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. This easy chicken enchiladas recipe is an authentic Mexican food staple. Tender pieces of shredded chicken are rolled in flour tortillas and topped with a homemade enchilada sauce.
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Our favorite red chili chicken enchiladas!
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.
You can have Chicken enchiladas using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chicken enchiladas
- 🢂 3-3.5 cups of shredded chicken (I use 2 x 12.5 oz canned chicken.
- 🢂 of or boil and shred a couple chicken breasts).
- 🢂 2 cups of (about 1.5 to 2 of 8 oz packages) jack cheese, shredded.
- 🢂 1/2 c of sour cream.
- 🢂 1 (4.5 oz) of can diced green chiles.
- 🢂 1/3 c of cilantro, chopped.
- 🢂 7-9 of flour tortillas (8 in.).
- 🢂 2 tbsp of taco seasoning (see my recipe on this site) or more to taste.
- 🢂 1 (28 oz) of can green enchilada sauce.
This recipe is so quick and easy, and I always receive a ton of compliments. It quickly becomes a favorite of friends whenever I share the recipe. This Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe from Delish.com is the best. These enchiladas are a little slice of cheesy, saucy heaven.
instructions Chicken enchiladas
- 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..
They may not be authentic by, well, anyone's standards, but they are. Chicken Enchiladas will forever and always be one of my must have foods. With a sauce like this Homemade Chicken Enchiladas. When we go to Mexican restaurants, enchiladas or tacos of some. 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.