Mexican Flag Buffalo Chicken Enchiladas Recipes

BUFFALO CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking pan.
• Place chicken in a large bowl and add Buffalo wing seasoning and ranch dressing mix. Toss to coat.
• Combine pepper Jack cheese and Colby-Monterey Jack cheese in a bowl; reserve 1 cup of cheese mixture. Reserve about 1/2 cup Buffalo sauce and pour the rest into a shallow bowl.
• Coat both sides of a tortilla with Buffalo sauce and place on a plate. Add desired amount of chicken and cheese mixture. Roll tortilla and place seam-side down in the prepared baking pan. Repeat with remaining tortillas. Cover enchiladas with reserved cheese mixture and drizzle with reserved Buffalo sauce.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and tortilla edges are starting to brown, about 20 minutes. Top with blue cheese before serving.

SPICY BUFFALO CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
• Add the chicken and 2 1/2 cups of the Monterey Jack cheese to a large bowl and toss together. Set aside.
• Heat the butter, enchilada sauce and hot sauce and in a small saucepan over medium heat until the butter melts. Remove from the heat. Transfer 1 cup of the sauce to the bowl with the chicken. Toss to fully coat.
• Ladle 1/2 cup of the sauce into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Spread a heaping 1/2 cup of the chicken mixture evenly onto a tortilla, then roll it up. If you'd like, trim the round ends of the tortilla that are unfilled and reserve for another use. Cut the rolled tortilla into 6 pinwheels. Place each pinwheel cut-side down in the baking dish. Repeat with the remaining tortillas and chicken mixture. Pour the remaining sauce over the tortillas and sprinkle the remaining Monterey Jack cheese on top.
• Bake until the cheese is melted and bubbling, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, toss the lettuce with the ranch dressing in a large bowl.
• Sprinkle the blue cheese crumbles on top of the enchiladas. Serve immediately with the salad.
• Combine the mayonnaise, buttermilk, chives, parsley, garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a medium bowl. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

BUFFALO CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine chicken, 1-3/4 cups shredded cheese, diced tomatoes and green chiles, enchilada sauce and wing sauce. In a small saucepan, heat soup, cream cheese, dressing and remaining 1/4 cup shredded cheese over low heat until cheeses are melted, 5-10 minutes. Remove from heat., Place 1/2 cup chicken mixture off center on each tortilla. Roll up and place in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish, seam side down. Top with sauce. , Bake, uncovered, until enchiladas are heated through and cheese is melted, 25-30 minutes. Sprinkle with blue cheese and additional toppings of your choice.

BUFFALO CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
• Mix the chicken, cream cheese, 1 cup of the Cheddar, 1/3 cup of the hot sauce, white parts of the scallions and cumin in a large bowl until well combined. Stir together the butter, remaining 2/3 cup hot sauce and 3 tablespoons water in a medium bowl.
• Microwave the tortillas in batches until warm, softened and foldable, about 30 seconds. Keep warm between damp paper towels.
• Spoon a portion of the chicken mixture down the middle of each tortilla and roll up. Place them side by side, seam-side down, in the prepared pan. Pour the hot sauce mixture over the tortillas. Sprinkle with the remaining 1 cup Cheddar and the blue cheese and bake until the cheese is melted and bubbly, 15 to 17 minutes.
• Drizzle the blue cheese dressing over the enchiladas and sprinkle with the scallion greens. Serve with more hot sauce.