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This Easy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe Is A Perfect Busy Weeknight Meal. For those crazy busy nights, you can prepare this chicken enchilada recipe and have it on the table in just about 30 minutes! It’s bound to be one of your new favorite dinner recipes!
Easy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe – An 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! It is so quick and easy, which is a lifesaver for those folks who are tired of shoveling and it will be on the dinner table in under 30 minutes. It is just perfect for those of us rushing our after dinner to catch the perfect sunset!
This Easy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe has just a bit of spice for flavor and lots and lots of cheesy goodness that I promise your whole family will just love. Who doesn’t love a bit of cheesy goodness? The kids will be sure to love this dish, whereas they might normally shy away from enchiladas.
While you may want to cook your own chicken for this recipe, I encourage you to consider buying a rotisserie chicken to make the process easier. I usually buy one rotisserie chicken a week from our local grocery store. That way, I always have a pre-cooked protein on hand for quick recipes, or just for heating up and serving with an easy veggie side! There are so many things you can do with a rotisserie chicken besides eating it by itself! You can make sandwiches, soups and stews, casseroles – they sky is the limit!
Easy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Easy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe Ingredients
- 2 Cups Shredded Chicken
- 2 ½ Cups Shredded Colby Jack Cheese
- 1 Cup Salsa (your favorite brand)
- 4 Green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 teas. Chili Powder
- ½ teas. Garlic Powder
- ½ teas. Salt
- ½ teas. Black Pepper
- 9-11 Taco size Flour Tortillas
- 3 Tbsp. Butter
- 3 Tbsp. Flour
- 15 oz. Can Chicken Broth or Stock
- 1 Cup Sour Cream
- Optional Cilantro for Garnish
Easy Chicken Enchilada Recipe Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350˚.
In 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 spreading the mixture across the entire length of the roll. Place in a lightly greased 13×9 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 in the flour over the butter and whisk it constantly for 2 minutes. Then begin to slowly add in the broth to the pan, making sure to constantly stir it so that it does not clump. Once this mixture begins to thicken, you are going to add in the sour cream and bring it to a simmer. Then slowly pour the mixture over the tortillas in the baking dish, making sure that all of the sides and tops are evenly covered and evenly coated.
Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top of your chicken enchiladas and bake at 350˚ until bubbly, about 20-25 minutes.
Serve this dish while still hot and garnish with a little bit of fresh cilantro for the best flavor!
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Chicken Enchilada Recipe Easy Weeknight Meal
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350˚.
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In large mixing bowl combine the Chicken, 2 cups Cheese, Salsa, Onions, Chili powder, Garlic powder, Salt and Pepper.
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Place 3-4 Tbsp. of the Chicken mixture onto a Tortilla, I use a ¼ cup measuring cup loosely packed.
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Tightly roll the Tortilla making sure the mixture covers the entire length of the roll.
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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.
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In a small sauce pan melt the butter over medium heat.
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Sprinkle the flour over the butter and whisk constantly for 2 minutes.
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Slowly add the Broth to the pan stirring constantly.
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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.
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Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top and bake at 350˚ until bubbly, 20 minutes.
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Serve hot.
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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!
If you enjoyed this Easy Chicken Enchilada Recipe, I would love if you would take a moment to share it on Pinterest for me!
If you love Enchiladas, check out my other Mexican recipes – I have a few different versions of enchiladas on The Rebel Chick!
Pulled Pork Enchiladas with Mango Salsa
Cheesy Spinach Enchiladas Recipe
Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Verde Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas Recipe
Key Lime Strawberry Margaritas Recipe
This Mexican Chicken Stew Recipe is literally a layer and cook in the slow cooker meal!
This Mexican Cornbread Recipe with Hatch Green Chiles is one of those comfort foods that is great year round, but also delicious to serve alongside that Mexican Chicken Stew Recipe – or Enchiladas!
This Spicy Black Beans recipe is absolutely delicious and very easy to make as well! Serve them with Enchiladas, tacos, casseroles, etc!
This Sriracha Shrimp Nachos Recipe is perfect for either a hearty appetizer a dinnertime recipe!
If you love all things Mexican, you should also check out these posts on my various trips to Mexico! Hey, you really can’t get better Mexican food than you will find in Mexico itself, and flights and hotels are usually pretty inexpensive outside of peak season!
Donna says
February 10, 2015 at 12:16 pmThis 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.
Penelope says
February 10, 2015 at 1:23 pmOh my gosh, do these look good…Jenn, you are killing my diet!
Crystal says
February 10, 2015 at 11:42 pmYou’re making my meal planning easy! I will be eating these every single night.
shelly peterson says
February 11, 2015 at 11:47 amThese look absolutely delicious! I love enchiladas but have never had any like this before. I really want to try this recipe.
Julie Wood says
February 11, 2015 at 12:00 pmPin link
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/81698180716871782/
Julie Wood says
February 11, 2015 at 12:01 pmI 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!
Carol W says
February 11, 2015 at 12:08 pmThese enchilada’s look delicious, I’m going to try after I go the store.
Raijean says
February 11, 2015 at 12:59 pmThis looks amazing, I can almost taste it. I’m going to try it, next week.
nicole dz says
February 11, 2015 at 7:56 pmI love enchilada’s, a great meal to make that the whole family can agree on, a yummy fav in our home.
Kait says
February 11, 2015 at 9:27 pmI have a very similar recipe — a fa,ill favorite for sure!
Matea says
February 12, 2015 at 3:12 amOh, I’m hungry just by looking at these. Great recipe, thanks!
vanessa: thequeenofswag says
February 12, 2015 at 1:41 pmThese 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.
TerriAnn @ Cookies & Clogs says
February 12, 2015 at 11:27 pmI love me some enchiladas! These sound so good!
Andrea Kruse says
February 13, 2015 at 12:35 amThis 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!
Gentle Joy says
February 23, 2015 at 11:17 amThese look wonderful! I have eaten chicken enchiladas, but have never made them… I need to try it. Thank you.
Suzie@homemaker-mom says
February 23, 2015 at 7:43 pmThis looks yummy for my Taco Tuesday at our house! Thanks! Found you today via Handmade Tuesdays & so glad I did!
The Student @ Food for Dissertating says
February 26, 2015 at 5:56 pmActually, with a winter this bitter, the warm up to 30 degrees today felt GREAT! And the enchiladas look wonderful.
Pepper says
February 27, 2015 at 7:14 pmthe 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
Jenn says
February 28, 2015 at 9:55 amId love to know what you did to spice it up!
Amy @ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes says
February 27, 2015 at 9:31 pmJealous of your sun and fun! Love enchiladas! Thanks so much for linking this up at Best of the Weekend!
Mel @ Adventures of Mel says
March 3, 2015 at 8:23 amMmmm, love me some enchiladas. These look so yummy, Jenn. Thanks for sharing at Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in this week’s issue.
Miz Helen says
March 3, 2015 at 12:49 pmHope you are having a fantastic week and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Joy @ Yesterfood says
March 4, 2015 at 8:55 amJenn, 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! 🙂
Desiree@The36thAvenue says
March 6, 2015 at 4:16 pmThese look delicious! Thank you so much for linking up with us… Pinning
Michelle says
March 8, 2015 at 6:23 pmI 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.
Courtney @ FitCakes says
March 17, 2015 at 12:13 amI totally just Looks scrumptious!
Morgan Tyree says
March 17, 2015 at 12:27 amI’m a sucker for any recipe that involves Mexican – these look incredible, going on my to make list!
Dawn Congdon says
July 8, 2015 at 10:06 amThese are delicious!!!!!!! Making them again tonite!!
Jacqueline Rodriguez says
April 25, 2016 at 6:44 pmI made these tonight ? I added chopped lettuce, tomato and onion when they were done and more salsa…..very good! Chicken enchiladas are my favorite
Tami says
January 28, 2019 at 3:00 pmCan these be made ahead and frozen?
Jenn says
January 31, 2019 at 1:22 pmYes!
Juli says
March 13, 2019 at 12:52 pmThe only thing I can say is—–Delicious!!!