Tonight for dinner….

Posted: October 25, 2011 | Author: lmoose | Filed under: Blog | Tags: cheese, chilies, cilantro, dinner, easy, enchiladas, Jessica Alba, low-fat, salsa | 1 Comment »

 

Jessica Alba’s Chicken Enchiladas

While I’m sure is Jessica is lovely person and can make toast, I don’t for one second believe that she’s making chicken enchiladas between films. This is another super easy recipe using a roasted chicken.

1 roasted chicken (buy one at your local grocery or toss one in the oven)

1 jar (12 oz) salsa

1 cup shredded low-fat cheddar (I didn’t use this much cheese simply because I ran out and it was totally fine)

1/2 cup shredded low-fat Monterey Jack

1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

1 can (2.25 oz) sliced black olives, drained

1 can (16 oz) traditional enchilada sauce

1 can (16 oz) green chile enchilada sauce

Mexican hot sauce

Cayenne pepper

Vegetable-oil cooking spray

8 corn tortillas (6 inches across)

preparation

Shred the chicken. Mix in salsa and set aside.

In a separate bowl, combine cheddar, 1/4 cup Monterey Jack, cilantro and olives; set aside. In a large pot over medium heat, combine enchilada sauces and add Mexican hot sauce and cayenne to taste. Stir until simmering. Set aside.

Coat an 11″ x 13″ casserole pan with nonstick spray.

Microwave tortillas 20 seconds. Place small handfuls of cheese mixture and chicken in center of each tortilla, roll up and place in pan, seam side down. Sprinkle with remaining cheese mixture. Ladle on sauce, then add remaining 1/4 cup Monterey Jack. Bake 20 minutes. Serve with remaining sauce on the side.

Make some guacamole. Buy some tortilla chips. Toss a salad. Done! Enjoy!

Recipe courtesy of SELF and of course Jessica Alba. She’s probably going to have her own cooking show. Essentially I’m just jealous. 

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