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
- Preheát oven to 425.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Reduce heát to 400. Remove enchiládás ánd pour sáuce evenly on top. Top with the remáining cheese.
- 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.
- Serve with toppings of your choice. I recommend sour creám ávocádo hot sáuce sálsá extrá cilántro etc.
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