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SPINACH AND CHICKEN ENCHILADAS RECIPE | ALLRECIPES



Spinach and Chicken Enchiladas Recipe | Allrecipes image

If you like spinach and Mexican food, you'll love these easy chicken enchiladas made with ricotta cheese and spinach.

Provided by duboo

Categories     World Cuisine    Latin American    Mexican

Total Time 1 hours 0 minutes

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Yield 5 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 tablespoon butter
½ cup sliced green onions
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 large cooked chicken breast halves, diced
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach - thawed, drained, and squeezed dry
½ teaspoon chili powder
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
? teaspoon salt
1 cup ricotta cheese
½ cup sour cream
1?½ cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided
1?½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
5 (10 inch) flour tortillas
2 (10 ounce) cans enchilada sauce

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir green onions and garlic in butter until fragrant and softened, about 2 minutes. Stir chicken, spinach, chili powder, black pepper, and salt into the green onion mixture and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Mix ricotta cheese, sour cream, 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, and 1 cup of mozzarella cheese into chicken mixture until thoroughly combined. Reserve remaining Monterey Jack and mozzarella cheeses for topping.
  • Place tortillas into a plastic bag, seal bag, and microwave on high until warm and soft, 30 to 45 seconds. Spoon about 3/4 cup of chicken filling down the center of each tortilla in a line. Roll tortillas around filling and place with seam sides down into a 9x13-inch baking dish.
  • Pour enchilada sauce over filled enchiladas and sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of Monterey Jack and mozzarella cheeses over the top.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until filling is bubbling and cheese topping is browned at the edges, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 687.7 calories, CarbohydrateContent 49.4 g, CholesterolContent 112.3 mg, FatContent 35.2 g, FiberContent 5.4 g, ProteinContent 43.2 g, SaturatedFatContent 17.3 g, SodiumContent 1295.6 mg, SugarContent 3.2 g

CHICKEN AND SPINACH ENCHILADAS RECIPE - FOOD.COM



Chicken and Spinach Enchiladas Recipe - Food.com image

These are excellent enchiladas. Yes, there really is spinach in them! They are very rich and very filling, you will be stuffed. My husband and I got them from my sister-in-law. My husband raved about them and then told me there was spinach in them and wanted me to try them. I told him he was crazy. Well I tried them and they are so good, and I don't even like spinach and he doesn't either. You have to try these!!! You will love them!

Total Time 1 hours

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Yield 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

16 ounces sour cream
8 ounces cream cheese (you can use 1/3 less fat, it still taste great)
10 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and patted dry (you will use lots of paper towels to get all the water off of them)
4 boneless chicken breasts (or you could use 1 whole chicken, deboned)
1 1/4 ounces taco seasoning (or 1-2 tablesppons of homemade taco seasoing which is what I use)
flour tortilla
2 (10 ounce) cans enchilada sauce
shredded cheese (fiesta blend or your choice)

Steps:

  • Boil chicken or bake in oven until fully cooked. Then shred.
  • Drain spinach and use paper towels to towel dry.
  • Mix sour cream, cream cheese, taco seasoning, spinach and chicken.
  • Lay tortillas flat and fill with mixture. Fold and roll. Put all enchiladas in 9 X 13 pan. Cover with enchilada sauce.
  • Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes. Pull out of oven, top with cheese. Put pan back in oven until cheese is melted.
  • Enjoy! ** Remember these are very filling!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 384.2, FatContent 28.4, SaturatedFatContent 14.3, CholesterolContent 108.7, SodiumContent 1182.8, CarbohydrateContent 12.8, FiberContent 3.1, SugarContent 8.8, ProteinContent 20.5

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