White Bean Chicken Enchiladas Recipes

WHITE BEAN CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Heat large pan with olive oil. Add chicken either whole or sliced into strips.
• Season chicken in pan with fajita seasoning, onion powder, cayenne pepper, and salt and pepper, using more or less according to your preferred taste.
• Meanwhile, as chicken cooks, drain beans from cans and rinse thoroughly in a colander. Place in food processor or bowl. Add water. Grind beans with food processor or a hand chopper until resembling refried bean texture, like a paste.
• Add cumin, more cayenne pepper if desired, and a generous amount of salt to bean paste. Blend well.
• Once chicken is cooked, remove from heat and cut in strips if not done so already. Set aside.
• Take a single corn tortilla, and spread a spoonful of bean paste on it. Put a few pieces of the cut up chicken down the center in a line. Add a sprinkle of the colby jack cheese blend.
• Roll up the tortilla and place seam side down in the casserole dish. Repeat using as many tortillas as it takes to fill the entire dish.
• With leftover bean paste, spread in cracks and crevices of enchiladas, like mortar on bricks.
• Sprinkle cheddar cheese over top of the entire dish.
• Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 15 or 20 minutes or until hot. Use broiler if necessary to melt cheese completely.
• Serve with a side of yellow rice and condiments such as sour cream and salsa.
• In a 13 x 9 casserole dish, spread bean paste thinly.

WHITE BEAN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• put half of the beans, half of the bell pepper, two chilis, and the green onion in a blender or food processor and blend until semi-smooth.
• dice remaining green chili and in a medium sized bowl, combine the bean puree with the remaining beans, pepper, and green chili.
• season bean mixture with desired spice amounts.
• spoon mixture into tortillas. if using large tortillas, you can make 4 enchiladas, if using 6 inch tortillas, you can make 6. roll each one up and place seam side down in baking dish.
• pour enchilada sauce over tortillas and sprinkle on cheese. bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until bubbly.

WHITE BEAN & CHICKEN ENCHILADA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, combine first 8 ingredients. Add 1 chopped jalapeno and ground pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until chicken is no longer pink and soup is heated through, 15-20 minutes., Serve with remaining chopped jalapeno and the green onions. Top with sour cream, cheese and tortilla chips. If desired, add cilantro leaves.

WHITE CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan.
• Mix chicken and 1 cup cheese. Roll up in tortillas and place in pan.
• In a sauce pan, melt butter, stir in flour and cook 1 minute. Add broth and whisk until smooth. Heat over medium heat until thick and bubbly.
• Stir in sour cream and chilies. Do not bring to boil, you don't want curdled sour cream.
• Pour over enchiladas and top with remaining cheese.
• Bake 22 min and then under high broil for 3 min to brown the cheese.
• *side note - the sauce doesn't freeze very well, so if you're making them ahead of time. Just make and freeze the Enchiladas. Make the sauce the day of.

WHITE BEAN ENCHILADA SOUP WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add diced onion and saute until soft and translucent, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle flour over onions and slowly pour in chicken broth, stirring to prevent any lumps from forming. Add cannellini beans, chiles, and cooked chicken. Simmer until everything is heated through, about 6 minutes. Reduce heat and carefully stir in sour cream in dollops to prevent curdling.
• Season with cumin and Mexican seasoning mix. Stir in Monterey Jack cheese until melted. Serve immediately garnished with sliced avocado.