How To Make Honey Lime Chicken Enchilada
Have a filling bite of this flavorful chicken enchilada made extra flavorful with the honey-lime marinade and sauce, plus cheese topping the enchilada!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1small onion,peeled, diced, sweet onion if available
- 3chicken breast,halves
- ½cupchicken broth
- 1tbspchili powder
- 1tspgarlic,(2 to 3 cloves) minced
- salt and pepper,to taste
- 6tbsphoney
- 5tbsplime juice,(1 large)
- 10flour tortillas
- 1lbMonterey Jack cheese,shredded
- 16ozgreen enchilada sauce
- ½cupheavy cream
Instructions
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Sauté the onion in a little butter until it becomes transparent and soft.
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In a crockpot, add the chicken, chicken broth, sauteed onion, chili powder, garlic, salt, and pepper.
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Cook on Low for about 8 hours (or on High for 3 to 4 hours) adding more broth if needed (don’t cook it out completely).
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Remove chicken from crockpot and shred, then return to the crockpot and simmer another 5 minutes.
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Drain out some of the juices (but not all of it, keep about ¼ cup), then add the honey and lime.
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Place the seasoned, shredded chicken in a Ziploc bag and seal tightly, pressing out as much air as can be pressed.
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Marinate for at least 30 to 40 minutes, or longer for about 1 hour.
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While the chicken is marinating, spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray, then pour about ½ cup of the enchilada sauce over the bottom.
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Fill the tortillas with the chicken mixture and shredded cheese, saving about 1 cup of cheese to sprinkle on top of the enchiladas.
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Mix the remaining enchilada sauce with heavy cream.
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Pour the sauce on top of the enchiladas and sprinkle with cheese.
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Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes until brown and crispy on top.
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Serve hot and top with your favorite enchilada toppings.
Recipe Notes
If a crockpot is not available, just boil the chicken in the same ingredients in a large pot with a little extra chicken broth until cooked through and can be shredded.
Nutrition
- Calories: 859.27kcal
- Fat: 44.96g
- Saturated Fat: 22.42g
- Trans Fat: 0.10g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 15.33g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.58g
- Carbohydrates: 69.38g
- Fiber: 4.32g
- Sugar: 26.53g
- Protein: 45.94g
- Cholesterol: 150.73mg
- Sodium: 1846.06mg
- Calcium: 736.54mg
- Potassium: 484.19mg
- Iron: 4.88mg
- Vitamin A: 272.64µg
- Vitamin C: 6.64mg
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