Chicken Enchiladas Suizas

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 8 ounces grated cheddar cheese
• 4 ounces canned diced green chiles
• 1 cup purchased green chile salsa
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 4 teaspoons ground cumin
• salt and black pepper
• 12 large flour tortillas
• 10 ounces monterey jack cheese, grated
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• chopped avocado
• chopped tomato
• chopped fresh cilantro

Recipe

• 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.