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Monterey Chicken Enchiladas

April 21, 2016 By Jocelyn - 18 Comments

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Looking for a quick and easy meal that your entire family will enjoy? These Monterey Chicken Enchiladas are loaded with barbecue chicken, cheese, and tomatoes.

*I am partnering with Red Gold® as a brand ambassador this spring creating recipes using canned tomatoes.

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My family has started to boycott sweets.  I’m not sure I know who they are anymore!!  I mean seriously, how can you live with me and not like sweets?  This is boggling my mind for sure!

Ok, fine.  I guess if you have sweets around 24/7, it could get pretty old.  I still haven’t gotten to that point of not wanting the sweets…although, I’m pretty sure my jeans would love it if I could join the no sweets train a little more often.

Since the sweets I have been making have been going untouched, I need to get back to creating some more savory dishes.  This family of mine insists that dark chocolate layer cake just don’t work for dinner. So it’s time to find some more dinner dishes that will get devoured.  

Barbecue chicken, bacon, and cheese give these Monterey Chicken Enchiladas a fun twist. Great dinner recipe!

The past few weeks we have been pretty boring in the dinner department.  Just sticking to a few basic recipes and some takeout has become the new normal.

Well, no more normal.  I get tired of the same old dishes all the time, and it makes me want to create something new and exciting.

Although, ask my husband to tell you about the time I decided to get creative with his taco night.  Oh, boy!  Don’t mess with a hungry hubby and his tacos!  He still insists that taco ring is not tacos, but whatever!  I still blame that night on my phobia of making dinner.  LOL!

Adding tomatoes, barbecue chicken, bacon, and cheese make these Monterey Chicken Enchiladas a fun dinner recipe!

This spring I have had the awesome opportunity to partner with Red Gold® as a brand ambassador.  It has been exciting to be able to work with a brand that I use regularly in our kitchen.

The care and love of the company shows in every single can you open.  Quality tomatoes that make your dishes taste amazing!

Monterey Chicken Enchiladas - this easy dinner recipe can be on the table in 30 minutes!

This week I decided to get a little crazy in the kitchen.  Every once in a while I get that itch to create a fun and different dinner.

My husband’s go to meal at Chili’s is their Monterey chicken.  So, I decided to take the flavors of that dinner and give it a Mexican twist. Barbecue chicken, tomatoes, green peppers, and cheese make up the easy filling for these rolls.  Then to top them off, they got a thinned down barbecue sauce, tons of bacon, and more cheese on top.

This is an easy dinner to get on the table quickly if you prep some things ahead of time. You could chop the meats and veggies the night before to save some prep time.  Even better, you could make this entire dish the night before or the morning of, and then refrigerate it until dinner time.  Just remember to set it out about 30 minutes before you put it in the oven, or cover it with foil and bake it a little longer so it can heat all the way through.

Just don’t trip as you walk to the table holding the hot pan…barbecue sauce is a pain to clean off curtains.  Although, thank goodness for the enchiladas staying put in the pan, so I could still serve them as dinner!

I may have been holding my breath slightly as I served these Monterey chicken enchiladas to my family.  Who knows what they are going to think when I decide to do a crazy dinner idea!  Thankfully, most of them enjoyed every bite.  Only the youngest snubbed his nose, and he doesn’t count because he would live on Ramen if we let him.

Monterey Chicken Enchiladas - barbecue chicken, bacon, and cheese gives these enchiladas a fun twist. Great dinner recipe!

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Monterey Chicken Enchiladas

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 8 enchiladas

Monterey Chicken Enchiladas

These Monterey Chicken Enchiladas are full of barbecue chicken, tomatoes, and cheese. Great dinner recipe for busy nights.

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 cup diced green pepper
  • 2 cups cooked, chopped chicken
  • 1 - 14 ounce can Red Gold Petite Diced Tomatoes, drained and divided
  • 1 cup barbecue sauce, divided
  • 2 1/2 cups cheddar jack shredded cheese, divided
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 8 - 8 inch flour tortillas
  • 8 sliced cooked bacon, crumbled
  • 2 diced green onions

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Heat the olive oil on medium heat in a large skillet. Add the green peppers and saute for 3-4 minutes.
  3. Add the chicken, 1 cup tomatoes, and 1/2 cup barbecue sauce. Stir together until heated through.
  4. Add 1 cup of the cheese and stir until melted.
  5. Stir together the remaining 1/2 cup barbecue sauce and water. Spread half of this mixture in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish.
  6. Lay the tortillas out on the counter and divide the chicken mixture evenly down the center of the tortillas. Roll them up tightly and place side by side in the prepared pan.
  7. Spread the remaining thinned barbecue sauce on top of the tortillas. Sprinkle the crumbled bacon evenly over the top, and then top with the remaining cheese.
  8. Place the pan in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Broil for the last minute to brown up the top of the cheese, if desired. Top with the remaining tomatoes and diced green onions immediately before serving.
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Monterey Chicken Enchiladas - cheese, bacon, and barbecue chicken add a great flavor to these easy enchiladas! Awesome 30 minute dinner recipe!

 

More dinner recipes that our family loves:

Chicken Alfredo Calzones

Chicken Alfredo Calzones

Tomato Basil Sausage Skillet

Tomato Basil Sausage Skillet

Loaded Hot Corn Dip

Loaded Hot Corn Dip

 

*I was compensated for my time creating this recipe as a brand ambassador for Red Gold. All opinions expressed in this post are 100% my own. Thank you for letting me share the brands and products we use and love.

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Comments

  1. Maria says

    April 21, 2016 at 2:26 PM

    Hi. I’ve made these before and the tortilla always comes out soggy.. Anyway to fix that or are they suppose to be that way?

    Reply
    • Jocelyn says

      April 21, 2016 at 7:10 PM

      Do you mean you’ve made regular enchiladas before? Since I just posted this particular recipe, you couldn’t have made these just yet. Enchiladas are not supposed to be soggy, but they are not crisp like a burrito either because of the sauce on top. How much sauce did the recipe you use call for on the bottom and top of the enchiladas?

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      • Maria says

        April 21, 2016 at 7:15 PM

        Yes, regular enchiladas… Not yours. And I would think any amount of sauce would make them soggy? Top or bottom. I’m sure if I used a little and the rest on the side they’d be ok. There so good, but the texture has kept me from making them again. Thanks for the quick response 🙂

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  2. Maureen Blackburn says

    April 21, 2016 at 6:28 PM

    Never thought of using barbecue sauce…what a great recipe. I am sure this will be a go to favorite!!!!!

    Reply
    • Jocelyn says

      May 4, 2016 at 12:49 AM

      I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

      Reply
  3. Roxana says

    April 21, 2016 at 8:48 PM

    This looks like it would quickly become a family favorite! Although I see nothing wrong with cake for dinner either. 😉

    Reply
    • Jocelyn says

      May 4, 2016 at 12:50 AM

      Hahaha! Yes, cake is perfectly acceptable in my mind too!

      Reply
  4. Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says

    April 25, 2016 at 12:21 PM

    I can never say no to sweets, so I’m impressed with your family! Looks delicious!

    Reply
    • Jocelyn says

      May 4, 2016 at 12:51 AM

      I’m with you on never saying no to sweets. I’m not sure what is going on with my family…wish I could say no more often!

      Reply
  5. Megan says

    April 26, 2016 at 11:56 AM

    When you place this in the oven, do you cover the pan with aluminum foil or no? (sorry if this is a silly question, I have never made enchiladas before)

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    • Jocelyn says

      April 26, 2016 at 12:35 PM

      I didn’t cover the pan with foil when I baked these enchiladas. I hope you enjoy the dinner!

      Reply
  6. Naomi says

    May 16, 2016 at 12:09 PM

    These look delicious! Can these be frozen? If so, would you bake before freezing? I’m just concerned about them getting too soggy. Maybe just freeze the filling?

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    • Jocelyn says

      May 16, 2016 at 12:38 PM

      I kind of wondered the same thing about freezing them. Probably just freezing the filling would be better so your tortillas do not get soggy when it thaws.

      Reply
  7. Stephanie says

    September 1, 2016 at 8:40 PM

    Holy moly these suckers were delicious!!!!

    Reply
    • Jocelyn says

      September 1, 2016 at 9:23 PM

      Woo hoo! I’m glad you thought so! Our family loved them too 🙂

      Reply
  8. Becky Berg says

    October 3, 2016 at 9:25 PM

    These were super easy to make. I put two big chicken breasts in the crock pot the day before and cut the meat up the next day. I had 4 cups of meat! These are a keeper and I can’t wait to try them next time with a raspberry chiptole barbecue sauce!

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  9. Therese says

    February 12, 2017 at 4:44 PM

    What size can of petite diced tomatoes were used. Red Gold brand is not available where I live. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Jocelyn says

      February 12, 2017 at 8:31 PM

      I’m sorry about that. I usually put the size can in the recipe too. I’ll make sure to fix that right away. The can that I used was a 14 or 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes. I hope you enjoy the meal.

      Reply

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