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Creamy-Cheesy White Chicken Enchiladas

ChickenOvenMexican

Time: 40 minutes

Yield: 5 servings

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Creamy-Cheesy White Chicken Enchiladas are as delicious as they sound. Really. Get ready to make your own, made-from-scratch-from-top-to-bottom enchiladas! They're spicy, filled with tender chicken, and as the title suggests, are creamy and cheesy! Nothing beats a good, homemade enchilada, and you'll never want another version once you taste these Creamy-Cheesy White Chicken Enchiladas!

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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 small green pepper, chopped
  • 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped, plus more, to taste, sliced, for topping
  • 5 1/2 cups chicken, cooked and cubed
  • 1/4 cup butter, cubed
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3 cups chicken broth
  • 2 tablespoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 12 flour tortillas
  • 1 1/2 cups Monterey-Jack cheese, shredded
  • fresh cilantro leaves, to taste, chopped, for topping

Directions

Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2 -Grease a 13x9-inch baking dish.

Step 3 -In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat.

Step 4 -Add the onion, the green pepper, and 1 of the jalapeño peppers to the skillet and cook, stirring regularly, until they are tender, about 5-7 minutes.

Step 5 -Add the chicken to the onion mixture, stir to combine, and then transfer the skillet from the heat.

Step 6 -In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium-high heat.

Step 7 -Whisk the flour into the butter until smooth.

Step 8 -Add the chicken broth, the cumin, the garlic powder, the salt, and the pepper to the flour mixture and stir to combine.

Step 9 -Bring the broth mixture to a boil and cook, stirring regularly, until it thickens and is bubbly, about 1-2 minutes.

Step 10 -Transfer the broth mixture from the heat, add the sour cream to the broth mixture, and stir to incorporate.

Step 11 -Add 1 cup of the broth mixture to the chicken mixture and stir to combine.

Step 12 -Spoon 1/2 cup of the chicken mixture down the center of the tortillas.

Step 13 - Roll the tortillas up and place them, seam-side down, into the prepared baking dish.

Step 14 -Pour the remaining broth mixture over the top of the enchiladas.

Step 15 -Bake the enchiladas, uncovered, until the sauce is bubbly and the filling is heated through, about 15-20 minutes.

Step 16 -Sprinkle the enchiladas with the Monterey-Jack cheese and bake until the cheese has melted, about 5-10 minutes.

Step 17 -Garnish the enchiladas with the cilantro and the remaining jalapeño slices.

Step 18 -Serve.

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