Stacked turkey enchiladas are so easy to make. I make them all year long using leftover turkey from holiday meals or substituting leftover chicken the rest of the year. This is a terrific way to use up those leftover pieces of store bought fried chicken as well. Just pull the turkey or chicken off of the carcass or bones, discard the skin, and chop into small bite size pieces. Your family won’t even know they are eating leftovers.
Stacked Turkey Enchiladas
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Stacked Turkey Enchiladas is a great way to use up leftover turkey or chicken and it can be made in a solar oven.
Author: Merry Bevill
Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Tex-Mex
Ingredients
- For each stack use
- 5 - 6 corn tortillas
- 1½ cups chopped turkey/chicken
- ½ - ¾ cup chopped onion
- ¾ - 1 cup shredded Mexi-blend or cheddar cheese
- 1 medium or 2 sm cans of enchilada sauce
Instructions
- Pre-heat the solar oven while preparing the recipe.
- Layer a corn tortilla in the bottom of a solar safe dish. Add several spoonfuls of enchilada sauce and spread on the tortilla. Add another tortilla.
- Add a layer of chopped turkey, onion, cheese, and enchilada sauce.
- Add a layer of 1 or 2 tortillas, adding sauce in between the tortillas.
- Add another layer of chopped turkey, onion, cheese, and enchilada sauce.
- Add a final layer of 1 or 2 tortillas, adding sauce in between the tortillas.
- Spread the top tortilla with the remaining enchilada sauce.
- Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
- Bake in a hot solar oven for 1½ hours depending on oven temperature.
Notes
I was using a Sunflair Mini Portable Solar Oven
. My enchiladas heated for 1½ hours at 200 degrees. The sky was partly cloudy with a slight haze and 75 degree temperature.
Actual Cooking time will vary depending on the type of solar cooker, the weather, and the amount of food being cooked. For best results, and the shortest cooking time, keep the oven pointed directly into the sun.
This recipe can be heated in the kitchen oven, the microwave, or made in a crockpot. Since the ingredients are cooked, all you need to do is heat the enchiladas until they are warm, and the cheese melted. The time it will take will vary depending on your cooking method.
. My enchiladas heated for 1½ hours at 200 degrees. The sky was partly cloudy with a slight haze and 75 degree temperature. Actual Cooking time will vary depending on the type of solar cooker, the weather, and the amount of food being cooked. For best results, and the shortest cooking time, keep the oven pointed directly into the sun.
This recipe can be heated in the kitchen oven, the microwave, or made in a crockpot. Since the ingredients are cooked, all you need to do is heat the enchiladas until they are warm, and the cheese melted. The time it will take will vary depending on your cooking method.
I made this in the Sunflair Mini solar oven. Because all of the ingredients are cooked, this is a great quick Heat & Eat recipe. I keep the ingredients on hand in the cupboard, including a can of diced chicken, so I can pop this in the oven anytime I want. I generally serve this with refried beans or rice. Don’t forget the chips and salsa and guacamole!
What do you make with leftover turkey?
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Thanks, it tasted as good as it looks. Thanks for dropping by. Merry
This would be a great make ahead meal for the kids to take to an all day track meet to throw in their new Sunflair oven. These track meets are rarely near any restaurants and snacks are ok for awhile but nothing beats a hot meal when the day gets long.
Pam, I remember long day at sports events with only a cold lunch and a few snacks to keep you going. And even if you are near a restaurant, burgers and fries or pizza gets old (and expensive) really fast. When we were doing the craft show circuit, putting in long days at the shows, one of my favorite things to make was a Frito Chili pie. So simple. Yet so good. There is nothing like a hot meal to keep you going. Merry
Enchiladas are one of my kids’ favorite dinners! I have never tried doing it in the sun oven! Thanks for the recipe!
Do you know if the collapsible cooking bowl can be purchased separately?!? It’s awesome!
We love enchiladas too and they are so easy to make in a solar oven. Your kids will love it. I had never seen the little collapsible silicon bowls until I got a SunFlair. And I have not seen them anywhere else. They are really great. They squish down flat so they don’t take up any room. You need to set them on a tray to carry and cook, otherwise they have a tendency to self-collapse if you move them too fast with soft food inside. The bowls can be purchased from SunFlair at https://sunflair.net/products/ Merry
Thanks Merry!
Great Idea!