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Chicken Enchiladas with Smoky Tomato Sauce

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Chicken Enchiladas with Smoky Tomato Sauce

The smoky tomato sauce has a hint of cocoa for a deeper, richer flavour. But don’t worry, it’s not too spicy, so it’s cool for kids.

  • Nut Free
  • Children's
Preparation time:
10 minutes
Cooking time:
30 minutes
Total time:
40 minutes 40 minutes
Serves:
 8

Ingredients

  • For the enchilada sauce:
  • 300g pack 8 corn tortillas
  • 2 tsp vegetable oil
  • 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • ¼ tsp smoked paprika
  • 680g jar Waitrose Organic Passata
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • For the filling:
  • 200g pack Waitrose Roast Chicken Sweet Chilli Mini Fillets, shredded
  • 195g can Waitrose Sweetcorn Crisp and Naturally Sweet in Water, drained
  • 200g grated mature Cheddar cheese

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C, gas mark 6. Wrap the tortillas in foil and place in the oven for 15 minutes to warm through (according to pack instructions), while you make the sauce.
  2. Heat the oil in a medium sized saucepan and gently fry the onion for 4-5 minutes until softened. Add the garlic, paprika, passata and cocoa and simmer gently for about 10 minutes. Tip half the sauce into the base of a large, shallow, oblong ovenproof dish.
  3. Assemble the 8 enchiladas by putting a little bit of chicken in a line down the centre of each tortilla, together with some sweetcorn and a sprinkling of cheese (reserve a little to use as topping). Roll up each tortilla, tucking in both ends when rolling, and place in the dish seam-side down. Pour over the remaining enchilada sauce and scatter with the reserved cheese.
  4. Place in the oven for 10-15 minutes until the cheese has melted and the sauce is bubbling. Serve with soured cream, salad leaves and cucumber slices.

Cook's tips

If short of time, try using Waitrose Tomato and Herb Pasta Sauce, instead of making the enchilda sauce.

Additional information

Our children’s recipe cards provide 50 per cent or less of the Guideline Daily Amount (GDA) of calories, fat, saturated fat, salt and sugar for children aged 5-10 years.

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FrillyPig

FrillyPig 07 January 2010 18:51

Love this, as did my hubby and 3yr old little boy, I added an Orange Pepper chopped up small to the onions and spice's to boost the veg content without anybody realising :) I also added 1tbsp of Dark Soy Sauce to the sauce which really helps the flavour. Next time I'll add a little sugar to bring out the tomato and probably up the smoked paprika too :) If I was doing this for adults only I think a full tsp of paprika would be amazing :)

Delfino

Delfino 04 November 2008 21:16

This is one to be repeated! I used flour tortillas instead of corn and omitted the cocoa also insted of the chilli chicken I sprayed 3 chickecn breast with olive oil and sprinkled with chilli pepper, salt and grilled.

Katharine

Katharine 30 October 2008 10:56

Excellent recipe, it went down very well with the brother-in-law :) If you haven't got passata I liquidised a can of basics tinned tomatoes and then sieved them to get the same product!

laura-london

laura-london 14 October 2008 15:39

I freaking LOVE this recipe! It truly is so easy, quick and hassle-free. All you need is a couple of minutes to make the sauce. This is one for those 'time-poor, but wanting to eat well' enthusiasts out there : ) The only thing is that I had to ask a friendly Waitrose staff member what 680g jar Waitrose Organic Passata was (tomato pulp, peoples). Good thing I did - she helped me with the rest of my shopping too!

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Nutritional Info

Typical values per serving:
Energy 344kcal
Sugars 9.9g
Fat 14.8g
Saturated Fat 7.1g
Salt 2g

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This recipe was first published on Waitrose.com in October 2008