Enchiladas..perfect for having few pots and pans to clean and having a lot of food. Try it when some friends are coming over on a week night.
Ingredients:
1 pound of chicken breasts chopped into chunks (note: you can also be extra lazy and buy a cooked rotisserie chicken at your supermarket and shred the chicken off)
If using raw chicken: 1 teaspoon of onion powder, 1 tablespoon of garlic powder, 1 teaspoon of ground Cumin
2-3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
1/2 pint of grape tomatoes, cut in half
1 large red onion, chopped
1/2 of a jalapeno seeded and chopped
1 4oz can of green chiles (look for it in your international food isle)
4 oz of tomato sauce
1 packet of Sazon Goya
A handful of chopped cilantro
1 cup of shredded Montery Jack Cheese
1 cup of shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 bag of 8 ct tortillas (the small, 8'' diameter
2 tablespoons of olive oil
Sour Cream to serve with
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Season chicken chunks with onion, garlic and cumin powder
Heat olive oil in a skillet and sautee chicken on medium heat until no longer pink
Remove the chicken from the skillet and set aside
Add the garlic and onions and cook for about 2 minutes
Add grape tomatoes and jalapenos and cook for about 2 more minutes
Add the tomato sauce, black beans and green canned chiles
Simmer on low heat, stirring every once in a while
While the mixture is simmering, use 2 forks to shred the cooked chicken
Take a ladle full of the mixture and spread it on the bottom of a baking dish
Transfer the chicken back to the skillet and stir
After 5 minutes, turn off heat, add cilantro and let the mixture sit for about 5 minutes to thicken
Lay tortillas on a flat surface. Spoon a large cooking spoon of the chicken and bean sauce and roll up the tortilla. Place it seam side down on the baking dish.
Repeat with all of the tortillas, making 2 rows of 4
Top with the montery and cheddar cheese. Make sure to add cheese in between and on the outside of rows.
Top with some grape tomatoes and cilantro.
Place in the oven for 15 minutes, enough for the cheese to melt and start to become a little crispy on the edges
Serve with sour cream, salsa verde (can be found bottled or canned) or your favorite hot sauce
Variations: If you are vegetarian, leave out the chicken and these will taste pretty damn good anyway! Sometimes I make yellow rice and black beans on the side. Also try serving with guacamole on the side. I am dying to try these with steak instead of chicken.