Chicken Enchiladas

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Ingredients

  • 2 to 3 chicken breasts
  • Old El Paso Chipotle Mexican cooking sauce, 1 package
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 can tomato sauce
  • Corn or flour tortillas
  • Shredded sharp cheddar
  • Spices: chili powder, garlic powder, crushed red pepper, cumin, garlic salt, pepper
  • For toppings: salsa, sour cream, guacamole

Process

  1. Put the chicken breasts in a pot of water and boil for about 20 minutes. This is to shred the chicken, which you'll have to do with two forks. This is by-far the most intensive part of this recipe, so don't get turned off by step #1. If you're really that against it, buy shredded chicken. I think this tastes better though.

  2. Next, heat up a little oil in a skillet and add the minced garlic. Let it saute a bit and then add the shredded chicken. Add the packet of Chipotle sauce and a spoon of salsa and a tbsp. of cumin into the chicken and mix.

  3. At this point, you should probably turn on your oven to preheat it to 350 F.
  4. On another burner, open the can of tomato sauce and pour it into a sauce pan. Add 1 tbsp of cumin, 1 tbsp of chili powder, 2 tsp garlic powder. Add garlic salt and pepper, to taste. Mix well and let it come to a boil and then turn the stove off.

  5. I like to add a spoon of the sauce into the chicken, just to blend the flavors a bit.
  6. In a pan, spoon a little bit of the sauce to make a thin layer at the bottom.

  7. Now create an assembly line. Take a tortilla, stuff it with chicken, sprinkle cheese on top (as you can see, I was very generous with the cheese), roll it up tightly and place it face down in the pan.

  8. Once you've lined up all the cute enchiladas, smother them with the rest of the sauce, and cover with cheese.

  9. Now stick it in the oven for 15 minutes.

  10. Enjoy the end product with cold salsa, sour cream, and/or guacamole.

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