Chicken Enchiladas

Chicken Enchiladas

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Weight Watchers Chicken Enchiladas is a super delicious and healthy Mexican dish. This flavorful dish is made of whole wheat flour tortillas filled with chicken, enchilada sauce, and cheese. It is a Weight Watchers-friendly dish because it is low in carbs. You can add the ingredients to your choice. It will help to control the Weight Watchers points. Weight Watchers Chicken Enchiladas is a perfect dish for those people who are new to the Weight Watchers program because it is a satisfying meal and a complete package of flavors. You can prepare a tasty and simple dish at home within half an hour.

Chicken Enchiladas

 

Equipment

  • Pot
  • Nonstick pan
  • Baking Tray
  • Air fryer

Ingredients

For the Enchiladas Sauce

  • Minced Garlic Cloves,2
  • Chipotle Chili 1-2tbsps
  • Tomato Sauce 1-1/2cups
  • Chipotle Chili powder 1/2tsp
  • Ground Cumin 1/2tsp
  • Less sodium Chicken broth 3/4cup
  • Salt 1/4tsp, or to taste
  • Black Pepper 1/4 tsp

For the Chicken

  • Olive Oil 1tsp
  • Cooked Boneless Chicken 10 ounces
  • Diced Onion 1cup
  • Chopped garlic cloves 2
  • Cilantro 1/4cup
  • Salt 1/4tsp
  • Cumin 1tsp
  • Dried Oregano 1/2tsp
  • Chipotle Chili Powder 1tsp
  • Chicken Broth 1/3cup
  • Tomato Sauce1/2CUP
  • Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas 8-10
  • Low-fat grated cheddar chees
  • Olive oil spray
  • Chopped Scallions, 2tbsp

Extra Topping

Avocado, sour cream, plain Greek yogurt, diced jalapenos.

Instructions

Making Of Enchiladas Sauce

  1. Add olive oil to a medium-sized pot.
  2. Next, add garlic to this warm oil and cook it for 25-30 seconds.
  3. After that, add Chipotle Chiles, cumin, tomato sauce, chili powder, chicken broth, and pepper.
  4. Cook these ingredients with sautee garlic until the broth boils.
  5. Slow down the stove flame and cook it over a slow heat for about 5-10 minutes.
  6. The tangy Enchiladas Sauce is ready. Keep aside the sauce.

Making of Chicken

  1. Place a pan on the burner over medium flame and drizzle with olive oil. Heat it for 2-3 minutes.
  2. Add onion and garlic to this pan. Sautee it over low medium heat for 3-4 minutes.
  3. Next, add chicken broth, cumin, tomato sauce, cilantro, chili powder, cooked chicken, and salt to this pan.
  4. Mix all ingredients. Simmer it for 5-6 minutes until the broth texture thickens.
  5. After 6 minutes, set aside the pan.

Oven

  1. Set oven temperature to 400 degrees.
  2. Meanwhile, mist the baking tray with olive oil.
  3. Now, take whole wheat tortillas. Each tortilla is filled with the chicken mixture and the enchilada sauce.
  4. Add grated low-fat chees over the mixture.
  5. Wrap these tortillas with aluminum foil.
  6. Transfer the wrapped tortillas to a baking tray.
  7. Bake it for 15-20 minutes, until the outer surface is golden brown.
  8. Serve the hot Enchilada with homemade ketchup, or dip.

Air fryer

  1. Place the tortilla on a clean surface.
  2. Spread enchilada sauce over all the tortillas, add the chicken mixture and the last layer of grated cheese.
  3. Cover the rolls with aluminum foil so the mixture doesn’t overflow with tortillas.
  4. Place these cheesy tortilla warps in a greased air fryer.
  5. At 400 degrees, air fryer for 10-15 minutes until light brown.
  6. Yummy Enchilada is ready to eat.

Variations

Protein options: Add tofu, chicken, pork, and beef. All of these contain protein content.
Cheese: You can replace it with lower-fat cheese to maintain the Weight Watchers diet and points.
Chipotle Chili: Adjust the spiciness level to your taste buds. If you don’t like spiciness, you can add only a few amounts of chili.

Serving Suggestions

You can enjoy the chicken enchilada with Cilantro lime cauliflower rice, Yellow rice, Black beans with rice, refried beans, and Mexican Rice.

Tips

Customize the enchilada by adding different vegetables like bell peppers, mushrooms, onions, cucumber, or tomato.
Try with other Italian seasoning, and herbs to make this dish more flavorful.
Don’t fry the tortillas; otherwise, it will disturb the beauty of flavor and taste.

Storage Information:

Refrigerator: Cover the enchilada in an airtight box. Refrigerate it for 2-3 days.
Freezer: You can easily freeze the chicken mixture and chicken enchilada in the freezer. Seal it in ziplock plastic bags and freeze it for 1-2 months.
Rewarm: Reheat it in a microwave oven for 10-15 seconds.

FAQs

What other ingredients should I add as a filling?
You can fill the tortilla with different types of ingredients such as remaining taco meat, picadillo, and beef meat. Add refried beans, zucchini, butternut squash, and mushrooms depending on your food choice.

Can I substitute the low-fat cheese with Greek Plain yogurt?
Yes, you can replace the cheese with Greek yogurt. Greek yogurt consists of a low-fat content and helps to manage the Weight Watchers points.

Nutritional Facts

Serving Size per person 1 Enchilada
Total Calories 169kcal
Carbohydrates 17g
Protein 17g
Fiber 9g
Sugar 3g
Fat 7g
Sodium 441mg
Iron 1mg

Weight Watchers Point Per Serving is 6