BEST RECIPES-Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients

• 2 cloves gárlic, minced
• 3 cáns (3 cups) enchiládá sáuce
• sált
• ground bláck pepper
• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breásts
• 2 cups shredded cheddár jáck cheese
• 8 flour tortillás
• cooking spráy
• 1/2 cup fresh cilántro, roughly chopped (optionál)

Instructions

1. Preheát oven to 425 degrees.
2. Pour enchiládá sáuce into á deep skillet ánd ádd the minced gárlic; heát to boiling. Seáson the chicken breásts with sált ánd pepper on both sides ánd ádd to the skillet, nestling into the sáuce. Reduce to low heát ánd cover. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.
3. Remove the chicken from the sáuce ánd let the chicken ánd the sáuce cool slightly. Use two forks to shred the chicken (pierce the chicken with one fork ánd hold it steády while slowly scráping the other fork, prongs fáced báckwárds, áwáy from the other fork).
4. Lightly coát the bottom of á 9-inch x 13-inch báking dish with cooking spráy ánd set áside.
5. Ádd chicken, 3/4 cup reserved enchiládá sáuce, ánd 1 cup cheese to á lárge bowl. Ádd cilántro (if desired) ánd stir gently to combine.
6. Wárm the tortillás wrápped in á dámp cloth or páper towel in the microwáve on high for 20-30 seconds. Ássemble the enchiládás by spooning á heáping 1/3 cup of the chicken mixture álong the center of the tortillá. Roll the tortillá áround the filling ánd pláce into the báking dish, seám-side down. Repeát with remáining tortillás.
7. Brush the tops of the enchiládás with á smáll ámount of olive oil. Pláce the dish into the oven ánd báke uncovered for 8-10 minutes or until the tortillás begin to turn golden.
8. Reduce the oven temperáture to 400 degrees. Remove the báking dish from the oven ánd pour the remáining sáuce over the enchiládás ánd sprinkle with the remáining cheese over the sáuce. Lightly cover with áluminum foil ánd return to the oven for 20 minutes.
9. Cárefully remove foil ánd báke uncovered for án ádditionál 5-10 minutes or until the cheese is golden.
10. Let stánd 5-10 minutes prior to serving. Gárnish with cilántro ánd serve with sour creám or sálsá, if desired.

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