Andrea's Chicken Enchiladas

Enchiladas are my favorite, and they are so easy! I have worked out a recipe that I am quite fond of. As requested by some, I am finally sharing it with you! Bon Appetite.

Andrea's Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup plain Greek yogurt* (I use Fage)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 can black beans (rinsed, & drained)
• 1 cup corn (I use frozen organic corn)
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper
•  1/2 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Cumin
• dash of paprika
• 2 cups (or 2 chicken breasts)
• 6oz salsa Verde* (from can or jar, and can add more if want spicier)
• 8-10 whole wheat tortillas (I use Ezekiel sprouted tortillas)
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/4 cup of CIlantro

Directions:

1.     Heat oil in saucepan. Add onion. Sauté until tender. Meanwhile, In an other saucepan, add chicken, and season with pepper, chili powder, cayenne pepper, Paprika, Cumin and garlic. Cook on medium-low. In another saucepan, steam the corn only enough to unfreeze and soften. When that is finished, add to the onion pan.

2.     Rinse and drain black beans, then toss into the pan with onion and corn.

3.    Chop up the chicken in very small pieces, then add to the pan with black beans, corn, and onion.

4.     Spread 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt in 2-qt shallow baking dish. With a spatula, add a tiny bit of Greek yogurt to each tortilla and smother around tortilla. Then, spoon about 1/2 cup of chicken mixture down center of each tortilla and sprinkle a little cheese into each one. Roll up and place seam-side down in dish. Spoon remaining Greek yogurt on top. Sprinkle a tiny bit of cheese over top of all enchiladas, then pour the salsa Verde evenly over top. Top with some chopped up cilantro.

 

Bake at 350F for 25 minutes or until hot

 

**Try to use all Organic Ingredients if possible, especially chicken and dairy**

 

Side Notes:

**For the salsa Verde- I sometimes use 4oz to 8 oz can. The 8 oz might be a bit much for some, but I like the extra spice.

**For the Greek yogurt- If you don't want to use Greek yogurt, or you don't have it on hand, Sour cream or cream of chicken will work just as well

Other Substitutions I commonly use:

 -I sometimes cook a Red Bell Pepper, and sauté with the onion.

- When I was out of Greek yogurt, I had a small amount of sour cream and cream cheese on hand, blended them and it worked great.

-If you don't like Ezekiel Tortillas- try to use at least 100% whole wheat - Look at the ingredients!!! Some of the 100% whole wheat tortillas have hydrogenated oils or high fructose corn syrup in them!