Simple Chicken Enchiladas

Simple Chicken Enchiladas alongside their chicken & cheese filling seasoned but for exactly the correct flavor "oomph" in addition to moistness, these are our family-favorite enchiladas.  Make a pan for tonight, in addition to i to freeze for later!

Here at house, we've of late had a 5-year-old niggling daughter bring together our family.  She is a sweet, loving, adventurous, full-spirited niggling daughter whom nosotros adore ... in addition to who totally runs our pa-tooties off!  She is thence total of energy, in addition to I must acknowledge that my hubby in addition to I are experiencing whole novel levels of tiredness equally nosotros do our real best to operate along upward alongside her.  We'll lead handgrip of upward on slumber inward fifteen years or so, right?

I honey her adventurous spirit, in addition to am thrilled to tell that she's non alone adventurous inward life ...but alongside food, too!  'Cause seriously ... I don't know what I would do alongside a picky eater.  No joke.  A picky eater would last really  tough on me.  But Little Miss H. is willing to movement exactly close anything, in addition to thence far, we've alone constitute close 2 things she doesn't like.

But fifty-fifty alongside her nutrient adventurousness, I soundless wonder sometimes if she'll similar it when I brand some things.  Like alongside these uncomplicated Chicken Enchiladas ...

And so, I served upward this dish of enchiladas alongside trepidation the other nighttime for dinner.  Would Little Miss H. similar them?  Or, would she plough upward her olfactory organ to them inward disgust?  Would I last whipping out my back-up innovation for her dinner? ... {yes, I had laid aside some patently chicken inward the refrigerator from making the filling ... just inward case}.  Or, was she going to dig into these uncomplicated Chicken Enchiladas alongside gusto, equally she does most foods??

I'm happy to report, she loved them!  Yay ... some other win for the adventurous 5-year-old eating column!

Now, on this item night, I had also decided to do a homemade enchilada sauce gustatory modality exam ... pitting my homemade enchilada sauce against a practiced ol' tin of the prepared materials ...

So I wasn't serving upward exactly i pan of uncomplicated Chicken Enchiladas for dinner ... I was serving upward 2 pans!  One alongside homemade sauce, in addition to i alongside store-bought.  And do y'all know what?

Little Miss H. fifty-fifty participated inward the taste-test, tasting a fighting from each pan!  She took her taste-testing purpose real seriously, real decidedly delivering upward her verdict homemade enchilada sauce was the winner, for sure.  Little Miss H. approved.

For our uncomplicated Chicken Enchiladas, I whip upward a pretty basic chicken filling seasoned but alongside sauteed onion, diced light-green chilies, in addition to tabular array salt in addition to pepper.  I similar the flavor the onion in addition to light-green chilies add together ... it's exactly plenty "extra oomph" for the chicken without existence besides much going on.  Some chicken enchiladas are exactly chicken ... that's it ... inward the filling, in addition to I must acknowledge I'm non a fan.  I need a little bit  more than that.

I also similar to add together a fighting of cheese alongside the chicken when I create total my Chicken Enchiladas for added flavor in addition to moistness within ...

I honor that filling the enchiladas alongside chicken solitary tin last a tad fighting dry, in addition to I don't similar dry-inside enchiladas.

Once I've filled in addition to rolled all my enchiladas, I smother them generously alongside enchilada sauce ...

{canned is fine, though homemade enchilada sauce is fifty-fifty improve in addition to sooooo tardily to make}

... in addition to and thence smother generously alongside cheese ...

Once baked, you've got a bubbly pan of uncomplicated Chicken Enchiladas to savour ... seasoned but to give the chicken filling exactly the correct fighting of "oomph," in addition to ... if y'all lead to lead keep the "challenge," smothered inward flavorfully-delicious homemade enchilada sauce.

Thankfully, all 5-year-old Little Miss H. approved.

Simple Chicken Enchiladas
(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

• 6 c. shredded cooked chicken {About 2 lbs. boneless chicken breasts and/or thighs OR 1 whole chicken. I oft usage a fully-cooked rotisserie chicken.}
• 2 T. butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 (4 oz.) can diced light-green chilies, undrained
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper
• 10 flour tortillas* {approximately 9-inch size}
• 4 c. shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 (28 oz.) can enchilada sauce {OR 1 batch homemade enchilada sauce}
• chopped cilantro and/or crumbled queso fresco for garnish {optional}

Directions

1. Melt butter inward a saute pan over medium heat. Add onion in addition to create until softened, close v minutes. Add light-green chilies, shredded chicken, salt, in addition to pepper; stir until good combined. Remove from heat.
2. Spread close 1 tablespoon enchilada sauce on i side of each tortilla. Place close 3/4 loving cup of chicken filling downwardly the centre of each tortilla. Top alongside close iii tablespoons to 1/4 loving cup shredded cheddar cheese. Roll upward each enchilada into a cigar shape. Place seam-side-down inward a 9x13-inch baking dish.
3. Pour remaining enchilada sauce evenly over the plough over of the enchiladas. Top alongside remaining shredded cheese.
4. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees until heated through in addition to cheese is melted, close 25 to thirty minutes. When serving, garnish alongside chopped fresh cilantro and/or crumbled queso fresco, if desired.

* Enchiladas are traditionally made alongside corn tortillas, withal nosotros prefer ours alongside flour tortillas.  Substitute corn tortillas, if desired.  Fry corn tortillas, per packet directions, earlier filling.

Note Simple Chicken Enchiladas freeze well.  Once assembled, skip the baking step.  Wrap tightly inward foil in addition to freeze.  When ready to enjoy, thaw in addition to bake equally directed, adding a few minutes to the baking time.

Enjoy!

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Orange-Coconut Balls

Orange lovers Coconut-Orange Balls are for you!  Because these lilliputian bite-sized beauties pack a huge orangish punch.

This one's pretty simple, folks ... If you lot similar orange, you'll dear these Orange-Coconut Balls.  Not a fan of orange? Then these aren't for you.  It's equally unproblematic equally that.  Because these lilliputian babies? ... They pack a huge orangish punch!

This recipe comes to me past times agency of my mother-in-law.  Back earlier was fifty-fifty a thought, I pose together a solid unit of measurement cookbook compiling all our families' favorite recipes from fancy to plain-Jane, celebration nutrient to every-day dinners that grace our tables in all likelihood to a greater extent than oftentimes than they should.

In all, the cookbook is a collection of 534 solid unit of measurement favorite recipes.  And I'm slowly-but-surely working my agency through cooking each in addition to every one.

When I outset created the cookbook inward 2010, I had personally made 282 of the recipes.  And at 1 time equally of Apr 2016?  I've made 356 of them ... for an increase of 74 made over the past times six years.  Hmmmm ... at this rate, it's going to possess got me nearly fifteen to a greater extent than years to complete making them all!

I ameliorate pick upward the pace.

Anyway, these Orange-Coconut Balls are 1 of the recipes that grace the pages of our solid unit of measurement cookbook.

Orange-Coconut Balls larn their sunny orangish flavour from frozen orangish juice concentrate.  In similar fashion to how I brand my Rum Balls amongst Spiced Rum (another solid unit of measurement favorite!), the orangish juice concentrate is combined amongst a mixture of vanilla wafer crumbs, confectioners' sugar, in addition to finely chopped nuts ... which all in addition to thus gets rolled into lilliputian bite-sized balls of orangish deliciousness.

Which are in addition to thus coated inward the sweetness yumminess of coconut.

Mmmm, the orangish in addition to kokosnoot are such a wonderful flavour combination.  It's similar a outburst of Florida in addition to the tropics, all inward 1 bite!

And orangish lovers, what could live ameliorate than that?

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Desserts

Yield: about 70-80 balls

Author: Tracey |

Orange-Coconut Balls

Orange lovers Coconut-Orange Balls are for you! Because these lilliputian bite-sized beauties pack a huge orangish punch.

prep time: thirty Mcook time: total time: thirty M

ingredients:

• 3 c. vanilla wafer crumbs {a 12 oz. box, crushed ... a nutrient processor makes quick operate of the crushing!}
• 1 1/2 c. finely chopped pecans or walnuts
• 3/4 c. (6 oz.) frozen orangish juice concentrate, thawed
• 4 c. confectioners carbohydrate {1 lb.}
• 2 T. butter, melted
• red & yellowish nutrient coloring {optional}
• Approximately two c. shredded coconut

instructions:

How to fix Orange-Coconut Balls

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine vanilla wafer crumbs, nuts, confectioners sugar, orangish juice concentrate, in addition to melted butter. Mix until good combined.*
2. Roll into pocket-size balls, only about 1-inch inward diameter. Immediately curlicue each ball inward coconut. 
3. Place inward an airtight container in addition to chill.

TRACEY'S NOTES

1. *If using nutrient coloring, add together nearly three drops ruddy nutrient coloring in addition to v drops yellowish nutrient coloring to the mixture ... or, the amount needed to attain your desired color of orange.

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Strawberry Pudding

Strawberry Pudding Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 elementary glazed strawberry mixture is layered alongside creamy pudding, whipped cream, together with vanilla wafer cookies ... merely similar classic banana pudding, but alongside strawberries instead.  It's banana pudding's {totally scrumptious} strawberry cousin!

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It's strawberry season!!!  And I couldn't live on happier!!

Yes, elementary things inward life brand me happy ... together with in-season, fresh-picked strawberries are indeed i of those elementary things that brand me very  happy.  I am blessed to alive literally less than a 5 infinitesimal effort away from iii {three!} local strawberry farms.

And accept I already been to pick upward a pint or 2 of fresh-picked berries this season? ... Well, yes, yes I have.

Just similar classic banana pudding, but alongside strawberries instead.  It's banana pudding's {totally scrumptious} strawberry cousin!

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few of those beautiful berries may accept merely industrial plant life their agency into this totally scrumptious, totally drool-worthy Strawberry Pudding.

I've teamed upward alongside a few other bloggers this calendar month for a strawberry recipe challenge, together with Strawberry Pudding seemed similar a lovely choice for my contribution to the strawberry deliciousness!

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  Strawberry Pudding

  Source:  Adapted from The Covered Dish, recipes from Good Hope United Methodist Church, Lexington, NC

  (Printable recipe)

  Ingredients

  • 4 c. sliced fresh strawberries (about 1 to 1 1/2 quarts)
  • 1 (3 oz.) bundle strawberry Jell-o {sugar-free works merely fine, too}
  • 2 (3.4 oz.) packages instant vanilla pudding {sugar-free works merely fine}
  • 3 c. milk
  • 1 c. sour cream
  • 1 (11 oz.) box vanilla wafers
  • 1 (8 oz.) container non-dairy whipped topping, divided {or 3 c. homemade whipped cream}

  Directions

  1. Place strawberries inward a saucepan together with sprinkle alongside dry out Jell-o powder; stir gently to evenly coat berries. Heat over medium-low oestrus merely until Jell-o is dissolved. Set aside to cool.
  2. In a mixing bowl, trounce together milk, sour cream, together with dry instant vanilla pudding powder until good combined. Fold inward one-half of the whipped topping.
  3. In a trifle bowl or glass bowl, brand layers inward this order: vanilla wafers, one-half of the pudding mixture, together with one-half of the strawberry mixture. Repeat layers i time more. Top alongside remaining whipped topping. Crumble 4 or v vanilla wafers on give of whipped topping.
  4. Cover together with chill overnight.
  5. At serving time, garnish alongside additional whole and/or sliced strawberries, if desired.

  Enjoy!
  
  
  
  
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Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas ... Bully Make-Ahead For A Crowd

Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas amongst a creamy greenish chilies sauce are a bully make-ahead, freezer-friendly dish to feed a crowd!

This is i of those dishes that brings backs childhood memories.  Well, actually, teenager memories.

During our high schoolhouse in addition to college days, our solid was i of the houses where my brother's in addition to my friends simply seemed to gather.  Especially during our college breaks, Mom was never certain how many people she was going to accept around for dinner, in addition to in that place ever seemed to last i or 2 (or more) impromptu additions at the dinner table!  I like these memories.  I similar that our solid was that 'comfortable.'

And when it came to feeding all of us hungry teenagers, Mom got real smart.



Rather than stress most what she was going to feed everyone, she started preparing ahead.  I bet she truly started preparing for Christmas pause waaaayyy earlier fifty-fifty Thanksgiving!  She'd brand huge pans of lasagna, chicken casserole, in addition to a wild rice & shrimp casserole in addition to position them away inwards the freezer agency ahead of time.

And i of the other tricks she had upwards her sleeve?

These Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas.  See, this Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas recipe tin last made ahead of time, is freezer-friendly, in addition to it makes a huge batch.  What to a greater extent than could yous enquire for inwards preparing for a crowd??

Don't ask to feed a crowd?  No problem!  Just position the Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas upwards inwards the freezer inwards smaller pans in addition to you're expert to become for several delicious make-ahead meals.  

To brand these creamy-delicious enchiladas, outset whip upwards a sour cream in addition to greenish chilies-based sauce ...

... in addition to a spinach & chicken filling (with some of the yummy sauce mixed on in).

Then fill upwards tortillas ...

... gyre them up, in addition to lay them inwards a pan.  I truly cram them inwards pretty tight.  From i batch of sauce in addition to filling, I brand 2 large pans of enchiladas (about 16-20 enchiladas).

Finish the Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas off past times pouring the remaining sauce all over in addition to topping amongst shredded cheese.  Bake 'em upwards immediately, refrigerate them over nighttime earlier baking, or popular them unbaked inwards the freezer until yous ask them.  You're fix to feed a crowd!

Oh, in addition to did I cite these Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas are delicious? No?

Well, believe me, they are!

Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas
Source:  My Mom
(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

• 12 skinless chicken pectus halves (or yous tin utilization 2 whole cooked rotisserie chickens)
• 2 tsp. salt, divided
• 2 (10 oz.) packages chopped spinach, cooked & drained, reserving broth
• 1 T. butter, melted
• 1 c. diced onion
• 1 (10 3/4 oz.) can cream of chicken soup
• 3/4 c. milk
• 3 (8 oz.) cartons sour cream
• 3 (4 oz.) cans diced greenish chilies, drained
• 3 c. shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided
• 16 flour tortillas (I utilization whole wheat instead. You may ask to a greater extent than than sixteen tortillas.)

Directions

1. Place chicken inwards a large pot in addition to add together H2O to cover; add together 1 teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil; cut estrus in addition to simmer until chicken is cooked through in addition to tender, most thirty minutes. Cool chicken slightly; withdraw chicken from the os in addition to dice.
2. Cook spinach according to packet directions. Drain, reserving 1 loving cup of the spinach broth. Saute onion inwards the butter until tender. Stir inwards diced chicken in addition to spinach.
3. In a separate bowl, combine cream of chicken soup, reserved spinach broth, milk, greenish chilies, sour cream, 1 teaspoon salt, in addition to 1 1/2 cups of the shredded Monterey Jack cheese. Mix well. Stir one-half of this soup mixture into the chicken mixture.
4. Spoon chicken mixture evenly downwards the pump of each tortilla; gyre upwards in addition to house seam-side-down into 2 lightly greased 13x9" baking pans. Spoon remaining soup mixture over tortillas.
5. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Sprinkle amongst remaining 1 1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese in addition to bake 5-10 minutes longer.

NOTE:  These may last frozen earlier baking.  When fix to use, thaw inwards the fridge in addition to bake every bit directed.

Enjoy!

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Peach-Pineapple Salsa {For Cinco De Mayo Fun!}

Love fruit salsas?  Then you'll adore this gorgeous deliciously-sweet-and-spicy Peach-Pineapple Salsa!  It's exactly perfect for Cinco de Mayo ... or any  day ... dipping.

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It's Cinco de Mayo celebration time!  

Yes, I tin transportation away hardly believe May is hither ... but hither it certain is.  And isn't it bang-up that May starts off with giving us a wonderful argue to celebrate?  Not that I demand a argue to bask a large ol' pitcher of margaritas or host a fun-filled Mexican fiesta dinner ... but Cinco de Mayo certain provides a argue for a fun celebration if we're inwards demand of a argue to encourage us along!

So inwards accolade of this special day, I idea it would last fun to portion my favorite agency to celebrate the day.  Well actually, my favorite five  ways to celebrate the day, that is.  

Yes, I similar to celebrate Cinco de Mayo past times enjoying a nice, mutual frigidness champagne margarita amongst a platter-full of my 5 favorite salsas.

That's right, nada beats roughly bang-up salsas for dipping!  And why brand exactly 1 salsa to bask when nosotros tin transportation away celebrate Cinco de Mayo with five  salsas??  Cinco de Mayo is  the fifth of May, afterwards all.

My 5 favorite salsas to celebrate Cinco de Mayo include the gorgeous together with deliciously-sweet-and-spicy Peach-Pineapple Salsa featured inwards this post, of course, every bit good every bit the 4 other tasty salsa creations pictured above:

Grape Salsa

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Black Bean Salsa

Roasted Corn, Black Bean, & Mango Salsa

I created this peachy salsa afterwards my married adult man together with I had gone peach picking 1 afternoon.  I remembered seeing a jounce of peach-pineapple salsa on the shelf during 1 of my grocery shopping trips, together with had idea it sounded similar a fabulous flavour combination.  With that inspiration inwards mind, I railroad train close whipping upwards my ain version with our freshly-picked peaches.

And may I exactly tell ... WOW! ... utilisation nosotros always dear this salsa.  To us, it's exactly the correct ease of sweetness together with spicy ... perfect spooned over chicken or fish, or just-as-it-is inwards a bowl for dipping.

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I exactly dear the bang-up gustatory modality together with sturdiness of José Olé snacks, which makes them the perfect dippers for scooping upwards my favorite hefty fruit-filled together with chunky salsas.

Not exclusively utilisation José Olé snacks supply a bang-up scooping base of operations for chunkier salsas, they're protein-packed with existent meat together with cheese, too.  Which makes them a totally fabulous agency to satisfy hearty appetites during whatever celebration, non exactly Cinco de Mayo.

For my dipping? ... I chose José Olé Chicken & Cheese Nacho Bites together with José Olé Beef & Cheese Mini Tacos.  And I must say, the Peach-Pineapple Salsa pairs peculiarly wonderfully with the Chicken & Cheese Nacho Bites!  I exactly dear how the sweet-and-spiciness of the salsa combines with the flavour of the Nacho Bites' savory chicken filling.

Look for José Olé snacks inwards the freezer aisle at your local grocery store, together with exactly popular them inwards the oven or microwave to create a conveniently easy, hearty, together with satisfying political party platter ... with or without a alternative of salsas for fun-and-tasty dipping.

As for me?  I'll last celebrating Cinco de Mayo salsa-style past times mixing upwards large bowls of homemade salsa, grabbing that pitcher of margaritas, together with serving upwards a fun-filled Mexican fiesta salsa platter.

Complete with our favorite sweet-and-spicy Peach-Pineapple Salsa taking a identify of accolade inwards the centre of the platter.

Peach-Pineapple Salsa
(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

• 2 c. chopped fresh pineapple
• 2 c. chopped fresh peaches, peeled
• 1 modest jalapeno pepper, seeded & ribs removed*
• 1/2 of a medium red onion
• 1 medium red bell pepper
• 1 tsp. ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 medium limes
• 3/4 c. chopped fresh cilantro

Directions

1. Finely chop pineapple, peaches, jalapeno, cherry onion, together with cherry bell pepper. Combine inwards a mixing bowl. Add cumin, salt, together with cilantro; toss. Add the juice from the limes; toss to coat.
2. chill for close xxx minutes earlier serving. Serve with José Olé snacks, tortilla chips, or pita chips for dipping.

*Remove jalapeno seeds together with ribs for a 'medium' salsa.  For to a greater extent than heat, exit inwards roughly of the seeds.  I take away the seeds together with ribs from 1/2 of the jalapeno together with exit them inwards the other half, which results inwards a pretty spicy salsa.

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