Almost chicken enchiladas casserole. LOVE this easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole recipe! It's made with the best homemade enchilada sauce, and layered with corn tortillas, cheese, beans, and your favorite fillings. It's cheesy, it's spicy, it's sinfully delicious.
These enchiladas are almost like a Mexican lasagna! I like to make Chicken Enchilada Casserole instead or regular (individual) chicken enchiladas when I have other things to do. This chicken enchilada casserole is creamy cheesy perfection and it's so easy to throw together since everything is layered together instead of rolled. You can cook Almost chicken enchiladas casserole using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Almost chicken enchiladas casserole
- Prepare of chicken.
- Prepare of chicken breasts skinless and boneless.
- Prepare of salt.
- It's of ground cumin.
- You need of granulated garlic powder.
- You need of paprika.
- You need of annatto powder.
- It's of oil.
- It's of ground black pepper.
- Prepare of sauce.
- It's of canned diced tomatoes.
- It's of whole leaf oregano.
- You need of chopped parsley.
- Prepare of turmeric.
- It's of sofrito.
- It's of tomato paste.
- You need of onion chopped.
- It's of garlic, sliced.
- You need of topping.
- It's of mozzarella cheese.
- Prepare of shredded monetary jack colby cheddar cheese.
- It's of garnish.
- It's of sour cream.
- It's of pickled jalapeño peppers.
- You need of chopped cilantro.
But, who has time to be rolling enchiladas the time? This enchilada casserole is way easier than rolling up individual enchiladas! This delicious chicken enchilada casserole recipe is made with sour cream, diced chicken, mushrooms, peppers, tortillas, cheese, and seasonings. A casserole dish full of stuffed enchiladas smothered with a tangy chile sauce is a sure winner, whether served as a family meal or taken along.
Almost chicken enchiladas casserole instructions
- Preheat oven 350° Fahrenheit.
- Coat large saute pan with oil. Season chicken with with cumin, annatto powder, granulated garlic powder, salt, pepper, and paprika before turning. After you turn sprinkle the bottom next. Cook till chicken is done. Remove chicken to a platter, allow to cool..
- Saute onion and garlic clove in chicken drippings until tender. Stir well to combine. Add canned tomatoes, saute 1 minute. Add oregano, turmeric, and sofrito. Add tomato paste to thicken just a bit. Let simmer for 15 minutes..
- Pull chicken breasts apart by hand into shredded strips. add sauce to pan just enough to cover bottom. Add shredded chicken to pan, add tomatoes on top of the chicken..
- Add cheeses on top. Bake in oven 15- 20 minutes..
- Let cool just a bit. Add sour cream to top. Then peppers, and cilantro. Serve hope you enjoy!.
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