Darlene's Chicken Enchiladas with Red Sauce
Long time family favorite. I've never seen it fail to satisfy even the most hungry Mexican food lovers.
Servings 8 servings
What You Will Need:
- 2 lbs Chicken Breast - 3 large breasts grilled then deboned and shredded.
- 1 lb Pepper Jack Cheese - grated coarsely
- 3 cups Darlene's Red Enchilada Sauce - see recipe for sauce
- 8 Flour Tortillas - 8 inch fits the pan
- 1 Tbsp lime juice - to squeeze over shredded chicken
Method:
Prep:
- Preheat oven to 350 deg F
- Shred your grilled chicken and squeeze the juice of one lime over it and mix
- grate the cheese
- Put the chicken and cheese in individual bowls and move to assembly area
- Spray a 9x13 inch baking pan with cooking spray.
- Cover the bottom with a ladle of sauce
- You will need two pie pan to sauce and assemble the enchiladas.
- Put a ladle of sauce in the bottom of one of the pie pans.
Method of Assembly:
- Dip one of the tortillas in the sauce, flip and dip to cover the other side
- Transfer to the clean pie pan for further assembly
- Place a 1/2 cup of shredded chicken and 1/2 cup of shredded cheese (about a small handful) in the center of the sauced tortilla and roll tightly.
- Lay the rolled enchilada in the 9x13 inch pan
- Repeat until all 8 enchiladas are in the pan. The will be tight, squeeze them in
- Cover the top of the panned enchiladas with at least a ladle of sauce
- Use the remaining cheese to sprinkle on top of the whole thing
- Bake at 350 deg F for 45 minutes
- Either serve them or cover with foil, cool and freeze them for later.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Darlene's Chicken Enchiladas with Red Sauce
Amount Per Serving
Calories 437
Calories from Fat 198
% Daily Value*
Fat 22g34%
Saturated Fat 12g75%
Cholesterol 123mg41%
Sodium 667mg29%
Potassium 530mg15%
Carbohydrates 16g5%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 41g82%
Vitamin A 595IU12%
Vitamin C 2.1mg3%
Calcium 461mg46%
Iron 1.9mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.