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White Chicken Enchiladas

Course Dinner
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings 10 enchiladas

Ingredients

  • 2 T olive oil divided
  • 1 can unsalted corn drained and dried (or 3 ears fresh corn, dekerneled)
  • 3 pinches of salt plus additional to taste
  • 3 1/2 cups cooked chicken shredded
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • 2 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 1 cup chicken broth reduced sodium
  • 1 can black olives sliced into rings (or you can buy pre-sliced)
  • 2 roma tomatoes diced (optional)
  • 1 red bell pepper diced (optional)
  • 1 can chopped green chiles drained (optional)
  • 8 oz cream cheese cubed and softened
  • 10 flour tortillas
  • 2 cups Mexican blend cheese
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1 cup cilantro chopped

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  2. Grease a 9×13 baking dish with butter.
  3. Heat 1 T olive oil in a large sauté pan or skillet over medium high heat. Once hot, add the corn and 3 pinches of salt. Cook the corn, stirring every few minutes, until caramelized, about 8-10 minutes. Remove the corn from the pan and set aside.
  4. Add 1 T olive oil to the same pan. Add shredded chicken and warm.
  5. Once chicken is warm add the oregano, cumin, garlic powder, chili powder, and paprika to the chicken and cook for 1 minute.
  6. Add the chicken broth to deglaze the pan, scraping up all the browned bits from the pan. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer until the broth has reduced, about 3-4 minutes.
  7. Add the corn, olives, tomatoes, red pepper and green chiles to the pan then cook for 1 more minute.
  8. Stir in the cream cheese and cook, stirring constantly, until the cream cheese melts, about 3-4 minutes.
  9. Spoon 2-3 tablespoons of the mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll up each tortilla and place it seam side down in the prepared 9×13 baking dish. Repeat for all 10 tortillas.
  10. Sprinkle the rolled tortillas with the Mexican blend cheese and drizzle with the heavy whipping cream.
  11. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.
  12. Garnish with whatever toppings (e.g., cilantro, salsa, guacamole, sour cream) you want and serve hot.

Recipe Notes

Make 10 enchiladas