Chicken enchiladas. Seriously the best chicken enchiladas ever, made with lots of chicken, cheese, black beans (optional), and my favorite homemade red enchilada sauce recipe. Chicken enchiladas is an easy casserole dish made to feed a crowd. Lean white meat is sauteed, shredded and tossed in bold spices for maximum flavor inside warmed flour tortillas.
Chicken and a creamy tomato sauce are rolled up in tortillas for this chicken enchiladas recipe-very quick to assemble!
Season chicken with salt and pepper.
Our favorite red chili chicken enchiladas!
You can have Chicken enchiladas using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chicken enchiladas
- It's 3-3.5 cups of shredded chicken (I use 2 x 12.5 oz canned chicken.
- Prepare of or boil and shred a couple chicken breasts).
- Prepare 2 cups of (about 1.5 to 2 of 8 oz packages) jack cheese, shredded.
- You need 1/2 c of sour cream.
- You need 1 (4.5 oz) of can diced green chiles.
- Prepare 1/3 c of cilantro, chopped.
- Prepare 7-9 of flour tortillas (8 in.).
- You need 2 tbsp of taco seasoning (see my recipe on this site) or more to taste.
- You need 1 (28 oz) of can green enchilada sauce.
I recall often eating these chicken enchiladas with very little cheese on them. (My mom, bless her soul, has no recollection of the chicken enchiladas without. This Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe from Delish.com is the best. Originally a Mexican street food, enchiladas began simply as rolled tortillas dipped in chili sauce. Tender roasted chicken gets dressed up with spicy, piquant enchilada sauce, covered in shredded While the recipe relies on shortcut ingredients, the resulting enchiladas certainly aren't short on flavor.
Chicken enchiladas instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x13 pan..
- Stir together shredded chicken, 1 cup cheese, sour cream, chiles, cilantro and taco seasoning. Add more taco seasoning if needed and stir again..
- Spoon chicken mixture into tortillas and roll up..
- Arrange in the 9x13 pan and pour enchilada sauce over the top..
- Sprinkle remaining cheese over the top..
- Bake at 350 for 40 mins..
- Topping suggestions: chopped cilantro, chopped tomato, avocado, sour cream..
Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas are a classic American family favorite! How to Freeze Chicken Enchiladas: Chicken. These green chicken enchiladas are so simple to make. With salsa verde, chicken, sour cream, cheese, and cilantro, they are a tasty, quick, and easy dinner. Chicken Enchiladas will forever and always be one of my must have foods.