{"id":6450,"date":"2011-05-27T20:06:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T02:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=6450"},"modified":"2011-05-27T20:06:02","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T02:06:02","slug":"honey-lime-chicken-enchiladas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/27\/honey-lime-chicken-enchiladas\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is another one of those recipes that I thought I blogged about a year or two ago.\u00c2\u00a0 I stumbled upon the idea of Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas when I was looking for an enchilada recipe to use up some leftover roast chicken.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had enchiladas with red sauce and enchiladas with green sauce, but never any enchiladas that were slightly sweet, as the name of these implies.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve seen this recipe in various forms on food blogs, but my favorite version comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesisterscafe.com\/\">The Sisters Cafe<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I followed their basic recipe, but substituted corn tortillas for flour since I always hate how mushy flour tortillas wind up getting in enchilada and casserole dishes. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I love this slightly different twist on enchiladas!\u00c2\u00a0 You can use chicken or pork (and leftover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/13\/cafe-rio-sweet-pork-salad\/\">Cafe Rio Pork<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/31\/cuban-roast-pork-with-black-beans-and-rice\/\">Cuban Pork<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/14\/slow-cooker-pork-tacos\/\">Slow Cooker Pork Tacos<\/a> would ALL be great in this).\u00c2\u00a0 These enchiladas freeze really well, too!\u00c2\u00a0 Serve with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/22\/mexican-rice\/\">Mexican Rice<\/a>, refried beans, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/03\/corn-and-goat-cheese-salad-with-cilantro-honey-lime-dressing\/\">salad<\/a>, and you&#8217;ve got a company-worthy dinner!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Honey-Lime-Chicken-Enchiladas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6455\" title=\"Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Honey-Lime-Chicken-Enchiladas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Honey-Lime-Chicken-Enchiladas.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Honey-Lime-Chicken-Enchiladas-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas<\/h3>\n<p>adapted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesisterscafe.com\/2009\/08\/honey-lime-enchiladas-2.html\">The Sisters Cafe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 pounds chicken or pork, cooked and shredded<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup honey<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon chili powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cans green enchilada sauce (use mild or medium, your preference!)<\/li>\n<li>1 pound (16 ounces) cheddar jack cheese (or use pepper jack for an extra kick!)<\/li>\n<li>corn tortillas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To Make Sauce: Mix together honey, lime juice, chili powder, and garlic powder.\u00c2\u00a0 Add to pork or chicken and let the sauce soak into the meat for about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<div>Lightly spray 2 pans with non-stick baking spray. (Use  one 9\u00c3\u201413 and one 9\u00c3\u20149, or however you want to divide it up.) Pour enough green enchilada sauce into pans to coat the entire  bottom. Fill tortillas**\u00c2\u00a0 with shredded meat and desired amount of cheese. Roll and place in dish.<\/div>\n<div><em>Picky Apple Tip: Corn tortillas tend to tear easily.\u00c2\u00a0 Heat corn tortillas wrapped in a damp paper towel in the microwave for 30 seconds before you start filling and rolling.\u00c2\u00a0 This will keep them from cracking. <\/em><\/div>\n<div>Pour remainder of sauce over enchiladas and sprinkle more  cheese on top \u00e2\u20ac\u201c don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be stingy!\u00c2\u00a0 Bake uncovered at  350 degrees for 30 minutes. Then turn on broiler and place enchiladas  nearer the top of oven. Let it broil until cheese is slightly brown and  crispy.<\/div>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/27\/honey-lime-chicken-enchiladas\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another one of those recipes that I thought I blogged about a year or two ago.\u00c2\u00a0 I stumbled upon the idea of Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas when I was looking for an enchilada recipe to use up some leftover roast chicken.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had enchiladas with red sauce and enchiladas with green sauce, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11,5,10,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chicken","category-freezer-friendly","category-main-dish","category-pork","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6450"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6460,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6450\/revisions\/6460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}