Chicken Enchilada
Chicken Enchilada is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the fruit-vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 160 g flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
- 2 chicken breast fillets
- 2 green bell peppers
- 1 onion
- 1 Garlic clove
- 3 tbsp oil
- 3 tomatoes
- Salt
- pepper (ground)
- 3 tbsp crème fraîche
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 Avocado
Instructions
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1.
For the tortillas, mix flour with salt and parsley in a bowl, gradually add about 100 ml water while stirring and knead by hand into a smooth dough; let rest for 15 minutes. Then divide the dough into four equal portions and roll each into a flat disc of about 15 cm.
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2.
In a non‑stick pan, bake each tortilla on both sides for about 1 minute until dark brown spots appear; keep warm.
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3.
Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper and sear in 1 tbsp hot oil in a pan, cooking each side for about 5 minutes; set aside and keep warm.
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4.
Wash, trim, halve, deseed, and dice the bell peppers.
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5.
Peel and finely dice the onion and garlic, then sauté in remaining oil, add the peppers, cook a few minutes, season with salt and pepper.
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6.
Pour tomatoes over water to blanch, peel, deseed, and dice; set aside some cubes for garnish. Add the rest of the tomatoes to the peppers and simmer a few minutes.
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7.
Peel the avocado, halve it, remove the pit, slice into wedges, and drizzle with 1 tbsp lemon juice.
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8.
Dice the chicken breast and mix with the vegetables.
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9.
Whisk crème fraîche with 1 tbsp lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
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10.
Spread the chicken‑vegetable mixture on plates, top each with 1 tbsp crème fraîche, generously pepper, and cover with tortillas. Garnish with avocado wedges and tomato cubes before serving.