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I love trying new foods, experimenting with the unusual combinations of food. Just ask DT. Pumpkin tends to be one of my star ingredients, I think I already have 11 pumpkin recipes on my blog. It is, after all, so very versatile, beautiful and super yummy.
So, when the thought of creamy, slightly spicy pumpkin enchiladas ran across my mind, I was uber excited. No, it’s not your usual flavor of pumpkin, cinnamon, sugar and spices. But the pumpkin stands on it’s own to the wonderful flavors in this dish. Highlighted, may I even say.
Yummy, creamy, with a slightly spicy kick. We ate the whole pan in one sitting. My boys ate 3 servings each!! Gosh, how I love those little pumpkin eaters!
So tell me would you try these?
1 sweet onion, diced, 1 tablespoon garlic, minced, 1 jalapeno, diced, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 cups chicken, cooked and diced (I like to use Sticky Chicken), green chilies (4 ounce can), 1 can pumpkin (15 ounce), 1 cup heavy cream, 1/2 cup chicken broth, 1 teaspoon chili powder, 2 teaspoons cumin, dash of salt & pepper, 10 corn tortillas, 1 cup Queso Fresco, crumbled, 1/4 cup green onions, Cilantro (optional)
In a large skillet, melt butter.
Dice onion, and add to pan.
While the onion is cooking, finely chop the garlic and jalapeno.
I used 2 small jalapenos from my garden that were red and a brownish color, usually that means they are extra spicy.
Once the onions have a little color to them, add the garlic and jalapenos, cooking until fragrant. About 1 minute.
Remove from the heat and add in the shredded chicken and green chilies. I love using Sticky Chicken.
Mix well and set aside.
In a medium sized bowl, add pumpkin, and chicken broth.
Pour in the heavy cream.
Add spices, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper to taste, whisk together.
In a sprayed casserole spoon a little cream sauce on the bottom.
Then start assembling your enchiladas, I used corn tortillas, but if you prefer flour, by all means use them.
Wrap the enchiladas tightly and lay seam side down. I could fit a total of 10 enchiladas.
Then pour the rest of the pumpkin sauce on top of the enchiladas.
Sprinkle with crumbled Queso Fresco. If you aren’t familiar with Queso Fresco, it is a delightfully yummy, mild cheese, almost similar to fresh mozzarella, except it’s crumbled more like the texture of feta. It simply means Fresh Cheese. If you can’t find queso fresco, just use mozzarella or even Monterrey jack.
Bake at 425° for 20-25 minutes, till the edges are brown and the cheese is thoroughly melted.
Serve to your hungry men and watch them devour the enchiladas.
Never once stopping to ask what that unique flavor is? Just enjoying every bite and even asking for seconds and thirds.
Makes a mommy proud!
Pumpkin Enchiladas
1 sweet onion, diced
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 jalapeno, diced
2 Tbs butter
2 cups chicken, cooked and diced (I like to use Sticky Chicken)
green chilies (4 oz)
1 can pumpkin (15 oz)
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 teaspoon chili powder
2 teaspoons cumin
dash of salt & pepper
10 corn tortillas
1 cup Queso Fresco, crumbled
1/4 cup green onions
Cilantro (optional)In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat, add onion. Sauté until brown and caramelized, about 5 minutes. Then add in garlic and jalapeno and cook until fragrant about 1 minute. Add the chicken and green chilies to the pan, mix well and remove from heat.
In a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, cream, broth, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper.
Spoon chicken mixture into the tortilla’s, rolling them tightly and placing in a medium-sized baking dish seam side down. Once all enchiladas have been rolled, spread the pumpkin cream sauce over the top. Sprinkle generously with Queso Fresco, then bake in an oven preheated to 425 degrees for 20-25 minutes, or just until the tips of the cheese begins to brown. Garnish with diced scallions
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Oh yeah!!! You had me at “pumpkin”! 🙂 These looks and so absolutely delicious! Can’t wait til it’s pumpkin season here. 🙂
Dangit. This makes me so mad because I would LOVE to try this recipe but not a single person in my family would eat it. 3/4 don’t like spicy and if they found out about the pumpkin? Forget about it. Enjoy the next pan for me!
That looks delightful! How do you think it would work with black beans instead of chicken?
Absolutely I think Black beans would be a super yummy!!
I would have never thought to add pumpkin, but I am sure going to try this! Stop over for a visit sometime!
YUM! I’ve done sweet potato and black beans before. Very tasty. But I love this pumpkiny sauce you’re using for the chicken. YUM!
Wow, pumpkin enchiladas? This looks awesome! I love adding pumpkin to savory dishes (I make pumpkin alfredo sauce and pumpkin sage polenta), so I will definitely be pinning this to make later! Thanks for posting! (PS. Saw this on This Chick Cooks)
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i like the sound of these enchiladas! I make a lasagna with pumpkin sauce but never thought to do enchiladas with it! this will be great in my house!!!
Looks amazing! How unique 🙂 Saw this on Miz Helen’s site – thanks for sharing!
These look great! I’d like to make them vegetarian. Maybe soy crumbles, white beans, or red peppers and potatoes instead of chicken. I’ve made chili with pumpkin before, and you’re right, people don’t know that it’s “pumpkin”. Yum!
I think that sounds yummy, maybe black beans as well, but I bet peppers or even summer squash would be an excellent, instead of chicken.
YUMMY! This looks Delicious! Thank You So Much for sharing on Thursdays’ Treasures, Dear Friend! I cannot wait to give this a try! <3 and Hugs!
What a fascinating idea – I’m always hooked by creative uses of unexpected ingredients. And I love pumpkin. I’ll have to give these a try!
Looks delicious! I bet a vegetarian version would be good too.
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My mouth is watering. THey look delish!
I have never in my life seen pumpkin enchiladas. How interesting.
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I saw this link on Crystal & Co.’s facebook page. Delish! I’m very excited to try this. Thanks so much for sharing!
Those look and sound great! Thanks for sharing them at the recipe spotlight!
I have been wanting to try something savory w/ pumpkin…mmmmm…Thanks for sharing at Church Supper! See you again next week.
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I love pumpkin!! This is really yummy!!
How interesting! Love pumpkin, these are a great new way to use pumpkin at this pumpkin time of year.
Hi Sweet Pea,
I can’t wait to try your wonderful Pumpkin Enchiladas! They will be a big hit here at the cottage. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great week!
Come Back Soon,
Miz Helen
I’d totally try them! I’m on a pumpkin kick lately, it’s such a perfect fall food.
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This dish sounds delicious. Pumpkin is such an unexpected ingredient in enchiladas, but I think it would be fantastic!
I found your post over at Everday Mom’s Meals at Church Supper.
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I’m seeing lots of pumpkin recipes… but not many savory ones! I will have to make these ASAP!
What a fantastic idea! These look absolutely delicious! I love the chiles, the seasoning and the use of Queso Fresco instead of the traditional cheddar or Montery Jack. Definitely will be giving these a try. BTW – Dee sent me! 🙂
I would absolutely make these! I’m going to copy this down! I love pumpkin and enchiladas, so what could be better than mixing the two.
I found you over at Deelicious Sweets, and I’m so glad that I did!!
I made these on Saturday! They were delicious. I did make a couple of changes. I used a meatless protein and black beans in place of the chicken. Thank you again. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Oh my word! These look amazing 🙂 Looks like I can easily make this vegetarian for my hubby too! We have fake meat chicken shreds 🙂 This will work perfect this recipe. Enchiladas are his FAVORITE!!! Thank you for the wonderful recipe 🙂
Oh good, I’ve also thought black beans might be a good alternative to the meat as well. Hope you try them.
These look delicious! I love all thing pumpkin as well and this looks like something my family would love…
Hi! How many does this serve?
There are only two of us, and we are small eaters.
@charlie, Hi Charlie, I would say it feed 4-6 people, but you could easily half the recipe and make it in a 8X8 pan if you’d like. I personally love leftovers!
Thank you!
Just digging through your wonderful recipes, thank you so very much for sharing them!!!
Love everything pumpkin<3
Just thought I'd share a tip from my decades of cooking. Your tortillas look really dry and are trying to break as you roll them…just heat them up, one by one, in a skillet with a drop of oil if you wish, but it's not necessary, cook for 1-minute per side. They'll be very pliable once this is done and you can roll them to your hearts content. Works great for flour tortillas too. And you can cheat and microwave them for about 15 seconds each, but the texture really isn't as preferred as the pan fried ones, but when I make enchiladas I can get away with it as they are sauce covered! Hope this helps and thank you f or the wonderful recipes!
Thanks for the tips!
Oh yea! I am going to make these. Love pumpkin and love enchiladas! LOVE the idea. Thanks for sharing.
Readers may like a Pumpkin, Bean and Rice burrito, as well: http://cookingripe.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/pumpkin-rice-and-bean-burritos/