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Chicken Enchiladas with Pumpkin Cream Sauce

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Chicken Enchiladas with Pumpkin Cream Sauce

Heather
The Cook
4 Servings
13 Ingredients
9 Comments

This savory chicken enchilada dish is made even better by the addition of a pumpkin cream sauce and delicious Queso Fresco cheese.

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4 Servings
13 Ingredients
9 Comments

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons Butter
  • 2 ¼ cups slice Onion
  • 1 ½ cups cook and dice Chicken, Boneless Breasts
  • ½ cups Pumpkin, Canned
  • ½ cups Heavy Whipping Cream
  • ½ cups Chicken Broth/Stock
  • ¼ teaspoons Cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoons Nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoons Cumin
  • ½ teaspoons Salt
  • ¼ teaspoons Black Pepper
  • 8 individual Corn Tortillas
  • 1 cup crumble Queso Fresco

Containers

Supplies

  • Foils
  • Labels

Cooking Instructions

Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions

Stovetop

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  1. In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions

Bake

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  1. Thaw: In fridge
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Make It Now Cooking Directions

Stove Cook

These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.

  1. In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
  2. Add onion slices and saute until brown and caramelized, about 5 minutes.
  3. Add chicken to pan, mix with onions and remove from heat.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin, cream, broth, cinnamon, nutmeg, cumin, salt and pepper and set aside.
  5. Spoon chicken mixture evenly into tortillas.
  6. Roll tortillas tightly, place seam side down in indicated number of baking pans.
  7. Pour pumpkin cream sauce over enchiladas, and crumble Queso fresco over top.
  8. Bake at 425 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until top of cheese browns.

Categories

traditional, nut-free, fall, winter, real-food, egg-free, soy-free, fish-free, shellfish-free

Categories

traditional, nut-free, fall, winter, real-food, egg-free, soy-free, fish-free, shellfish-free

9 Comments

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  2. I loved these! Might want to add that they should be covered with foil before baking or they will dry out. Also I doubled the sauce so I could mix some in my chicken mixture before stuffing the tortillas and some to drizzle on after baking. I also substituted black beans for the onions and it was awesome.

  3. This is probably a silly question, but cooking the chicken in the crock pot the night before… do you put water in the crock pot? Or just cook the breasts in the slow cooker on their own?

    1. yes! I’d make sure it’s full fat so you get that same creamy texture. This sounds like a delicious adaptation, Lucinda!

  6. This was delicious! Definitely a keeper. I used boneless chicken thighs instead of breasts and everyone really enjoyed it!