Low Fat Chicken Enchiladas
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Preparation Time: 1 hr
Cook Time: 20 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 1 lb chicken breast (on the bone)
- water
- 10 peppercorns
- 1 yellow onion
- 2 peeled garlic cloves
- 1 (7 ounce) can chopped green chilies
- 4 ounces low-fat cream cheese
- 12 (6 inch) corn tortillas
- 1 (10 ounce) can green enchilada sauce
- 4 ounces low-fat sharp cheddar cheese
Recipe
- 1 place chicken breast, peppercorns and onion and garlic in a large saucepan.
- 2 cover with water and bring to a boil.
- 3 reduce to a simmer and cook about 45 minutes until chicken is done.
- 4 remove skin and discard.
- 5 remove chicken from bone and shred.
- 6 mash cooked onion and add to chicken.
- 7 add green chiles with their liquid to chicken.
- 8 add cream cheese to chicken mixture and blend well.
- 9 add broth as necessary to make mixture moist.
- 10 cover bottom of a 9x13 baking pan with about 1/3 of the green chile enchilada sauce.
- 11 bring about an inch of water to a simmer in a skillet.
- 12 pass each tortilla through the water and then fill with 1/12 of the chicken mixture. place in baking pan, seam side down.
- 13 continue this process until all tortillas are filled.
- 14 top enchiladas with remaining green chile sauce, and then sprinkle with cheddar.
- 15 cover and bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.
- 16 pass low-fat sour cream and lime wedges.
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