Turkey Or Chicken Enchiladas Food

CONTEST-WINNING TURKEY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first 10 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat. , Place 1/2 cup turkey mixture down the center of each tortilla; top each with 1 teaspoon enchilada sauce and 1 tablespoon cheese. Roll up and place seam side down in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Pour remaining enchilada sauce over top; sprinkle with remaining cheese. , Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake 8-10 minutes longer or until bubbly.

TURKEY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a small bowl, combine the cheese, onion, and black olives.
• In a small skillet, heat enough oil to lightly coat one tortilla, and cook until soft. Remove and dip in enchilada sauce to coat.
• Add turkey and cheese mixture to center of tortilla, roll and place in the prepared dish. Repeat until bottom layer of pan is covered with enchiladas. Spread enough sauce over bottom layer to cover.
• Repeat process with a second layer; spread remaining sauce on top and sprinkle with remaining cheese mixture. Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheese is melted.

CHICKEN OR TURKEY ENCHILADAS WITH SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix chicken or turkey, sour cream, 2 cups shredded cheese, and salt.
• Heat oil in an 8-to 10inch frying pan over low heat.
• Dip the tortillas, one at a time, in the hot oil just until limp, about 5 seconds.
• Fill tortillas equally with chicken mixture, roll up, and arrange side by side, slit side down, in a 9-x13 inch baking dish.
• Pour salsa evenly over top.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven until heated through, about 20 minutes.
• If desired sprinkle with more shredded cheese over hot enchiladas before serving.

LEFTOVER TURKEY OR CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a bowl toss turkey, vegetables, cheese, salsa, hot sauce, chili powder, and cumin.
• Spoon filling into tortilla shells. You may need to use more than four if your shells are small.
• Roll the tortilla up and place seam side down into a lightly greased baking pan.
• Top with extra cheese and salsa if desired.
• Baked until heated through, about 15-20 minutes.

CHICKEN OR TURKEY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• Spray rectangular 11x7 baking dish with cooking spray.
• Place green sauce, cilantro, parsley, lime juice and garlic in blender or food processor.
• Cover and blend on high speed about 30 seconds or until smooth.
• Reserve half of mixture.
• Mix remaining sauce mixture, chicken (or turkey) and 1/4 cup of the cheese.
• Spoon about 1/4 cup chicken (or turkey) mixture onto each tortilla.
• Roll tortilla around filling, place seam side down in baking dish.
• Pour reserved sauce mixture over enchiladas.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
• Bake uncovered 20-25 minutes or until hot.
• Serve with lime wedges.

CHICKEN OR TURKEY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan cook onion, covered, in a small amount of water over medium heat until tender; drain.
• In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the cream cheese, the 1 tablespoons.
• water, cumin, pepper, and salt.
• Stir in the cooked onion and chicken.
• Wrap the tortillas in foil.
• Heat in a 350 degree oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until softened (if using a microwave, wrap the tortillas in a microwave-safe paper towel and micro-cook on high for 30 to 60 seconds until softened).
• Meanwhile, spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with non-stick coating.
• For each enchilada, spoon approximately 1/4 cup of the chicken mixture onto one tortilla; roll up.
• Place the tortilla, seam side down, in the baking dish.
• Repeat with the remaining filling and tortillas.
• For the sauce, in a medium mixing bowl combine soup, sour cream, milk, and jalapeno peppers; pour mixture over the enchiladas.
• Bake covered, in a 350 degree oven for about 40 minutes or until heated through.
• Sprinkle with the cheese.
• Bake the enchiladas, uncovered, for 4 to 5 minutes more until the cheese is melted.
• Garnish with cilantro, parsley, tomatoes, and sweet peppers if desired.
• NOTE: Usually I don't have chicken prepared in advance, so I use 4 chicken breast halves and sprinkle them with salt, pepper, and cumin.
• I either saute these or grill them until no longer pink.
• I shred the meat and proceed as usual with the recipe.
• The time to make does not include this step.

CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Coat large saute pan with oil. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Brown chicken over medium heat, allow 7 minutes each side or until no longer pink. Sprinkle chicken with cumin, garlic powder and Mexican spices before turning. Remove chicken to a platter, allow to cool.
• Saute onion and garlic in chicken drippings until tender. Add corn and chiles. Stir well to combine. Add canned tomatoes, saute 1 minute.
• Pull chicken breasts apart by hand into shredded strips. Add shredded chicken to saute pan, combine with vegetables. Dust the mixture with flour to help set.
• Microwave tortillas on high for 30 seconds. This softens them and makes them more pliable. Coat the bottom of 2 (13 by 9-inch) pans with a ladle of enchilada sauce. Using a large shallow bowl, dip each tortilla in enchilada sauce to lightly coat. Spoon 1/4 cup chicken mixture in each tortilla. Fold over filling, place 8 enchiladas in each pan with seam side down. Top with remaining enchilada sauce and cheese.
• Bake for 15 minutes in a preheated 350 degree F oven until cheese melts. Garnish with cilantro, scallion, sour cream and chopped tomatoes before serving. Serve with Spanish rice and beans.

TURKEY OR CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• In a glass bowl combine the onions, 2 Tbsp green chilies, and 1 Tbsp butter. Microwave on high for one minute.
• Add taco sauce, 1/4 cup sour cream, and chili powder. Stir in turkey and 1/2 cup shredded cheese.
• Divide the mixture among the tortillas. Roll tortillas and place seam side down in 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
• Microwave remaining 2 Tbsp butter until melted.
• Blend in flour.
• Slowly stir in broth.
• Microwave on high for three to four minutes, stirring every minute, until thickened.
• Stir in remaining sour cream and peppers.
• Pour mixture over enchiladas.
• Bake 45 minutes at 325 degrees.
• Sprinkle with remining cheese and tomatoes.
• Return to oven until cheese is melted.

TURKEY ENCHILADAS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan using non-stick cooking spray.
• Mix cooked turkey, chili powder (optional) and 1 cup of Monterey Jack cheese together. Roll up in tortillas and place in pan.
• In a medium saucepan, melt butter, stir in flour and cook 1 minute. Add broth and whisk until smooth. Heat over medium heat until thick and bubbly.
• Stir in sour cream, can of chilies, cilantro, onion powder, garlic powder, and pepper.
• **Be sure that you don't bring this to a boil- you don't want to have curdled sour cream!
• Pour over enchiladas and top with remaining cheese.
• Bake 20-22 minutes and then place under high broil for 3 min to brown the cheese.

WHITE CHICKEN OR TURKEY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Section meat and mix lightly with cream cheese.
• Form into logs about 1 inch in diameter and a little shorter than the diameter of your corn tortillas.
• Stir salt, pepper, vinegar and chili powder into cream. If everyone you're serving like heat, add cayenne pepper to taste.
• Melt butter. Coat both sides of a tortilla generously, then put a chicken/cheese log in the middle of a tortilla and roll up. Lay enchilada in pan (seam side down). Repeat for all tortillas and logs.
• Cover enchiladas with cream mixture and slices of Gruyere.
• Bake at 375 degrees until lightly browned, about 30 minutes. Note that cooking time is only approximate.
• Using evaporated skim milk in place of the cream does not work well. If doubled, add 1 cup milk to cream rather than using 2 cups of cream.

LEFTOVER TURKEY - ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Heat a skillet to medium, add some oil and saute the onions for a few minutes then add the peppers and garlic and saute until the onion become translucent.
• Add Tomatoes, seasonings, Stir to combine.
• Add Turkey and 1 cup of enchilada sauce - stir - simmer until some of the liquid has evaporated (not too juicy any more).
• Add cream cheese and stir until well incorporated. Simmer for a few minutes longer.
• In a 9X13" pan add 1 cup of enchilada sauce and coat bottom of pan.
• Add about 1/4-1/3 cup of meat mixture to each tortillia - roll tortilla and place seem side down in a baking dish (just roll, don't fold ends).
• Pour remaining Enchilada sauce over the top of the tortillas.
• Sprinkle cheese over the top.
• Bake i for about 20-30 minutes until cheese is melted and side are bubbling slightly.
• Variations - Add a can of black beans (rinsed and drained) to the meat mixture after incorporating the cream cheese.
• Toppings (suggestions) - Salsa, lettuce, Chopped Olives, Chopped Onion, Chopped tomatoes, chopped jalapeno's.

TURKEY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• In a skillet, saute onion and 2 tablespoons green chilies in 1 tablespoon butter until onion is tender. Remove from the heat. Add the taco sauce, 1/4 cup sour cream and chili powder. Stir in turkey and 1/2 cup cheese. , Divide the mixture evenly among tortillas. Roll up and place seam side down in greased 13x9-in. baking dish., In a small saucepan, melt remaining butter. Stir in flour until blended; gradually stir in broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat and cool slightly. Stir in the remaining sour cream and remaining peppers. , Pour sauce over enchiladas. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 40 minutes. Sprinkle remaining cheese, then tomatoes over top. Bake 5-10 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

CHICKEN OR TURKEY-MUSHROOM ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch casserole dish.
• In a bowl mix together the undiluted chicken soup, with sour cream, 1-1/2 cups cheddar cheese, seasoned salt and black pepper.
• In a saucepan heat butter over medium heat, add in the onion, garlic, red or green bell pepper and chili powder; saute for about 3 minutes.
• Add in the chopped chicken, green chilies (with their juice) mushrooms pieces and about 1/2 cup of the soup/sour cream mixture; mix to combine; bring to a boil and simmer for about 5 minutes, then season with more salt and pepper to taste.
• Spread about half of the soup/chicken mixture onto the bottom of the casserole dish.
• Heat the tortilla shells for about 30 seconds in the microwave to soften.
• Spread about 1/4 to 1/3 cup of the chicken mixture along one side of each tortilla, then roll up each tortilla (there is no need to enclose the sides of the rolled tortillas).
• Place seam-side down in the baking dish.
• Spread remaining soup mixture over the enchiladas, use a spoon to spread the mixture out evenly.
• Sprinkle 1-2 cups or cheddar cheese over the soup mixture.
• Covered with foil and bake for about 25 minutes.
• Remove the foil then bake uncovered for another 10-12 minutes.
• Delicious!