Chicken Enchiladas

Chicken enchiladas is a recipe I cannot actually take credit for.  They have become known as “Bree’s Enchiladas” at both my house and my parent’s house.  I owe this one to my sister in law, who made them for my family years ago.  I do believe that she found the recipe online somewhere initially.

Like most things, I have modified it already and have more modifications in mind.  I saved a jalapeño cream cheese enchilada sauce a while back that I’d like to try to combine with this recipe.

I did try a traditional beef enchilada recipe recently but need to perfect it before I post it here.  When I made those, I tried to use aspects of this recipe to convert it to a “red” enchilada recipe.  Perhaps if I make it with green chiles and then cover with some sort of queso it would be closer to this.  I will post a recipe here when I try it.

Since this blog is meant to share all of the things I cook I have to add this because these things are delicious.  I have seen a number of chicken enchiladas recipes online.  This is the one I’ve been using for years now and is a family favorite around my house.

You can cook these on a cast iron griddle or in a traditional, glass baking dish.  Serve with a side of Mexican rice and corn.

Chicken Enchiladas

Grilled chicken and cheese enchilada in white sauce

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 2 people

Calories 971 kcal

Equipment

• Medium cast iron skillet
• Large cast iron griddle
• Medium Sized Mixing Bowl

Ingredients

  

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• 2 chicken breasts cooked
• 5 twelve inch tortillas
• 4 ounces green chiles
• 1/4 cups picante sauce or salsa
• 1 cans cream of chicken soup
• 1 cups sour cream
• 2 cups shredded cheese
• 1 tablespoons taco seasoning

Instructions

 

• Shred or cube your pre-grilled chicken and add to pan over medium heat
• Add picante sauce and green chiles to pan
• Add taco seasoning to pan, stir everything together and cook thoroughly
• Combine sour cream and cream of chicken soup in medium mixing bowl
• Add 2 tablespoons of sour cream mixture to chicken mixture and stir together
• Evenly distribute chicken mixture to tortillas
• Add cheese to each tortilla and then roll tortillas like a burrito
• Grease cast iron griddle with hard butter and then spread a layer of the sour cream mixture on the griddle
• Place rolled enchiladas on the griddle
• Use remaining sour cream mixture to cover enchiladas
• Cover with shredded cheese
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes

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Nutrition

Calories: 971kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 79gFat: 62gSaturated Fat: 32gCholesterol: 305mgSodium: 2417mgPotassium: 1158mgFiber: 2gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 1936IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 725mgIron: 3mg

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