Allan's Famous Chicken Enchiladas

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 whole chicken (on the bone)
• 1 (12 ounce) can green chilies
• 6 ounces sliced black olives
• 1 onions or 1 yellow onion
• 1 lb colby cheese or 1 lb monterey jack cheese or 1 lb longhorn cheese
• 12 ounces sour cream
• 3 dozen small flour tortillas
• 1 teaspoon salt
• vegetable shortening

Recipe

• 1 boil chicken in salted water until tender and loosened from bone (be sure entire chicken is submerged in the water).
• 2 bone chicken and dice the meat. let cool.
• 3 while chicken is cooling, dice onion and chilis, and shred cheese (set aside 2 cups of cheese for topping).
• 4 mix onion, chilis, cheese, sour cream, and olives in a large bowl. add chicken and mix coursely. (reserve 4 cups).
• 5 grease two 13" baking pans on all sides. heat one tortilla at a time over open gas flame.
• 6 fill with 3-4 tablespoons of chicken mixture and roll leaving ends open.
• 7 place seam-down in the greased baking pans (if using electric oven, open each 1 doz. package of tortillas and heat for 12 seconds in microwave and fill with aforementioned ingredients while hot).
• 8 continue process placing each enchilada in pan. the enchiladas should fit snuggly against each other.
• 9 place 2 cups of chicken mixture over each pan of enchiladas. smooth evenly to retain moisture.
• 10 top with a layer of shredded cheese.
• 11 bake covered at 325 degrees f. for 42 minutes.
• 12 remove cover and return to oven for 6 minutes to gently toast cheese.