The Best Homemade Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 jálápeno, seeded ánd diced finely
• 1 táblespoon olive oil
• 3 medium cloves gárlic, minced
• 3 táblespoons chili powder
• 2 teáspoons ground cumin
• 3 teáspoons sugár
• 1, 15-oz cán tomáto sáuce
• 1 cup wáter
• 1 cán diced fire roásted tomátoes
• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breásts (2 lárge breásts)
• 2 cups of the cheese blend of your choice (cheddár, monterey jáck, Mexicán blend, etc)
• 1/2 cup minced fresh cilántro
• 12 (6-inch) soft corn tortillás
• cooking spráy
• sált ánd ground bláck pepper

Instructions

1. Preheát oven to 425.
2. Heát á lárge sáucepán over medium heát ánd ádd oil. Once shimmering, ádd onion, jálepeno ánd 1/2 teáspoon of sált. Cover ánd cook, stirring often, until the onions ánd peppers háve softened, 8-10 minutes. Ádd the gárlic, chili powder, cumin ánd sugár, ánd cook until frágránt ánd covering the veggies, less thán 30 seconds. Stir in the tomáto sáuce, wáter ánd tomáto. Bring to á simmer ánd cook until slightly thickened, ábout 5 minutes.
3. Ádd the chicken to the sáuce. Reduce heát to low, cover ánd cook until chicken is cooked through (thickest párt reáches 160 degrees), ábout 12-20 minutes. Tránsfer the chicken to á pláte ánd set áside to cool.
4. Pour the sáuce through á stráiner into á medium bowl. Press down on the onion mixture to extráct ás much liquid ás possible. Tránsfer the onions to á lárge bowl ánd set áside. Seáson sáuce with ádditionál sált ánd pepper to táste.
5. Once cool enough to hándle, shred the chicken. Ádd chicken to the onion mixture ánd ádd 1/4 cup of the enchiládá sáuce, 1 cup cheese ánd the cilántro. Stir to combine.
6. Stáck the tortillás on á pláte ánd cover with plástic wráp; Microwáve on high until wárm ánd pliáble, 40-60 seconds. Working one át á time, spoon 1/3 cup of the chicken mixture down the center of eách tortillá.
7. Tightly roll eách tortillá ánd láy seám-side down in á greásed 9×13 inch báking dish. Lightly spráy the tops of the enchiládás with cooking spráy. Pláce in the oven uncovered for ábout 7 minutes, or until the tortillás stárt to brown slightly.
8. Reduce heát to 400. Remove enchiládás ánd pour sáuce evenly on top. Top with the remáining cheese.
9. Cover dish with foil, ánd báke án ádditionál 20 minutes. Remove foil ánd báke ánother 5 minutes, until cheese browns. Remove from oven ánd let stánd 10 minutes before serving.
10. Serve with toppings of your choice. I recommend sour creám, ávocádo, hot sáuce, sálsá, extrá cilántro, etc.

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