How I make Boom Boom Sauce | Chicken ENCHILADAS Recipe

cooked chicken

🥗Healthier: shredded turkey

💰Cheaper: canned chicken

Turkey is leaner and lower in calories; canned chicken is often more affordable.

cheese

🥗Healthier: low-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Low-fat cheese reduces calories; processed cheese is usually cheaper.

enchilada sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade tomato sauce

💰Cheaper: store-brand enchilada sauce

Homemade sauce can be healthier with fresh ingredients; store brands are often less expensive.

Start with a pound of chicken breast in a baggie with cooking oil.

Season the chicken with chicken fajita seasoning, garlic pepper, salt, onion powder, Maggie seasoning, smoked paprika, and a pinch of sugar.

Seal the baggie and mix to combine the seasonings with the chicken, then marinate in the fridge for about 30 minutes.

Preheat a skillet with cooking oil and sear the marinated chicken breast on both sides until cooked through.

Cover the skillet with a lid and let the chicken cook until done in the center, then remove and let it rest before shredding.

Prepare the sauce ingredients: chop 16 oz of flame-roasted hatch Valley green chilies, jalapeno, cilantro, green onion, and 1 tomato.

Add chicken bouillon powder and salt to taste to the sauce ingredients.

Shred the rested chicken breast and set aside.

Lightly fry corn tortillas in hot cooking oil until soft and pliable, about 10 seconds per side.

Roll each tortilla tightly with shredded chicken inside, optionally adding shredded cheese (skipped in this video).

In a blender, combine the juice of half a lime, the chopped sauce ingredients, the jar of green chilies, and about 1/3 cup of water, then puree until smooth.

Pour the pureed sauce into a preheated pan and let it simmer for about 5 minutes, covering to prevent splatter.

Taste the sauce and adjust seasoning with more chicken bouillon powder and salt as needed, then add 6 oz of shredded American cheese and mix until melted into the sauce.

Ladle the sauce over the rolled chicken enchiladas.

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