Friday, 09 December 2011 20:39

Chicken and Spinach Enchiladas

Ingredients:

  • 12 chicken breast halves (skinned)
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen chopped spinach
  • 1 cup diced onions
  • 1 Tbsp. butter or margarine (melted)
  • 1 can cream of chicken soup
  • ¾ cup milk
  • 3 (4 oz.) cans of diced green chiles (drained)
  • 3 (8 oz.) containers sour cream
  • 3 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
  • 16 flour tortillas

 

Preparation:

Place chicken in a Dutch oven; add salt and water to coveer. Bring to boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 40 minutes or until tender. Remove chicken; let cool slightly. Bone chicken; dice and set aside.

Cook spinach according to package directions; drain well and reserve 1 cup spinach broth. Set aside. Sauté onion in butter in Dutch oven until tender. Stir in spinach and chicken; set aside.

Cobmine soup, reserved spinach broth, milk, green chiles, sour cream and half cheese in a bowl; mix well. Stir half of sauce mixture into chicken mixture. Reserve remaining sauce.

Spoon chicken mixture evenly down center of each tortilla; roll up tortillas and plac,e, seam-side down, into 2 lightly greased 13x13x2 inch baking dishes. Spoon remaining sauce over tortillas. Bake, uncovered at 350° F (175º C) for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cheese; bake for an additional 5 minutes. Yields 4 to 6 servings per casserole.

Published in Main Dishes
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 16:03

Spinach Salad

Ingredients:

  • 1 10 oz. pkg. fresh spinach (washed)
  • 5 slices bacon (cooked & chopped)
  • 6 green onions (chopped)
  • 2 eggs (hardboiled,chopped)
  • 1pkg. fresh mushrooms
  • 1 cup croutons

Mix all ingredients in a big bowl.

Dressing:

  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup white vinegar
  • 1-1/2 tsp bacon fat
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3/4 tsp. salt

Beat and combine all ingredients in a pan and bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly. Cook for a while longer till it thickens some. Refriegerate to cool.

Prepare Dressing at least 3-4 hours ahead of time.

Published in Salads