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Chicken Enchiladas II

A baked chicken enchilada dish with green sauce and cheese.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Chicken Enchiladas II

Time20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Boil chicken breasts until done, then cube.

  2. In a large oiled pan, sauté chicken, spices, and onions until onions are clear.

  3. Allow chicken to cool and add cheese.

Roll the enchiladas

  1. In an oiled skillet, cook tortillas on each side until soft (approximately 10 seconds each side on medium‑high heat).

  2. Set tortillas aside, stacking to prevent drying, until cool enough to touch.

  3. Place chicken mixture in the center of each tortilla and roll.

  4. Place enchiladas in a 9‑inch square dish and cover with green sauce.

Make the green sauce

  1. In a saucepan, sauté onion and garlic until onions are clear.

  2. Add tomatillos, green chilies, paprika, water and bring to a boil.

  3. Add remaining ingredients, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

  4. Allow to cool for a few minutes and pour into a blender.

  5. Blend the mixture until desired texture is achieved.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

607Calories
44 gProtein
31 gFat
39 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Cumin + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Onion + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Cumin + corntop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together798 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Cumin + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Chicken breasts
Provides the bulk of the filling, cooked through and then cubed for a tender, substantial bite.
Cheese
Melts into the filling, adding richness and helping bind the roll together.
Corn tortillas
Pliable wrapper that softens when briefly cooked so it can be rolled without cracking.
Tomatillos
Give the green sauce its tart, acidic flavour.
Green chilies
Add mild heat and a fresh, green flavour to the sauce.
Onion
Softens and turns sweet and aromatic as it cooks in the pan.

The step that matters

Soften the tortillas and keep them pliable. Brief cooking makes corn tortillas soft enough to roll. If they are left to dry out, they become stiff and crack or tear when filled, so stacking them to hold moisture while they cool helps them roll cleanly.

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion, garlic, cheese, corn, sauce, pepper):

  1. Cuminthe original
  2. Thymefits about as well
  3. Oreganofits about as well
  4. Basilfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, onion, garlic, cheese, corn, sauce, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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