Quick & Easy Green Chili Enchiladas

We came home from church today hungry and impatient. I saw the green chili enchilada sauce (Hatch brand, of course) in the cupboard and suggested smothered bean burritos. Somehow that involved quickly into a super quick (and surprisingly delicious) green chili enchilada. The whole family really enjoyed it; even my critical kidlets were singing its praises and asking for seconds! Yum. Here's how we did it...

RECIPE: Quick & Easy Green Chili Enchiladas

INGREDIENTS:

1 can cream of chicken

1 can chicken breast (it's cooked already)

1 can black beans, drained & rinsed

1 can diced green chilis (Hatch)

2 c shredded mozzarella cheese, divided

1 can green chili enchilada sauce (Hatch)

6 flour tortillas, warmed

DIRECTIONS:

Dump the cream of chicken, chicken, beans, chilis, 1/2 the cheese and a bit of the enchilada sauce (1/3 maybe) into a medium bowl. Mix well. Microwave for 3-4 minutes, stirring mid-way. 

Pour a little of the enchilada sauce into the bottom of an 8x10 baking dish (to grease the pan, sorta). Fill the dish with rolled enchiladas (about 2-3 spoonfuls of chicken mixture inside a tortilla, rolled into a burrito, repeat), all in a line. Top with the remaining enchilada sauce and cheese.

Bake at 350F for 30 minutes (or if you're super impatient like as were, just broil on high... it was really good this way too) until the cheese is melted and bubbly and brown. 

And that's it! Easy peasy! Next step: dig in!

vegan chili

I needed to bring a meal to my friend who just had surgery, and it needed to be vegan. It was crazy-hard to come up with something doable and delicious (who knew I ate so much meat and dairy?), but I finally settled on this. It turned out well, I think. I served it with baked potatoes. Turns out cornbread has both eggs and milk. Sheesh!

RECIPE: Vegan Chili

Serves: 8

Calories: 203

Ingredients:

2 15-oz cans Fat-Free Vegetarian Chili

1 can petite diced tomatoes (undrained)

1 can red beans (undrained)

1 can black beans (undrained)

Celery stalk, finely diced

Garlic powder 

Minced onions

Chili powder (easy unless you want heat)

Dried oregano

Salt/Pepper

^^ (spices to taste)

Directions:

Dump it all in a med-lg pot and stir well. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer. Let simmer for 20+ minutes. Serve warm.

Yummy when paired with corn bread, salad, and/or baked potatoes! Also, if you want to scrap the vegan aspect of it, it'd be pretty delicious (and better looking) topped with cheese/sour cream! 

dena's cheesy chicken dip

This recipe came from my sister Dena.  We visited them about six months ago, and she made this dip one night for dinner.  It seems to have made a big impression on Derek, as he recently requested that I call her up and get the recipe.  Months later, he had a craving. :)  Silly man.  Anyway, she says it's not her original recipe (Pinterest, maybe?) but I'm calling it that for a lack of better title.  She gave me a rough idea of the ingredients, and this is what I came up with.  It was easy and a major hit with the whole fam!  Also, you may notice there is no picture.  It was just that good.  Try it out.  It's yum.



RECIPE: Dena's Cheesy Chicken Dip

Ingredients:
3/4 of a rotisserie chicken, shredded
2 bricks cream cheese
2 cans black beans
2 cans Rotel
1 can corn (or frozen, whatev)
2 Tbs minced onion
1/4 tsp chili powder {This gives it a slight but distinguishable kick.}

Directions:
Toss all ingredients together on the stove.  Warm through, until cheese is melted and all are incorporated.  {Would also be a great crock pot dish.}  Serve with tortilla chips.  Enjoy!

salsa chicken

photo source: http://chefmommy-brandao.blogspot.ca/2011/03/salsa-chicken-slow-cooker.html

I found this recipe via Pinterest and was instantly intrigued.  First, it looked super yummy.  Second, it looked super easy, using ingredients I have already on hand.  And third, it was a crock pot meal.  Love.  The recipe is not at all mine.  I got it from a blog called Chef Mommy.  But I wanted to post it so that I would remember to make it again.  I altered the ingredients a teensy bit to cater to my exact items on hand as well as my general laziness, but that's it.  Mmm.  Yummy.  Give it a try, and let me know what you think.

RECIPE: Salsa Chicken

Ingredients:

1.3 lb chicken breast

1 c. salsa

1 c. sour cream

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 pkg taco seasoning

1 can black beans, drained and rinced

Directions:

Place all ingredients in a crockpot.  Stir/whisk sauce together to incorporate {I did this in the crock pot cause I'm just too lazy to dirty another bowl}.  Cover and turn the crock pot on.  Cook on high for 4-5 hours or on low for 6.  Serve over rice, and enjoy!