How To Make Chicken Chilaquiles
Chicken chilaquiles is a delicious Mexican dish that comes with tortilla chips in chile sauce. Plus cheese and sour cream for topping.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3½tbsppaprika
- 2½tbspchili powder
- ½tspcayenne
- ¼tspground cumin
- 1tspsugar
- ½tspsalt
- 3tbspcooking oil
- 3tbspflour
- 2clovesgarlic
- 3cupslow-sodium chicken broth,canned, or homemade stock
- 1lbchicken,boneless, skinless
- ¼tspfresh ground black pepper
- ½lbtortilla chips
- ¼lbfeta
- ½cupsour cream
- 1red onion
- ½cupcilantro leaves
Instructions
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In a small bowl, combine the paprika, chili powder, cayenne, cumin, sugar, and ¼ teaspoon of the salt.
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In a large saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over moderately low heat.
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Add the flour and cook for about 3 minutes, whisking until golden. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
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Add the paprika and chili powder mixture and then, add the broth slowly, whisking, until smooth. Bring to a simmer.
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Simmer covered for about 25 minutes until thick enough to coat a spoon.
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Meanwhile, in a large frying pan, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil over moderate heat.
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Season the chicken with the remaining ¼ teaspoon salt and the pepper and cook for about 5 minutes per side until browned and just done.
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Remove the chicken from the pan and let it rest for 5 minutes. Cut crosswise into slices.
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Add the tortilla chips to the chile sauce and cook for about 2 minutes, stirring, until the chips are soft but not falling apart.
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Put the sauce on plates and top with the feta, sour cream, onion, cilantro, and chicken.
Nutrition
- Calories: 850.68kcal
- Fat: 54.69g
- Saturated Fat: 15.39g
- Trans Fat: 0.19g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 22.15g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 13.38g
- Carbohydrates: 57.36g
- Fiber: 7.38g
- Sugar: 6.33g
- Protein: 35.74g
- Cholesterol: 125.23mg
- Sodium: 1023.58mg
- Calcium: 294.82mg
- Potassium: 854.89mg
- Iron: 4.82mg
- Vitamin A: 369.32µg
- Vitamin C: 5.66mg
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