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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Place chicken in pan of boiling water to cover, and simmer 15-20 minutes. Remove from heat, drain, cool, and shred chicken. | 2. In skillet, melt butter over medium heat. | 3. Cook onion and bell peppers until just soft, 5-8 minutes. | 4. Transfer to large bowl. | 5. Add chicken, cheddar cheese, green chiles, salsa, cilantro, and cumin. Season with salt and pepper to taste and mix well. | 6. Note: you can do this much a day ahead and store in the fridge. It's pretty tasty just as is without the rest of the recipe, but since you're making a special dinner, read on. | 7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. | 8. Grease 10x15x2-inch baking pan or 2 smaller pans. | 9. Place 1 flour tortilla on flat surface and place about 1/3 cup chicken mixture along 1 edge. | 10. Roll up from filling side, and place, seam side down, in prepared pan. Repeat process with remaining chicken mixture. | 11. Sprinkle Monterey Jack over enchiladas. | 12. Combine cream and chicken broth and pour over enchiladas. | 13. Cover pan with foil and bake 30 minutes. | 14. Remove foil and continue baking 10 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Garnish individual servings with avocado, tomato and cilantro, if desired. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chicken breast half	6	boneless	skinless boneless	-	-	-	-
butter	1	tablespoon		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
onion	1	cup	chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
green bell pepper	1		seeded chopped	100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
cheddar cheese	8	ounces	grated	399.1609	24.2898	30.4133	20.1395
green chile	4	ounces	canned diced	100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
chile salsa	1	cup	purchased	100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
cilantro	1/2	cup	chopped	1.84	0.2936	0.1704	0.0416
cumin	4	teaspoons	ground	31.5	3.7162	1.496	1.8707
salt black pepper				100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
flour tortilla	12			-	-	-	-
monterey jack cheese	10	ounces	grated	100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
whipping cream	1	cup		350.4	3.552	2.6039999999999996	37.092
chicken broth	1/2	cup		39.06	0.945	5.5692	1.3104
avocado			chopped	-	-	-	-
tomato			chopped	-	-	-	-
cilantro			chopped	1.84	0.2936	0.1704	0.0416

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.