Cream Cheese Chicken Enchiladas
Sounds really nice, several shortcuts to make here as well for cost savings. The store bought tortillas is pricey so this is not a low cost meal. Links to the Shortcuts are listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Equipment
- Oven
- Baking Pan (9x13 inch)
Ingredients
- 8 flour tortillas, 8 inch should be perfect here
- 250 grams Cream cheese, softened, (8 oz)
- ¼ cup sour cream, Shortcut
- 2 cups salsa, Shortcut
- 1 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 cup Pepper Jack cheese, or use 2 cups of Cheddar
- 2 cups cooked chicken, shredded
- 1 cup corn, fresh cooked or canned - drained, or frozen - thawed
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- 4 spring onions, chopped, divided, green and white parts
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 160° C (320° F) and get out a 9x13 inch baking dish, and 2 mixing bowls.
- First mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese and sour cream (or Greek yogurt) then mix in ½ cup of the salsa and stir in ½ cup of each shredded cheese (if using just Cheddar, then stir in 1 cup) and set aside. Second bowl, mix together the chicken, corn, chili power, cumin salt, and pepper to your liking, and half of the spring onion. Add the chicken mixture to the cheeses mixture, there, you just made the filling for the enchiladas.½
- In the baking dish, add ½ cup of your salsa and spread that around to coat the bottom. Now take a tortilla and place about ⅓ to ½ cup filling on a tortilla, roll up and put in dish seam side down. Repeat process for remaining tortillas. Pour and spread the remaining salsa over the top of the enchiladas and sprinkle on the remaining cheese.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until bubbly and the cheese is starting to brown. Remove from oven and let rest 5 minutes. Sprinkle on the remaining spring onion and serve. Some good beans on the side would be a great addition.
Notes
Ground beef will run about 100 Baht/500 grams. For 4 servings, this is about 74 cents per serving.
Shortcuts: Salsa, Sour Cream.
cream cheese measurements need to be corrected. Really enjoy your website, I like trying new foods and will be making several of these soon. I am retired USAF and spent two years in Thailand , 1 in Korat and 1 in U Tapao . love Thai food but unfortunately my wife is a Georgia girl and doesn’t like spicy food so I don’t get a lot of opportunity to cook HOT.
Hi Jerry, thanks for that catch! Corrected. Thank you for the good words on the site, I look forward to your reviews when you test out some of these recipes.
Great to see the USAF represented here, thank you for your service. Utapao is now an international airport and thriving community up there now.