Creamy Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients

Original recipe makes 12

	2 largeonions; thinly sliced
	4 clovesGarlic; minced
	2 cupscooked chicken
	1/2 cupTomatoes; chopped
	6 ouncescream cheese; fat free, cubed
	1 tablespoonButter
	12 smalltortilla; whole wheat 96% fat free flour
	12 ouncesenchilada sauce; green
	8 ouncescheddar cheese; lowfat, shredded

Calories Per Serving: 296
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Creamy Chicken Enchiladas Preparation

In a wide frying pan over medium heat, cook the onions in butter, for 10 minutes. Add the garlic. Stir frequently to keep onions from burning. Cook an additional 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add chicken, tomatoes, and cream cheese; stir gently to blend, and season with salt. Pour a little green sauce in bottom of 9X13 baking pan. Spoon about 1/3 C of filling down center of each tortilla and roll. Set enchiladas, seam side down in baking pan. Continue until pan is full. Cover with remaining sauce and top with grated cheese. At this point you may cover and refrigerate. Preheat oven to 375°F.

If refrigerated, bake for 30 minutes, 15 minutes covered, remove foil and bake 15 minutes more. If not refrigerated, bake uncovered for 20 minutes.

You may certainly use the full fat versions of the ingredients and regular flour tortillas. If you like it hot, add as much heat as you like with peppers or salsa.

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Learn more about the ingredients in this recipe: onions Garlic cooked chicken Tomatoes cream cheese Butter tortilla enchilada sauce cheddar cheese

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Creamy Chicken Enchiladas Reviews

	andreaiacovetta First time Ive made them...sooooii good!!! 3 months, 6 days, 21 hours, 27 minutes ago
	tparker0189 very yummy. best enchiladas ever. 3 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes ago
	KDcook I was surprised that this dish was still tasty after reheating it the next day. I highly recommend adding shredded cheddar cheese on top when reheating. 4 months, 16 hours, 32 minutes ago
	justinpinnell Was thinking this was going to be an average beginner dish. Made it for the family, cannot believe how flavorful they turned out. Everyone asked for me to make them again. Thank you very much for this recipe submission 4 months, 20 hours, 16 minutes ago
	DrgnHrt My family loved this dish! It's a great way to use up leftover chicken too. I didn't have any cream cheese, so substituted with 'Laughing Cow' (1 Swiss, 1 Blue Cheese), and it came out great. Given the nutritional difference, I may do that all the time. In any case it got raves from my crew and I will definitely be preparing this again. Thanks for sharing! 4 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 5 hours, 27 minutes ago
	luv2bake We tried this last night and it was delicious. I added some salsa in the mixture as well. This is going to replace our current enchilada recipe! Thanks for posting! 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 46 minutes ago
	Lindsy1017 Had this for dinner last night and it was very good..next time i would add more sauce. 8 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 1 hours, 40 minutes ago
	cybergranny Thanks for all the comments. My family also talks about how amazing this recipe was the first time I made it. We do add a lot of heat to it since we like heat but the great thing is you can make one pan with heat and one without. Sometimes I make double or even triple batches (only if my daughter is around so she can help!) and we freeze 8 enchiladas in 8 x 8 foil pans to freeze. So much better than the frozen food section at the store. We just take them out the night before we are going to make them and put them in the fridge. Next day, after work, pop it in a 350° oven for 30 to 45 minutes depending on how thawed they are. Then remove the foil cover and bake an additional five minutes to slightly brown up the cheese on top. 1 years, 1 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 15 hours, 5 minutes ago
	bangie1 Great! My family loved it. I would prefer it to be spicier so if I were making just for me I would add some jalapenos but as a family dish it is very flavorful and enjoyable. 1 years, 1 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 21 hours, 38 minutes ago
	CyndiTF This was fantastic. I'm making this again tomorrow - the 2nd time in a week. 1 years, 9 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 10 hours, 24 minutes ago
	Stephanie04g My friends and I get together and cook for our husbands and we tried this recipe, it was sooo amazing even after a year later of finding this we still talk about how wonderful it was the first time we made it!!! SOOOOO good!!! 2 years, 1 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 13 hours, 32 minutes ago
	LuAnnCross Easy, delicious. I cooked my own chicken breast first. But no problem! 2 years, 6 months, 4 days, 6 hours, 38 minutes ago
	dzurm 2 years, 9 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 4 hours, 2 minutes ago
	cybergranny Take the time to thoroughly cook the onions, they impart a really important flavor for this dish when carmelized this way. [I posted this recipe.] 3 years, 6 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 7 hours, 54 minutes ago