Description
Ina Garten’s chicken enchiladas offer a delightful Mexican-inspired comfort meal with layers of rich flavors and creamy textures. Home cooks can savor this simple yet satisfying dish that brings warmth and spice to dinner tables.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1.5 cups (355 ml) cooked shredded chicken
- 8 corn or flour tortillas
- 2.5 cups (600 ml) shredded Mexican-blend cheese
- 2 cups (475 ml) enchilada sauce
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper to taste
- Diced onions
- Chopped cilantro
- Sour cream
- Shredded lettuce
- Cotija cheese
Instructions
- Preheat Configuration: Warm the oven to 350°F, establishing an optimal thermal environment for baking enchiladas.
- Chicken Preparation: Blend shredded chicken with enchilada sauce, incorporating salt and ground black pepper to create a harmonious flavor profile.
- Tortilla Conditioning: Gently heat tortillas in the microwave, ensuring uniform warmth and preventing potential dryness.
- Assembly Technique: Carefully distribute chicken mixture and cheese along each tortilla, meticulously rolling and positioning seam-side down in a rectangular baking vessel.
- Sauce Coverage: Lavishly coat rolled enchiladas with remaining enchilada sauce, ensuring complete coverage, then generously sprinkle additional cheese across the entire dish.
- Baking Process: Transfer to preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes, monitoring until cheese transforms into a molten, golden-brown landscape.
- Presentation and Garnishing: Immediately extract from oven and embellish with optional toppings like white onions, cilantro, sour cream, crisp lettuce, or crumbled cotija cheese for a vibrant culinary experience.
Notes
- Warm Tortillas Wisely: Microwave tortillas in short bursts to prevent drying out, rotating midway for even softening and flexibility.
- Season Chicken Generously: Add extra spices like cumin or chili powder to enhance the chicken’s flavor profile beyond basic salt and pepper.
- Roll Technique Matters: Place filling slightly off-center and roll tightly to prevent unraveling during baking, ensuring neat and compact enchiladas.
- Cheese Distribution Strategy: Layer cheese both inside and on top of enchiladas for maximum melted, gooey goodness and rich, satisfying texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Lunch, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 430
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 900 mg
- Fat: 24 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 36 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 75 mg