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Chicken Enchilada Recipe

Creamy white chicken enchiladas — the lazy version, a casserole, a soup, even a keto pan — for busy weeknights when you want one dish everybody eats.

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Creamy white chicken enchiladas

Creamy white chicken enchilladas

45 min1020 cal60 g proteinServes 6145 saves
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Ingredients

  • 2 Chicken breast
  • 1 1/2 cup Sour cream
  • 1/2 cup Salsa verde
  • 1/4 cup Flour
  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 4 oz Diced chilis
  • 3 cups Chicken broth
  • 10 Tortillas 8 inch
  • 2 cup Monterey Jack cheese
  • to top/garnish Cilantro or parsley
  • 6 oz Softened cream cheese
  • 1 tsp Cumin
  • Olive oil

Instructions

  1. 1Cook chicken your preferred way. I cook in instantpot and then shred and set aside. Preheat oven to 350, spray/rub a casserole dish with olive oil
  2. 2In a sauce pan on med-high heat, melt butter, whisk in flour to create a roux
  3. 3Slowly add in chicken broth and whisk together
  4. 4Add in diced chilis, 1 cup sour cream, and 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese (save more cheese for later)
  5. 5Stir until it starts to thicken and remove from heat
  6. 6Start the filling. In a mixing bowl, add shredded chicken, 1 cup sour cream, salsa verde, cream cheese, cumin, 1 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese and mix together.
  7. 7Heat tortillas in microwave for about 20 seconds with a damp papertowel laid on top. This makes them soft and able to roll without breaking.
  8. 8Scoop mixture into tortillas and roll and lay down in casserole dish seem side down.
  9. 9Pour the sauce you made on top of the rolled tortillas and sprinkle with remaining monterey cheese.
  10. 10Bake for 25-30 min until cheese is bubbly
  11. 11Remove from oven and sprinkle with cilantro or parsely. If you like more spice, add a couple diced chilis to the top to garnish and Serve while hot.

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Creamy White Chicken Enchiladas Win Weeknights

Enchiladas sound like a project until you make the white sauce kind. Cooked chicken, tortillas, cheese, sour cream — it comes together in one pan and comes out of the oven bubbling.

Cooks on Pepper reach for these when there's leftover or rotisserie chicken in the fridge and about an hour before everybody's hungry.

Every recipe here starts with shredded chicken and cheese: Creamy white chicken enchiladas with salsa verde, Lazy White Chicken Enchiladas, a Keto version with low-carb tortillas, White chicken enchilada casserole, White chicken enchilada soup with corn and black beans, and one with green chili sour cream sauce.

Quick Tips

  1. 1

    Warm the tortillas first

    Heat flour tortillas 20 seconds in the microwave under a damp towel so they roll without cracking or tearing.

  2. 2

    Use rotisserie chicken

    One rotisserie chicken pulls into about 3 cups of shredded meat, enough for a 9x13 pan with no cooking.

  3. 3

    Temper the sour cream

    Stir a spoonful of hot sauce into the sour cream before adding it to the pan so it stays smooth instead of curdling.

  4. 4

    Let it rest ten minutes

    Pull the pan out and wait 10 minutes before cutting so the sauce sets and the enchiladas lift out whole.

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