You can use regular jack cheese, instead of pepper jack, if you like your food mild. I cook the chicken in my slow cooker for this and then shred using my stand mixed, but you could also buy a rotisserie chicken and shred the meat to make this even easier.
To make this #dinnerdoneby9am I fully prepare the enchiladas in the morning without baking, refrigerate all day, then bake just prior to serving.
-3 cups shredded chicken
-1 Tbsp olive oil
-1 onion, diced
-4 cloves garlic, minced
-2 cups chicken broth, divided use
-1 can great northern beans, drained and rinsed
-2 tsp cumin, divided use
-1 tsp salt
-1/2 tsp pepper
-4 Tbsp hot sauce (I prefer Tabasco brand green/ jalapeno hot sauce in this)
-10-12 tortillas
-2 (7 oz) cans green chiles, divided use
-4 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature
-1.5 cups shredded pepper jack cheese, divided use
-1/2 lb baby spinach
-chopped cilantro and scallions for garnish
Saute onion in olive oil over medium high heat for 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute 1 additional minute. Add chicken, 1 can chiles, 1.5 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tsp salt, white beans, 4 Tbsp hot sauce, and 1/2 cup chicken broth. Stir and heat through. Add spinach and cook, stirring intermittently until spinach is wilted about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup pepper jack cheese.
In a separate pot, combine cream cheese and remaining can of chiles over medium heat. Cook, stirring regularly, until cream cheese is completely melted. Stir in remaining 1.5 cups chicken broth, and 1/2 tsp cumin. Remove from heat.
Layer 1/2 cup of sauce on the bottom of a greased 13×9 pan. Spoon chicken into tortillas, roll up, and place seam side down in pan. Once all enchiladas are placed in pan, pour sauce over top. Top with remaining 1 cup shredded pepper jack. Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes. Top with chopped scallions and cilantro.
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Hi - I'm Shannon! I'm a stay-at-home wife, mom to 3 boys and lover of all things culinary. I enjoy nothing more than a good meal paired with conversation with good people. With 3 kids and a busy home I like to prep dinner first thing in the morning (#dinnerdoneby9am) so that regardless of what happens during the day we have a delicious and nutritious meal ready to enjoy together. I want to provide you with simple techniques and nutritious recipes that will remove your dinnertime stress and free you up to enjoy healthy, delicious home-cooked meals with the people around you.
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Yum! I really need to try this sometime. I still haven't figured out to stuff everything into my new tiny kitchen, or rather edit it down to the essentials, so there hasn't been too much cooking here yet.
I'll have to try these. they look fabulous and we LOVE those flavors.