Turkey Or Chicken Enchiladas Recipes

LEFTOVER TURKEY OR CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a bowl toss turkey, vegetables, cheese, salsa, hot sauce, chili powder, and cumin.
• Spoon filling into tortilla shells. You may need to use more than four if your shells are small.
• Roll the tortilla up and place seam side down into a lightly greased baking pan.
• Top with extra cheese and salsa if desired.
• Baked until heated through, about 15-20 minutes.

TURKEY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a small bowl, combine the cheese, onion, and black olives.
• In a small skillet, heat enough oil to lightly coat one tortilla, and cook until soft. Remove and dip in enchilada sauce to coat.
• Add turkey and cheese mixture to center of tortilla, roll and place in the prepared dish. Repeat until bottom layer of pan is covered with enchiladas. Spread enough sauce over bottom layer to cover.
• Repeat process with a second layer; spread remaining sauce on top and sprinkle with remaining cheese mixture. Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheese is melted.

CHICKEN OR TURKEY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan cook onion, covered, in a small amount of water over medium heat until tender; drain.
• In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the cream cheese, the 1 tablespoons.
• water, cumin, pepper, and salt.
• Stir in the cooked onion and chicken.
• Wrap the tortillas in foil.
• Heat in a 350 degree oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until softened (if using a microwave, wrap the tortillas in a microwave-safe paper towel and micro-cook on high for 30 to 60 seconds until softened).
• Meanwhile, spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with non-stick coating.
• For each enchilada, spoon approximately 1/4 cup of the chicken mixture onto one tortilla; roll up.
• Place the tortilla, seam side down, in the baking dish.
• Repeat with the remaining filling and tortillas.
• For the sauce, in a medium mixing bowl combine soup, sour cream, milk, and jalapeno peppers; pour mixture over the enchiladas.
• Bake covered, in a 350 degree oven for about 40 minutes or until heated through.
• Sprinkle with the cheese.
• Bake the enchiladas, uncovered, for 4 to 5 minutes more until the cheese is melted.
• Garnish with cilantro, parsley, tomatoes, and sweet peppers if desired.
• NOTE: Usually I don't have chicken prepared in advance, so I use 4 chicken breast halves and sprinkle them with salt, pepper, and cumin.
• I either saute these or grill them until no longer pink.
• I shred the meat and proceed as usual with the recipe.
• The time to make does not include this step.

LEFTOVER TURKEY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease a 9x13 pan.
• Heat oill in a small pan. Cook onion and peppers over medium heat until tender. Stir in garlic and cook 1 minute more. Toss with the turkey and season with salt & pepper to taste.
• Place ½ cup enchilada sauce in the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Spread 1 tablespoon on each tortilla. Top each with ¼ cup of the turkey mixture, 2 tablespoons cheese, and the pepper mixture. Roll up and place in the pan.
• Pour remaining enchilada sauce over top and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Cover with foil and bake 15 minutes. Remove foil and bake uncovered for 5-10 minutes or until the cheese is browned and bubbly.

CHICKEN OR TURKEY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• Spray rectangular 11x7 baking dish with cooking spray.
• Place green sauce, cilantro, parsley, lime juice and garlic in blender or food processor.
• Cover and blend on high speed about 30 seconds or until smooth.
• Reserve half of mixture.
• Mix remaining sauce mixture, chicken (or turkey) and 1/4 cup of the cheese.
• Spoon about 1/4 cup chicken (or turkey) mixture onto each tortilla.
• Roll tortilla around filling, place seam side down in baking dish.
• Pour reserved sauce mixture over enchiladas.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
• Bake uncovered 20-25 minutes or until hot.
• Serve with lime wedges.

CHICKEN OR TURKEY ENCHILADAS / HOLIDAY HELPER

Steps:

• 1. Wrap tortillas in foil & warm 10-15 min in 350° oven.
• 2. In a sauce pan, sauté onion & garlic in butter over medium heat until tender & fragrant. Mix in black pepper & 1 cup of the cilantro (or parsley, if using) towards end of sautéing.
• 3. Add 12oz of the sour cream, flour, chilies & chicken broth. Stir to combine thoroughly until thickened & bubbly. Remove from heat & stir in half (2 cups) of the cheese.
• 4. In a separate bowl, add chicken or turkey & mix 1 cup (or more to ensure poultry is coated) of the sauce. Place approximately 1/4 cup of filling mixture atop each tortilla; roll up & arrange (seam side down) in a lightly buttered baking dish. Top rolled tortillas with remaining sauce.
• 5. Bake, covered for 35 minutes in a 350° oven. Remove cover, top with remaining cheese & bake uncovered for an additional 5 minutes or until cheese is completely melted.
• 6. Garnish with optional ingredients & top with remaining sour cream. This goes very well with salsa verde, chunky salsa or red hot sauce.

CHICKEN OR TURKEY ENCHILADAS WITH SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix chicken or turkey, sour cream, 2 cups shredded cheese, and salt.
• Heat oil in an 8-to 10inch frying pan over low heat.
• Dip the tortillas, one at a time, in the hot oil just until limp, about 5 seconds.
• Fill tortillas equally with chicken mixture, roll up, and arrange side by side, slit side down, in a 9-x13 inch baking dish.
• Pour salsa evenly over top.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven until heated through, about 20 minutes.
• If desired sprinkle with more shredded cheese over hot enchiladas before serving.

CHICKEN OR TURKEY-MUSHROOM ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch casserole dish.
• In a bowl mix together the undiluted chicken soup, with sour cream, 1-1/2 cups cheddar cheese, seasoned salt and black pepper.
• In a saucepan heat butter over medium heat, add in the onion, garlic, red or green bell pepper and chili powder; saute for about 3 minutes.
• Add in the chopped chicken, green chilies (with their juice) mushrooms pieces and about 1/2 cup of the soup/sour cream mixture; mix to combine; bring to a boil and simmer for about 5 minutes, then season with more salt and pepper to taste.
• Spread about half of the soup/chicken mixture onto the bottom of the casserole dish.
• Heat the tortilla shells for about 30 seconds in the microwave to soften.
• Spread about 1/4 to 1/3 cup of the chicken mixture along one side of each tortilla, then roll up each tortilla (there is no need to enclose the sides of the rolled tortillas).
• Place seam-side down in the baking dish.
• Spread remaining soup mixture over the enchiladas, use a spoon to spread the mixture out evenly.
• Sprinkle 1-2 cups or cheddar cheese over the soup mixture.
• Covered with foil and bake for about 25 minutes.
• Remove the foil then bake uncovered for another 10-12 minutes.
• Delicious!

WHITE CHICKEN OR TURKEY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Section meat and mix lightly with cream cheese.
• Form into logs about 1 inch in diameter and a little shorter than the diameter of your corn tortillas.
• Stir salt, pepper, vinegar and chili powder into cream. If everyone you're serving like heat, add cayenne pepper to taste.
• Melt butter. Coat both sides of a tortilla generously, then put a chicken/cheese log in the middle of a tortilla and roll up. Lay enchilada in pan (seam side down). Repeat for all tortillas and logs.
• Cover enchiladas with cream mixture and slices of Gruyere.
• Bake at 375 degrees until lightly browned, about 30 minutes. Note that cooking time is only approximate.
• Using evaporated skim milk in place of the cream does not work well. If doubled, add 1 cup milk to cream rather than using 2 cups of cream.

LEFTOVER CHICKEN/TURKEY ENCHILADAS WITH BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Mix together the onion, peppers, garlic, cumin and chicken/turkey.
• Lay out the tortillas flat & open.
• Distribute the mixed vegggies evenly down the center of the four tortillas .
• Place a couple of tbsp of the salsa over the veggies.
• Add a tbsp or so of the cheese.
• Fold the sides of each tortilla over so they overlap and place folded side down in a casserole large enough to hold all four tortillas and the black beans.
• Place the tortillas side by side in a lightly greased casserole leaving room around the edges for the black beans.
• Place the black beans around the edges of the casserole (around the tortillas).
• Pour the remaing Salsa over the tortillas and the beans, cover the edges so they do not get dry.
• Sprinkle the remaining cheese over all.
• Add the sour cream.
• Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes in a 375 oven.
• Remove foil and let the chesse get golden.
• Serve nice and HOT.