Take your typical family dinner up a notch with an easy Tex-Mex enchilada recipe! Pepper Jack cheese and a simple, fresh 2-ingredient salsa topping give these tasty Tex-Mex enchiladas an extra kick—while prep work is a breeze with pre-cooked chicken, frozen corn, canned enchilada sauce and chicken cheese enchilada soup. The whole dish is ready in under an hour!
Tex-Mex Chicken Enchiladas
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 55 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 can (18.5 oz) Progresso™ Traditional chicken cheese enchilada soup
- 1 can (10 oz) Old El Paso™ Hot Red Enchilada Sauce or 1 can (10 oz) Old El Paso™ Mild Red Enchilada Sauce
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1 cup frozen corn, thawed
- 2 cups shredded pepper Jack cheese (8 oz)
- 12 corn tortillas (6 inch)
- 2 medium tomatoes, diced
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- Lime wedges, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, stir together soup and enchilada sauce.
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Step2In large bowl, mix 1 cup soup mixture with the chicken, corn and 1 cup of the cheese. In small bowl, set aside 3/4 cup soup mixture. Spread remaining 1 1/2 cups soup mixture in ungreased 13x9-inch baking dish.On microwavable plate, stack tortillas and cover with paper towel; heat on High 1 minute to soften. Place about 1/4 cup chicken mixture along middle of each tortilla. Roll up and place seam sides down in baking dish with sauce.
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Step3Pour 3/4 cup soup mixture over enchiladas. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup cheese. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbly around edges.
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Step4Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir together tomatoes and cilantro. Spoon tomato mixture over each serving. Garnish with lime wedge, if desired.
Nutrition
150
Calories
5g
Total Fat
10g
Protein
16g
Total Carbohydrate
1g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 150
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 8%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 8%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 9%
- Sodium
- 370mg
- 15%
- Potassium
- 140mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 16g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 7%
- Sugars
- 1g
- Protein
- 10g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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