Chicken Enchiladas

Health score
20%
Chicken Enchiladas
60 min.
6
783kcal

Suggestions

Ingredients

  • tablespoons butter 
  • 14.5 ounce chicken broth canned
  • cups meat from a rotisserie chicken cooked chopped
  • ounce cream cheese cubed
  • 10 7-inch flour tortillas ()
  •  garlic cloves minced
  • 18 ounce chiles diced green canned
  • teaspoon ground cumin 
  • small onion chopped
  • large onions thinly sliced
  • teaspoons oregano dried
  • 0.3 teaspoon pepper 
  • 0.5 cup roasted bell pepper diced red
  • 0.5 cup salsa 
  • 0.3 teaspoon salt 
  • ounces cheddar cheese shredded
  • 0.5 teaspoon sugar 

Equipment

  • food processor
  • frying pan
  • sauce pan
  • oven
  • blender
  • baking pan

Directions

  1. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring often; add sliced onions, and cook 20 minutes or until caramelized. Reduce heat to low, and add chopped chicken and next 4 ingredients, stirring until combined. Set aside.
  2. Pulse chiles and next 5 ingredients in blender or food processor several times until combined.
  3. Bring chile mixture and chicken broth to a boil in a saucepan over high heat; cook 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. (
  4. Mixture should be the consistency of a thin gravy.)
  5. Remove from heat, and stir in salsa.
  6. Spread one third chile mixture evenly on bottom of a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
  7. Spoon chicken mixture evenly down center of each tortilla; roll up, and place, seam side down, in prepared baking dish. Top with remaining chile mixture; sprinkle with cheese.
  8. Bake at 375 for 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly.
  9. Note: Freeze chile mixture and filled tortillas separately up to 1 month, if desired. Thaw in refrigerator overnight. Prepare and bake as directed.
  10. To lighten: Substitute 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, 2% reduced-fat Cheddar cheese, and fat-free tortillas.

Nutrition Facts

Calories783kcal
Protein24.45%
Fat47.96%
Carbs27.59%

Properties

Glycemic Index
55.68
Glycemic Load
14.26
Inflammation Score
-9
Nutrition Score
29.373478630315%

Flavonoids

Apigenin
0.01mg
Luteolin
0.01mg
Isorhamnetin
3.09mg
Kaempferol
0.4mg
Myricetin
0.03mg
Quercetin
12.54mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:783.09kcal
39.15%
Fat:41.64g
64.06%
Saturated Fat:20.08g
125.53%
Carbohydrates:53.89g
17.96%
Net Carbohydrates:47.82g
17.39%
Sugar:7.86g
8.73%
Cholesterol:145.72mg
48.57%
Sodium:2035.49mg
88.5%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:47.77g
95.54%
Selenium:55.35µg
79.08%
Phosphorus:597.75mg
59.77%
Calcium:494.63mg
49.46%
Vitamin B3:9.72mg
48.62%
Vitamin C:39.84mg
48.29%
Vitamin B2:0.65mg
37.96%
Folate:148.43µg
37.11%
Iron:6.27mg
34.83%
Vitamin B6:0.66mg
33.24%
Vitamin B1:0.49mg
32.33%
Zinc:4.65mg
31.03%
Manganese:0.59mg
29.41%
Vitamin A:1305.68IU
26.11%
Fiber:6.07g
24.27%
Vitamin B12:1.29µg
21.52%
Potassium:653.74mg
18.68%
Magnesium:70.05mg
17.51%
Vitamin K:14.4µg
13.71%
Copper:0.22mg
11.14%
Vitamin B5:1.11mg
11.11%
Vitamin E:1.27mg
8.44%
Vitamin D:0.3µg
1.97%
Source:My Recipes