This Easy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe Is A Perfect Busy Weeknight Meal. Prepare And On The Table In 30 Minutes! A New Family Dinner Favorite For Sure!
Chicken Enchiladas Recipe Easy Weeknight Meal
I have tons of sympathy for most of you still buried under a ton of winter coats and frigid temps. But, here in Miami, we’re pretty lucky and spending our time outside sunning and fun-ing. None of that digging out from snow drifts going on here. While you can’t wait to get inside and warm up, we’re rushing out to enjoy the Spring-like temps. (sorry, not sorry)
This easy Chicken Enchilada Recipe is perfect no mater which coast you’re hailing from! Quick and easy for those tired of shoveling and on the table in under 30 minutes for those of us rushing to catch the perfect sunset! A bit of spice and lots of cheesy goodness your whole family will love!
Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
- 2 Cups Shredded Chicken (pre-cooked, I use deli made)
- 2 ½ Cups Shredded Colby Jack Cheese
- 1 Cup Salsa (pick your favorite brand)
- 4 Green onions (thinly sliced)
- 1 TSP Chili Powder
- ½ TSP Garlic Powder
- ½ TSP Salt
- ½ TSP Black Pepper
- 9-11 Taco size Flour Tortillas
- 3 TSP Butter
- 3 TBSP Flour
- 15 oz. Can Chicken Broth or Stock
- 1 Cup Sour Cream
- Optional Cilantro for Garnish
- Preheat the oven to 350˚.
- In large mixing bowl combine the Chicken, 2 cups Cheese, Salsa, Onions, Chili powder, Garlic powder, Salt and Pepper.
- Place 3-4 Tbsp. of the Chicken mixture onto a Tortilla, I use a ¼ cup measuring cup loosely packed.
- Tightly roll the Tortilla making sure the mixture covers the entire length of the roll.
- Place in a lightly greased 13x9 inch baking dish seam side down. Repeat with the remaining tortillas and mixture until you run out of either ingredients or room in the pan.
- In a small sauce pan melt the butter over medium heat.
- Sprinkle the flour over the butter and whisk constantly for 2 minutes.
- Slowly add the Broth to the pan stirring constantly.
- Once thickened add the Sour cream and bring to a simmer. Pour the mixture over the Tortillas in the baking dish ensuring the sides and tops are covered and coated.
- Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top and bake at 350˚ until bubbly, 20 minutes.
- Serve hot.
- Optional garnish with a bit of Cilantro.
This chicken enchilada recipe is perfect for busy school nights or lazy weekends when you want to just hang and have a great family meal! Cook up some Spanish rice as a nice side and gather the kids around the table before movie night! Make those chilly winter evenings in fun!
This is what I’m making for dinner this Friday! We love enchiladas and this sounds easy and delicious! I do like that it isn’t a whole lot of ingredients.
Oh my gosh, do these look good…Jenn, you are killing my diet!
You’re making my meal planning easy! I will be eating these every single night.
These look absolutely delicious! I love enchiladas but have never had any like this before. I really want to try this recipe.
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I have not made these Chicken Enchiladas in a long time, and your recipe is easy and looks so delicious! I will have to make these soon!
These enchilada’s look delicious, I’m going to try after I go the store.
This looks amazing, I can almost taste it. I’m going to try it, next week.
I love enchilada’s, a great meal to make that the whole family can agree on, a yummy fav in our home.
I have a very similar recipe — a fa,ill favorite for sure!
Oh, I’m hungry just by looking at these. Great recipe, thanks!
These look great. I’m not much of an enchilada person, but my husband is part mexican so I make them for him and I’ll definitely try these.
I love me some enchiladas! These sound so good!
This year in Oregon we have also had some oddly Spring-like weather… and t-shirt weather! Chicken Enchiladas are one of my favorite meals and one that my husband can’t turn down. I like to make a few extra trays of them to freeze for later, too!
These look wonderful! I have eaten chicken enchiladas, but have never made them… I need to try it. Thank you.
This looks yummy for my Taco Tuesday at our house! Thanks! Found you today via Handmade Tuesdays & so glad I did!
Actually, with a winter this bitter, the warm up to 30 degrees today felt GREAT! And the enchiladas look wonderful.
the sauce was VERY bland but it was an easy fix , this whole dish was easy to change to how we liked it … as a basic dish to start with this was great
Id love to know what you did to spice it up!
Jealous of your sun and fun! Love enchiladas! Thanks so much for linking this up at Best of the Weekend!
Mmmm, love me some enchiladas. These look so yummy, Jenn. Thanks for sharing at Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in this week’s issue.
Hope you are having a fantastic week and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
Jenn, these are gorgeous! I have featured them in a special Enchilada Feature at Treasure Box Tuesday this week! Thank you for linking up with us!
These look delicious! Thank you so much for linking up with us… Pinning
I love enchiladas but hardly ever make them b/c they can take so much time with fussy prep. I need this no fuss, weeknight version! Thank you for sharing with See Ya in the Gumbo his week.
I totally just Looks scrumptious!
I’m a sucker for any recipe that involves Mexican – these look incredible, going on my to make list!
These are delicious!!!!!!! Making them again tonite!!
I made these tonight 🤗 I added chopped lettuce, tomato and onion when they were done and more salsa…..very good! Chicken enchiladas are my favorite