Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients

• 1 bunch cilantro
• 1 cup sour cream
• 14 oz tomatillo salsa
• 14 oz green Mexican sauce
• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cooked and shredded
• 1 onion
• 8 (8 inch) flour tortillas
• 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions

1. To Make Sour Cream Mixture: In a blender or food processor, puree cilantro, sour cream, green Mexican sauce and ¼ of the tomatillo salsa. Set aside.
2. To Make Chicken Mixture: In a large bowl, combine shredded chicken, onion and the remaining tomatillo salsa. Mix well.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
4. Heat tortillas in conventional or microwave oven until soft (I heated them individually on a pan instead so that they would be a little bit crisper and not get as soggy when baking). Pour enough of the sour cream mixture into a 9x13 inch baking dish to coat the bottom. Divide the chicken mixture into the tortillas, roll up and place seam side down in the baking dish. Pour remaining sour cream mixture over all and top with shredded cheese.
5. Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 30 minutes, or until dish is heated through and bubbling.

Overall, this recipe (adapted from allrecipes.com) has a lot of potential. I changed a few of the ingredients based on what I could find at the grocery store; above is what I used. The end product came out very spicy (thanks to the green Mexican sauce). Peter and I like spice, but it was even a bit much for us, and way too much to make this dish sharable with our 9 month old. Next time I will try using two jars of the tomatillo salsa and leave out the green Mexican sauce. I also may reduce the amount used (maybe 1 ½ jars total instead of 2). I think that there will still be plenty of kick with these changes. Also, the onion was still a bit crunchy when done, so I might try sautéing them first. Though it wasn’t perfect, I think that it's a simple enough recipe with a good enough base to justify going through the hassle of fiddling with it and trying it again.