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Easy Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas

I LOVE SAVORY, spicy, satisfying enchiladas—especially when someone else makes them. They’re just too much work for me on a weeknight.

But do they need to be? I challenged myself to create a streamlined recipe for fresh, tangy baked green chile enchiladas with melty cheese, one that I could pull off even after a long and taxing day at work.

Cooking through a handful of existing recipes revealed a range of supposed shortcuts; some were acceptable, and some were definitely

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