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HONEY LIME CHICKEN OR PORK ENCHILADAS

So easy to make, the taste of those honey lime fowl enchiladas is out of this world. This recipe is delicious with pork, as properly (and you possibly could make enchiladas, burritos, salads – concepts are endless!)!

Two honey lime fowl enchiladas on white and blue plate with one chew cut with fork.

To say this honey lime fowl recipe has stood the experiment of time is a extreme understatement! It has been a household favourite for over ten years and I don’t see that altering any time soon.

If your life has been with out this delectable honey lime combo for enchiladas (or burritos, salads, etc), I hate to assert it, but you’ve absolutely been lacking out. Not basically are those perhaps a few of the simplest enchiladas you’ll ever make, there truly isn’t one other enchilada recipe like them in phrases of one-of-a-kind deliciousness.


9X13 white pan higher down view of honey lime fowl enchiladas smothered in cheese.

Over the years, I’ve slightly adapted this recipe. The unique is simply too good! But I even have included simply a couple of steps and notes beneath to highlight simply a couple of easy element substitutions that could make it even easier.



FOR INSTANCE
Green enchilada sauce vs inexperienced salsa. What’s the difference, really? Well, inexperienced enchilada sauce is typically thicker than salsa with a deeper, roasted flavor. The nice news, I’ve made this recipe endless occasions with the two enchilada sauce OR salsa verde (green salsa). And equally are delicious and wonderful and life altering and wonderful. Basically, don’t stress too a lot about interchanging the two.

Shredded chicken. This recipe is somewhat strange within the truth that the marinade in truth begins with cooked, shredded chicken. You will maybe be considering “Mel, you’ve lastly misplaced your marbles” but I promise it works! The fowl is infused with that wonderful honey, lime, chili combo, and it basically desires about 30 minutes marinating time (although it does style even higher should you possibly can allow the fowl cling out of a number of hours).

A rotisserie fowl is proper for this recipe. Or, here's my go-to stovetop cooked, shredded fowl recipe. Often, I simply throw fowl breasts within the Instant Pot with 1 cup broth, salt and pepper, and cook dinner on excessive force for 8-12 minutes (discard more cooking liquid).

Scooping out honey lime fowl enchilada with flat steel spatula.

We like so as to feature simply a couple of more toppings to our honey lime fowl enchiladas for amped up yumminess. Chopped tomatoes, sour cream, avocado, cilantro, more lime wedges. But you possibly can go away them plain and simple, too.

Oh! Also, the creamy topping. I don’t desire to overlook this note. After the enchiladas are assembled and within the pan, they get a smothering of types from the inexperienced enchilada sauce + leftover marinade (don’t overlook this! Flavor!) + cream, sour cream or half and half. This provides a creamy oomph to the enchiladas that's to-die for.

However! Again, after making this meal so.many.times over the final decade, there had been many cases the place I’ve neglected the creaminess within the topping altogether and simply mixed the inexperienced enchilada sauce with the leftover marinade to unfold on higher of the enchiladas. And then loaded at the cheese, of course. I’m now not one to go away cheese out of anything.

Close up view of chew taken out of 1 honey lime fowl enchilada on white and blue plate.

Basically this recipe is quite adaptable…and so quite easy! It pains me to assume that a few of you newcomers to my weblog could had been residing with out this tried-and-true honey lime fowl enchilada recipe. It took the global through storm while I shared it over ten years ago, but I assume it’s time for a comeback.

Also, count number that the honey lime meat combination (which is tremendous delicious with shredded pork, too) is wonderful as enchiladas – but in addition loopy nice made into burritos (smothered – yum!) or as a topping for a salad.

With this creamy cilantro lime dressing? Holy cow, greatest salad ever.

What To ServeConfetti Rice and Bean Salad, Grilled Corn Salad, or Guacamole Salad
Fresh fruit
Tortilla Chips/Salsa or Cornbread

HONEY LIME CHICKEN {OR PORK} ENCHILADAS

YIELD:  6 SERVINGS
 PREP TIME:  30 MINUTES 
COOK TIME:  30 MINUTES
ADDITIONAL TIME:  30 MINUTES 
TOTAL TIME:  1 HOUR 30 MINUTES


INGREDIENTS
 6 tablespoons honey
 5 to 6 tablespoons lime juice (2 to a few big limes)
 1 tablespoon chili powder
 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
 1/4 teaspoon coarse, kosher salt
 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon black pepper (I use coarsely ground)
 2 kilos chicken, cooked and shredded - about four cups whole (see note)
 8 to 10 flour or corn tortillas (about 6- to 8-inches)
 four cups (about 1 pound) shredded Monterey jack cheese (or a combo of cheddar and Monterey Jack)
 16 ounces inexperienced enchilada sauce (see note)
 1 cup heavy cream, sour cream, or half-and-half

 Additional Toppings (optional): sour cream, chopped tomatoes, more lime wedges, avocado, chopped cilantro

INSTRUCTIONS
In a small bowl, whisk collectively the honey, lime juice, chili powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Place the shredded fowl in a resealable bag or special protected container. Pour the marinade over the fowl and toss till the fowl is lightly coated. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or as an awful lot as 8 hours.
Lightly grease a 9X13-inch pan with nonstick cooking spray and pour about 1/2 cup of the enchilada sauce at the backside of the pan.
Fill flour tortillas with fowl (save the leftover marinade!) and shredded cheese, saving about 1 cup of cheese to sprinkle on higher of enchiladas. Mix the rest enchilada sauce with the leftover marinade and the the cream (or sour cream/half-and-half).
Spread sauce lightly on higher of the enchiladas and sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350 stages for 30-35 minutes till brown and crispy on top. Serve with chopped tomatoes, salsa, sour cream, more lime wedges, chopped cilantro, and/or avocado.

NOTES
A rotisserie fowl works huge on this recipe.
Or, here's my go-to quickly stovetop technique for making cooked, shredded fowl at home. Otherwise, I typically throw fowl breasts within the Instant Pot with 1 cup broth and a few salt and pepper and cook dinner for 8-12 minutes at excessive force after which shred (discarding liquid).

Here is an easy, delicious recipe for selfmade inexperienced enchilada sauce. Green salsa also works for this dish (slightly special taste profile and the consistency is somewhat thinner than enchilada sauce). Also, should you desire to skip the cream within the topping all together, you possibly can blend the rest inexperienced enchilada sauce or salsa with the leftover marinade and unfold that over the higher of the enchiladas and sprinkle with cheese.

Freezable Meal: Freeze previous to baking. To bake, preheat oven to 350 stages and bake enchiladas, protected (without thawing first) for 1 hour. Uncover and bake 30 minutes longer, till brown and crispy on top. The tortillas will maybe be somewhat softer after freezing and baking.

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