Jalapeño Cream Cheese Chicken Enchiladas

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One of my favorite local Mexican restaurants serves a heavenly dish with jalapeño cream cheese and shredded chicken. I experimented with dishes containing those ingredients and created this jalapeño cream cheese chicken enchiladas recipe! I get nothing but rave reviews from people who try it!

Prep
33 min
Cook
77 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. 2 Season chicken breasts with 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper; place in a baking dish.
  3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink inside and juices run clear, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool chicken, then shred with two forks. Set aside.
  4. 4 Heat butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and jalapeños; cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in cream cheese; cook until melted. Stir in remaining 3 teaspoons garlic powder, remaining 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, paprika, chili powder, and cumin. Stir in shredded chicken; remove from heat.
  5. 5 Pour 1/2 enchilada sauce in bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Lay tortillas on a work surface; spoon chicken mixture in a line across center of each tortilla. Sprinkle each with about 1 tablespoon Monterey Jack cheese. Roll up tortillas; place in sauce in the dish, seam-sides down. Pour remaining 1/2 sauce over enchiladas. Sprinkle remaining 4 ounces cheese over top.
  6. 6 Bake in the preheated oven until filling is hot and bubbly and cheese has melted, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

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