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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)

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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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This Spicy Black Beans recipe is absolutely delicious and very easy to make as well! Serve them with Enchiladas, tacos, casseroles, etc!

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Chicken Enchilada Recipe Easy Weeknight Meal

This Easy Chicken Enchilada Recipe Is A Perfect Busy Weeknight Meal. Prepare And On The Table In 30 Minutes! A New Family Dinner Favorite For Sure!

Course Dinner

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 4 Servings

Author Jenn Quillen

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

1. Preheat the oven to 350˚.
2. In large mixing bowl combine the Chicken, 2 cups Cheese, Salsa, Onions, Chili powder, Garlic powder, Salt and Pepper.
3. Place 3-4 Tbsp. of the Chicken mixture onto a Tortilla, I use a ¼ cup measuring cup loosely packed.
4. Tightly roll the Tortilla making sure the mixture covers the entire length of the roll.
5. 
6. 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.
7. In a small sauce pan melt the butter over medium heat.
8. Sprinkle the flour over the butter and whisk constantly for 2 minutes.
9. Slowly add the Broth to the pan stirring constantly.
10. 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.
11. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top and bake at 350˚ until bubbly, 20 minutes.
12. Serve hot.
13. 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!

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If you love Enchiladas, check out my other Mexican recipes – I have a few different versions of enchiladas on The Rebel Chick!

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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!

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