My 21 Day Fix approved Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas were awe-some! I loved how rich and creamy they tasted! I know, I know…you see cottage cheese listed as one of the ingredients, but TRUST ME. YUM!! Back in the early days of our marriage, I would make chicken enchiladas with a bunch of canned and pre-packaged items. Canned cream of chicken, a packet of taco seasoning and canned enchilada sauce…highly processed and MSG laden ingredients. There are worse things I guess, but these no longer make the cut at our house.
I had some of my Easy Enchilada Sauce on hand as well as some shredded chicken I had made earlier in the day, so this recipe went pretty quickly! If you don’t have these things on hand, allow a little bit of extra time to prepare them. You can boil and shred the chicken and it won’t take long at all! These would also keep in the freezer if you wanted to pre-make them on the weekend for the week ahead. Cover them with a layer of press and seal and foil and you should be good to go.
I have had Chicken Enchiladas on my ‘to-make’ list for quite awhile now after seeing my friend, Jamie Callahan post about making them. Between traveling and family being in town, I haven’t been cooking at home as much as usual, but I AM BACK!! I was inspired by Jean Reed’s Alfredo sauce recipe which uses cottage cheese instead of heavy cream. I wanted to incorporate that into more of my dishes because it was amazing! I had a lot of fun experimenting with this one and I think it turned out pretty darn good. 🙂 I hope you enjoy it, too!
I blended the cheese mixture with my immersion blender. You can opt to do this, put the mixture into your blender or just mix well with a spoon. I just wanted it to have a nice, creamy texture. If you want to thin it out a little, you can some almond milk.
21 Day Fix Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray a 9x13 baking dish, set aside.
- In a 12" skillet, heat oil and combine shredded chicken breast, onion and bell pepper (and/or chili peppers, optional). Stir in taco seasoning, reserving 1 tsp for the cheese mixture. Saute until chicken is browned and onions are translucent.
- In a small sauce pot, over very low heat, combine plain Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, 1/3 cup Monterrey jack cheese and 1 tsp taco seasoning. Stir until cheese melts. I used my immersion blender to make this into a smoother sauce, this is optional.
- Heat tortillas until soft. In each tortilla, place a spoonful (each) of the cheese and meat mixtures. Roll tortilla and place in the prepared baking dish. Repeat for all 12 enchiladas. Top with any remaining meat and cheese mixture, Enchilada Sauceand remaining shredded cheese.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
Notes
1/2 Green, 1 Red, 1 Yellow, 1 Blue, 1 Spoon (for 2 enchiladas) Adapted from AllRecipes.com