Categories: Chicken, Main Dish, Rachael Ray, Tex-Mex
Ingredients
- 8 soft corn tortillas
- Filling:
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 4 pieces boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 sprigs fresh oregano
- 1 small onion, quartered
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- salt
- Sauce:
- 2 cups tomato sauce
- 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 1/2 cups monterey jack cheese, shredded
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
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Wrap corn tortillas in foil and warm in the oven.
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Bring broth to boil in a saute pan.
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Set chicken into broth with bay and oregano and onion. Return to a boil, cover and reduce heat to simmer.
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Poach chicken in broth 10 minutes. Remove chicken breasts to a bowl and shred with 2 forks.
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Add 1/2 cup of cooking liquid and tomato paste, spices and salt and work through the chicken using the forks.
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Combine all sauce ingredients in saucepan and heat through, keeping warm until needed.
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Remove tortillas from the oven and switch broiler on high.
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Pile chicken mixture into warm tortilla and roll.
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Line casserole or baking dish with endchiladas, seam side down.
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Pour hot tomato sauce over the chicken enchiladas and top with cheese.
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Place enchiladas in hot oven 6 inches from broiler and broil 5 minutes to melt cheese and set enchiladas. Serve.