Chicken Enchiladas
Ingredients
1 large flour tortillas
Tomato Sauce
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 onion minced
2 cloves garlic minced
2 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 can ground tomatoes (28 oz/796 ml)
Chicken Filling
2 lbs chicken
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 red pepper seeded and sliced
1 jalapeno pepper minced
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 cups monterey jack cheese
1/4 cup chopped fresh coriander
Method
Tomato Sauce:
In large saucepan, heat oil; fry onion, garlic, chili powder, coriander, oregano, cumin, salt and pepper, stirring occassionally until softened, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer about 20 min , until spoon scraped across bottom of pan leaves gap that fill sin slowly.
Chicken Filling:
Trim fat from chicken; cut crosswiseinto 1/4" thick slices. IN large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat; brown chicken, in batches. Put in bowl.
Drain fat from pan. Add pepper and jalapeno peppers, salt and pepper; cook over medium high heat, stirring until tender crisp, 3 min. Add to chicken; let cool. Stir in one cup of the cheese and 2 tbsps of the coriander.
Spread 1 cup of the tomato sauce in 13x9" glass baking dish. Spoon heaping 1/2 cup of the filling down centre of each tortilla; rollup tightly and place, seam side down, in baking dish.
Spoon remaining tomato sauce over enchiladas. Cover with foil; bake in 375 oven for 30 min. Sprinkle with remaining cheese; bake uncovered until tip of knife inserted in centre of enchiladas for 5 seconds comes out hot, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining coriander.
Notes
Quick and easy to make and freeze well. I have also made them using the ready cooked chicken from the store to save time and to use up left over chicken. I think you could add any vegetables that you want to them just to change them up.