮 This recipe, discovered in an old Betty Crocker grocery store recipe book, offers a delightful twist on traditional enchiladas. With a focus on lower fat content, it skips the cream of chicken soup, delivering a healthier yet equally delicious version. Even the little ones in the family will find themselves enchanted by these flavorful enchiladas!
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 6
Yield: NaN
Nutritional Information (per serving):
- Calories: 227.5
- Fat Content: 8.6g
- Saturated Fat Content: 3.3g
- Cholesterol Content: 46.1mg
- Sodium Content: 573.1mg
- Carbohydrate Content: 19g
- Fiber Content: 1.7g
- Sugar Content: 2.1g
- Protein Content: 18g
Ingredients:
- 1 cup green chili salsa
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro stems
- 1 lime, juiced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 cups cooked chicken or turkey, shredded
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
- 6 flour tortillas
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
Instructions:
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Preheat the Oven: 🕒 Heat your oven to 350°F (175°C) to ensure it’s ready when your enchiladas are prepped.
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Prepare Baking Dish: 🍽️ Spray a rectangular 11×7 baking dish with cooking spray, ensuring easy cleanup later on.
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Blend Sauce: 🥣 In a blender or food processor, combine the green salsa, cilantro, lime juice, and garlic. Blend on high speed for about 30 seconds until smooth. Set aside half of this flavorful mixture for later use.
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Mix Filling: 🥄 In a mixing bowl, combine the remaining half of the sauce mixture with the shredded chicken or turkey and 1/4 cup of the shredded mozzarella cheese. Mix until well combined.
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Fill Tortillas: 🌯 Spoon approximately 1/4 cup of the chicken (or turkey) mixture onto each flour tortilla. Roll the tortillas around the filling, ensuring they are sealed with the seam side down.
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Arrange in Baking Dish: 🏺 Place the filled tortillas seam side down in the prepared baking dish, creating a snug arrangement to fit them all in.
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Add Sauce and Cheese: 🧀 Pour the reserved sauce mixture evenly over the top of the enchiladas, ensuring each one gets a flavorful coating. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese on top.
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Bake: 🍳 Place the baking dish, uncovered, in the preheated oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the enchiladas are heated through and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
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Serve: 🍽️ Once baked to perfection, remove the enchiladas from the oven and serve them hot, garnished with lime wedges for an extra zest of flavor.
Enjoy your delightful Chicken or Turkey Enchiladas! 🎉
