Dinnertime -- chicken enchiladas
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
San Jose, California
January 27, 2019 8:57pm CST
No Sunday roast for us today, we're having a very inauthentic dish of creamy chicken enchiladas!
(Actually, Wikipedia tells me that these are known as enchiladas suizas, or "Swiss style", since immigrants to Mexico from Switzerland created the dish... so maybe they're authentic after all.)
A lot of recipes that you'll find online call for using canned cream of chicken soup as the sauce base, but I didn't want to do that. Instead, I made a white sauce that I seasoned with some cumin and a bit of black pepper. I made two pans, one with cheddar cheese and one with pepper jack. I also put some spinach in the chicken mixture with the pepper jack enchiladas.
It's going on the table right now, with salad and refried beans and tomato rice on the side. Time for me to eat! 
What did you eat for dinner?
(not my photo)
What did you eat for dinner?
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Jan 19
I had oven baked chicken.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Jan 19
@spiderdust I've never heard of zoodles. I found them in the freezer section. They are made with spinach and lentils.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
29 Jan 19
@just4him Ah! I know which ones you mean.
"Zoodles" are zucchini that has been cut into noodle like strips, like julienned zucchini. Some people use a spiral cutter to make them, or you can use a vegetable peeler.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Jan 19
By veggie pasta, do you mean zoodles and another vegetable made into noodles?
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@FourWalls (86585)
• United States
28 Jan 19
Ooh, that looks yummy. I kept the chicken trend, I had a leftover chicken quesadilla from lunch at Chuy's, along with some cheddar broccoli soup.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Jan 19
I had some broccoli cheese soup a few days ago and remembered how much I like it (at least when the broccoli isn't overcooked).
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@LadyDuck (502208)
• Italy
29 Jan 19
@spiderdust I like a lot béchamel sauce, but I think that a roux is also very good.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Jan 19
Apparently the Swiss style usually has a béchamel sauce, and I don't think mine qualified as such. I made a roux that I thinned with chicken stock, then took it off of the heat and stirred in sour cream.
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@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jan 19
They look delicious even if it was not your photo. Now I am going to have to make myself some tacos tomorrow. Today I only had some canned veggie soup.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Jan 19
What kind of filling are you going to have in your tacos?
@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jan 19
@spiderdust I usually use ground beef.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
28 Jan 19
This sounds like a wonderful, Sunday's dinner:) We were in the city, so ended up getting rib cutlets at Applebee's. I'd much rather have eaten your delicious meal, any day of the week!
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
28 Jan 19
@spiderdust I love chicken or turkey enchiladas:)
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
29 Jan 19
@kobesbuddy Some of the meat in the enchiladas was actually leftover turkey. 
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Jan 19
I don't know, rib cutlets are pretty good. 
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
30 Jan 19
This sounds delicious and pretty healthy. I need to put this in my rotation of foods.
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@popciclecold (40215)
• United States
28 Jan 19
Wow, I need to be there it looks so good. I bet the family enjoy today's meal.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
28 Jan 19
I haven´t had dinner yet. But your enchiladas sound good, no matter where they came from.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Jan 19
They were very good! The pepper jack cheese, despite containing both jalapeño and habanero peppers, wasn't terribly spicy. I was also worried that the spinach would make it more watery, and it did not.
@rebelann (117206)
• El Paso, Texas
24 Feb 19
Ymmmm, I like chicken enchiladas, but I like green chili with mine.
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
24 Feb 19
i love me some 'f these 'n like yerself, i make my own sauce. gotta make my own tortillas (gluten free, danged celiac disease...), so don't make 'em oft.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Jan 19
I'm amazed that the kids like it as much as they do!
I had dinner chicken with vegetables.@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
29 Jan 19
Which vegetables did you have? How did you season the chicken?
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
29 Jan 19
@spiderdust I only put the sea salt in the chicken. Corn, peas and carrots.
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