I made chicken enchiladas using the recipe below awhile ago, and my mom and my brother (usually the only people I have to see) thought they were pretty good, and I'd like to make them again, but last time I did, I felt like the cream cheese wsa really overpowering and that's all I tasted. Would anyone have any suggestions as to how to modify this recipe to add something else in or make the cream cheese taste less obvious? I thought of maybe using refried beans, but my brother wouldn't eat that. Thanks in advance!

The recipe:

1 8 oz pkg of softend cream cheese
1 small container of sour cream
1 large jar of medium to hot salsa
4 chicken breasts
10-12 corn or flour tortillas
1 pkg of taco cheese

Season chicken breasts to taste and grill or you can just boil them until no longer pink.
Cut cream cheese brick into cubes.

Cut cooked chicken into bite sized pieces and add to cream cheese. Stir until melted, then stir in 1/2 of jar of salsa.

Warm tortillas in microwave until softened.

Add a heaping tablespoon of chicken mix to tortilla and roll up. Place seam side down in a greased 9-13 pan.

After all of chicken mix is used, mix sour cream and the rest of the salsa together in a separate bowl. Spread over the enchiladas. Cover with cheese and bake until cheese is melted and golden brown.

I checked out a couple recipe sites and some suggestions were to either put in half the amount of cream cheese, or substitute another kind of cheese you like and half the amount you put in (so 4oz of another kind of cheese).

That's what sprang to my mind,too - just halve the cream cheese. Or have half cream cheese, half something less rich - maybe cottage cheese instead (put it through the blender so you don't have that "lump" thing going.)

If you do decide to just go with less cheese, fill up the space with veggies - peppers, either hot or sweet, or corn, maybe a bit of diced tomato. If he doesn't like refried beans, maybe just open a can of kidney or pinto beans, or black beans. When they are whole, they don't have that "mush" quality of refried, and are also a lot easier for people who don't like them to just pick them out.