Chicken and Black Bean Enchilada Skillet

This dish definitely falls into the fast, easy, cheap category. It's tasty, pretty healthy, and  takes about 20 minutes to throw together.

Here are the ingredients to prepare your chicken and black bean enchilada skillet.

The star of the show here is really the enchilada sauce, which is store-bought, so make sure you get a good one. I found a brand called "Frontera" at the market, and I like the taste AND the ingredients list. There's nothing I can't pronounce and I know what all of the ingredients are....It's also inexpensive. Not sure if that brand is carried all over the country, but it's worth a shot if you can get it. 

This is not spicy even with the diced tomatoes with green chilies (note that I used the mild variety), so I wouldn't use plain diced tomatoes here. You could, but the extra flavor from the green chilies might be missed.

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon oil or butter
10 corn tortillas, cut in half and then into strips
2 cups cooked chicken, diced
1 medium onion, diced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 10 oz. can diced tomatoes with green chilies, undrained
1 package enchilada sauce - Frontera is 8 oz. A can may be a bit more, but that would be fine.
1 15 oz, can of black beans, rinsed and drained - Or 1 1/2 cups post boiling if you boil them yourself
1 1/2 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided

Directions:
Pour enchilada sauce over chicken and set aside. Add a tablespoon of oil or butter to a large skillet and set to medium heat. Add the onions and tortilla strips. Saute for about 5 minutes until the onions are translucent. Then add the garlic and cook an additional minute.

Now add the chicken and sauce, diced tomatoes, black beans, cumin, garlic powder, and 1/2 a cup of cheese. Mix together, cover, and let cook for about 5 minutes until everything is heated through.

Add the rest of the cheese to the top, cover, and let cook an additional minute until the cheese is melted.

Serve immediately. I don't add anything to mine, but you could top it with sour cream, salsa, cilantro, avocado, whatever floats your boat!


I love that this comes together so quickly. When I have time earlier in the day I like to do all the chopping, shred the cheese, and mix the sauce and chicken together, that way it takes even less than 20 minutes when I get home from work. It's hard to be that!


Hope you enjoy this great weeknight dinner!