Earlier this year I tried my hand at making chicken enchiladas, and admittedly they were pretty darned good. While perusing some yummy dishes I pinned on Pinterest, I was reminded of an enchilada dish I came across a while back. When I took a look at the recipe it sounded too good not to make.
A couple of things caught my eye here. First off, the enchiladas are filled with rotisserie chicken (hooray I don’t have to deal with raw chicken!) and poblano and jalapeno peppers. I have never worked with Poblanos before and that really made me want to give this recipe a whirl. Second, the sauce was like a cream sauce with chicken broth instead of milk or cream. Then it’s blended with sour cream, spices, avocados, cilantro and lime. It just sounded too darned interesting not to try.
I’m SO glad I did. I kept the cooking moving along quickly by doing my prep work ahead of time. Then it was just a matter of making the avocado cream sauce. Once that was done, I sautéed the onions, poblanos and jalapeno peppers until they were cooked through and the onions were translucent.
At that point the enchiladas are assembled with some cheese thrown in. The recipe calls for Monterrey Jack cheese, but I came across a Monterrey Jack and cheddar cheese blend and I love myself some cheddar cheese so I overruled the ingredients and used that cheese. The enchiladas are rolled up, lined in a greased pan, and then some of the cream sauce is poured over the top along with some more cheese. Then bake the enchiladas until they are heated through and ta-da, the chicken enchiladas are ready to devour.
The cumin in the cream sauce helps to add some complexity to the cream sauce, and the peppers in the enchiladas give the meal a serious (but not too outrageous) kick. This recipe definitely falls into the easy category albeit there are a decent amount of ingredients, but most of them I already had on hand. If you like a hint of heat in your food, then this is certainly a great recipe to throw in the mix.
Click here for the recipe and step by step instructions.
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