The smell when it hits the pan is wickedly good! We coat the chicken in the homemade Enchilada Spice Mix, then sear for maximum flavour. And light years better than store bought – see reader feedback on Beef Enchiladas which uses the same sauce! The 3 components to making homemade Chicken Enchiladas are:Įnchilada Sauce is thickened with flour and flavoured with chicken stock/broth and Enchilada spices. Passata is sold in the pasta aisle in supermarkets for around the same price as crushed tomato. US: What you call “tomato sauce” (such as Hunts) is an ideal substitute. It’s plain tomato, no flavourings or salt added, and I prefer it over crushed tomato because it makes a smooth sauce.
Tomato Passata – I use Tomato Passata as the base for enchilada sauce which is smooth, pureed tomato sold in bottles. It fills out the filling so we can make big, plump enchiladas without using tons of chicken, holds it all together and makes it nice and juicy – and I wrote exactly the same thing about Chicken Burritos just a few weeks ago!
Refried Beans – This is the “secret ingredient”. Let’s pretend I didn’t forget to include the tortillas for rolling all this up in! 😂 Nothing fancy here, just a generous dose of everyday spices! Used in the Enchilada Sauce as well as seasoning the chicken filling. Here’s what you need for these homemade from-scratch Chicken Enchiladas. If this sounds like your kind of Chicken Enchiladas, then this recipe is for you!
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I want the filling to be JUICY and full of flavour, rather than dry and crumbly inside.Īnd I want the sauce to actually still be there when it comes out of the oven, not just a dried up crusty layer of red. I like my Enchiladas plump and generously stuffed, rather tham skimpy on the filling The foundation of this recipe is a double duty Enchilada Spice Mix that flavours the homemade Enchilada Sauce and also seasons the chicken filling. Chicken Enchiladas made from scratch – juicy, cheesy and full of flavour! There’s a few components to homemade enchiladas, but it is absolutely worth the effort with flavour you can never achieve with packet spice mixes and bottled enchilada sauce.
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