Chicken Black Bean And Spinach Enchiladas With Tomatillo Enchilada Sauce Food

CHICKEN, BLACK BEAN, AND SPINACH ENCHILADAS WITH TOMATILLO ENCHILADA SAUCE

Steps:

• Place tomatillos in a medium sized sauce pan.
• Cover with hot water and bring to a boil. Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Remove tomatillos from water and place in a food processor with remaining ingredients, starting with only one of the jalapenos.
• Process until smooth.
• Test for heat and add the remaining half of the jalapeno if desired. Set aside.
• Melt the butter in a skillet over medium high heat.
• Add 1 clove of minced garlic. Add the flour, whisking until golden and bubbly, about 2-3 minutes.
• Slowly whisk the broth into the flour mixture.
• Stir in the sour cream, whisking if necessary to remove any lumps.
• Simmer until sauce is thickened.
• Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Steam the tortillas using a tortilla warmer. If you don't have a tortilla warmer, see the bottom of this article at Food & Wine for alternative methods. Set tortillas aside and keep warm.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Spread 1/4 cup of the Tomatillo Sauce on the bottom of an oven safe pan or two, depending on the size of the pan. Set aside.
• Combine the chicken, spinach, salt, pepper and shredded cheese in a medium to large bowl. Stir until ingredients are evenly distributed.
• Add the beans and carefully stir in so as not to mash up the beans.
• One by one, fill a tortilla with a small handful of filling, about 1/4 - 1/3 cup.
• Roll the tortilla, placing the seam side down in the previously prepared pan(s). Repeat until all tortillas have been filled.
• Drizzle sour cream sauce on top, followed by the tomatillo salsa. Top with additional shredded cheese, if desired.
• Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes, or until tortillas are heated through. Makes 2 dozen enchiladas.

CHICKEN AND SPINACH ENCHILADAS

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!

CHICKEN & BLACK BEAN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Place chicken breasts in a skillet, cover with water, and add onion, peppercorns, garlic, bay leaves, and bouillon.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until chicken is cooked, about 20 minutes (depending on how thick the breasts are). Remove from broth; set aside and let cool. When the chicken is cool, shred.
• While chicken is cooking, melt 2 Tbsp butter in medium sauce pan over medium heat. Add flour and cook for 2-3 minutes, until roux starts to turn light brown.
• Add tomato paste, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder and adobo; stir to combine.
• Stir in chicken broth and 1/2 cup water.
• Bring to a boil, the reduce heat to low. (You can add up to a 1/4 cup more water to thin it out a little if you prefer.).
• Taste and season with salt and pepper.
• To assemble enchiladas, warm tortillas in the microwave so they are more pliable, approximately one minute.
• Sprinkle 1 Tbsp of the roughly chopped cilantro down the center of the tortilla.
• Next, add 1/4 cup shredded cheese.
• Top with 2 Tbls of black beans and a generous 1/3 cup of shredded chicken.
• Bring one side of the tortilla over the top of the filling, tuck in and continue to roll.
• Coat the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish with 1 cup of the enchilada sauce.
• Place rolled enchiladas in the pan and cover with remaining sauce and 1-2 cups of cheese and any remaining cilantro.
• Bake at 375 for 20-30 minutes, or until hot all the way thru and the sauce is bubbly.

MELISSA'S CHICKEN, SPINACH & BLACK BEAN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Saute the chopped onion in a little olive oil, add the frozen spinach and cook about 10 minutes, stirring often.
• Add the rotel tomatoes, cumin, chili powder to the spinach mixture and mix well. Cook about 5 minutes, then add cream cheese and cook until melted on medium low heat. Stir frequently while it melts.
• Add black beans to mixture, then add shredded cheese. Mix well then take off heat and put to the side.
• To make the Sauce:.
• Combine all the ingredients in a sauce pan and mix well. Heat until bubbly.
• Spread enough sauce to make a thin layer onto the bottom of a 9 x 13 inch pan. Heat the tortillas in the microwave for about 30 seconds until warm. Spread spoonfuls of the spinach filling onto each tortilla, then wrap it and place seamside down in the pan. When pan is full, pour the remaining sauce over enchiladas, the top with cheese.
• Bake at 350 about 30 minutes until sauce is bubbly and cheese is melted.

EASY CHICKEN & BLACK BEAN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• In frypan, cook chicken in oil over medium-high heat until chicken is just done; season with garlic salt and cumin to taste; add salsa, black beans, and half the cheese and stir until evenly distributed.
• Heat oil in small frying pan; soften tortillas, one at a time, by placing in hot oil for a few seconds on each side; drain tortillas on absorbent paper.
• Divide chicken mixture between tortillas; roll tortillas tightly and place seam-side-down in a 9x13" baking pan that has been sprayed with no-stick cooking spray.
• Pour enchilada sauce evenly over top; top with remaining cheese; bake at 350° for 20 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly.

VEGAN SPICY POBLANO & TOMATILLO ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Put the tomatillos and peppers in a pan under the broiler for 7 minutes or until they char. Turn them and keep them in for 5 more minutes.
• Empty the tomatillos and peppers (and any collected drippings from the pan you broiled them on) into a food processor with garlic cloves and process until very smooth.
• Put the vegetable blend into a large saucepan with the broth and add lentils. Cover and cook until lentils are tender (15 minutes with red or yellow lentils, 20-25 for green, french or black) and turn off the heat.
• While that cooks, drain your beans, put them in a bowl and partly mash them (just take a large slotted spoon and crunch down on them sporadically)
• Add the beans, cilantro and nutritional yeast into the cooked lentil mix and stir together.
• While that settles, make the enchilada sauce by melting together the flour and margarine to make a roux, then whisking in broth, tomato paste and chili powder. Stirring constantly, cook over medium/high heat until thick and bubbly. Add a dash of cayenne or chipotle to taste if you like it a little hotter.
• You can make this casserole style (layering the tortillas with the filling and sauce) or traditional roll-up style.
• Coat the bottom of your pan with a 1/2 c of the enchilada sauce, then spoon the filling into tortillas and roll them, placing them closely in the pan, then top with enchilada sauce for traditional rolled enchiladas.
• Coat the bottom of the pan with 1/2 c of the sauce, then layer tortillas, filling, sauce, tortillas, filling, sauce, tortillas, sauce if making casserole style.
• If you like a cheesy top, sprinkle on Daiya or nutritional yeast then cover the top of the casserole with foil. In honesty, I can only recommend Daiya if you want a vegan cheese. Every other vegan cheese I've tried tastes gruesome. The recipe is amazingly flavorful without any cheese, but if you must, use Daiya.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, then remove the foil if you've topped it with Daiya for the final 10 minutes. Without cheese, you can keep foil on the whole time.