chicken taco enchiladas

Name: Chicken Taco Enchiladas
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 12 small chicken breast tenderloins,uncooked, diced; 1 teaspoon(s) black pepper; 1 package(s) 1.25 oz. french's taco seasoning dry mix; 1 cup(s) diced onion, divided; 1 1/2 cup(s) diced green bell pepper, divided; 8 ounce(s) pkg. cream cheese,softened and cut into cubes; 1 1/2 cup(s) lime and garlic salsa,divided; 10-12 medium flour tortillas; 3 cup(s) shredded mexican cheese blend; 2/3 cup(s) milk; garnish: - dairy sour cream, optional

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Pat Duran

Las Vegas, NV

Updated on Feb 5, 2013

This is a recipe take -off of Goldie Barnhart.. I wanted to make her recipe for dinner guest , but did not have all the ingredients needed in the recipe so I added a few different ones and kept some the same..it turned out delicious and the guest asked for the recipe- I also gave her Goldie's original recipe.. Thanks so much for your inspiration Goldie..hugs.

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 25 Min

method Bake

yield 12 taco enchiladas.

Ingredients

12 small chicken breast tenderloins,uncooked, diced
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 package 1.25 oz. french's taco seasoning dry mix
1 cup diced onion, divided
1 1/2 cups diced green bell pepper, divided
8 ounces pkg. cream cheese,softened and cut into cubes
1 1/2 cups lime and garlic salsa,divided
10-12 medium flour tortillas
3 cups shredded mexican cheese blend
2/3 cup milk
garnish: - dairy sour cream, optional

How To Make chicken taco enchiladas

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350^. Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with vegetable oil. Set aside. Dice up onion and bell pepper, place together in a small bowl. Using partially frozen tenderloins, dice into small pieces and place in a large saucepan with 1 Tablespoon of cooking oil. Continue dicing and placing in pan until all the chicken is diced up and in the pan. Stir in the black pepper and the 3/4 of the package of taco seasoning.

Step 2

Add 1/2 the pepper/onion mixture,cream cheese and 1 cup of the salsa. Stir until the cream cheese melts. In another small saucepan pour the milk and add the shredded cheese stirring until all blended and smooth.
Step 3

Scoop about 1/3 of a cup of the meat mixture down the center of each tortilla; roll up and place seam side down in prepared pan;Spoon the melted cheese sauce evenly over the tortilla rolls in the pan and sprinkle remaining bell pepper/onion mixture over cheese then the remaining salsa. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes- remove foil and sprinkle remaining taco seasoning over all and bake for 20 minutes more . Serve with sour cream,if desired.
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