The Best Chicken Enchilada Recipe Ever
Our super easy green enchilada recipe, made with cooked chicken and canned green enchilada sauce, is all about getting a delicious dinner that everyone will LOVE on the table fast. Gooey, melty mozzarella and Jack cheese, taco-seasoned shredded chicken, sour cream and corn tortillas, all slathered in mildly tangy green chile enchilada sauce and baked until your house smells like your favorite Mexican restaurant! For more Tex-Mex green chile chicken goodness, try our easy Green Chicken Enchilada Soup and Green Chicken Chili Soup.
Easy Enchilada Ingredients
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- Shredded chicken: If you’re like us and usually have some cooked Shredded Chicken in the fridge, use that! If not, just use the meat from a store-bought rotisserie chicken. One rotisserie chicken has more than enough meat to make this recipe.
- Green enchilada sauce: Canned enchilada sauce means tons of flavor (and mild green chile heat) with basically zero work. YAY.
- Cheese: Shredded Monterey Jack cheese and mozzarella are two mild, milky cheeses that melt perfectly on enchiladas. Shred the cheese yourself for the best melting experience, or use pre-shredded cheese if you need the easiest dinner ever.
- Sour cream: Cheesy and creamy, the filling for these enchiladas gets its zing from sour cream. Full-fat sour cream will work best here, low-fat is more likely to curdle as the dish bakes.
- Taco Seasoning: We always have our homemade Taco Seasoning handy because we’re obsessed with it (as long time readers will know) but store-bought taco seasoning is also completely fine to use. Look for the little packets near the canned beans.
- Tortillas: Corn tortillas are our favorite (you could even use Homemade Tortillas if you wanted to!) but it’s fine to swap in flour tortillas if that’s your preference.
How To Make Green Chicken Enchiladas
Our easy green chicken enchilada recipe is weeknight ready and guaranteed to please everyone from starving spouses to picky toddlers.
- Make the cheesy chicken enchilada filling: Chicken, cheese, sour cream and taco seasoning.
- Fill the tortillas! One by one, dip the tortillas in the green enchilada sauce (so that both sides have the delicious sauce) and then fill them with the shredded chicken filling.
- Roll the enchiladas and set it in your pan, and repeat until the filling is gone and the dish is full of enchiladas.
- Pour even more green enchilada sauce over the pan, top with a little more cheese, and bake until bubbly.
What To Serve With Chicken Enchiladas
Clearly, these creamy chicken enchiladas can stand alone, as they have all of the most important food groups covered: cheese, chicken, more cheese and sour cream. But, a lot of delicious things go with chicken enchiladas, too.
- Enchiladas are a great excuse to whip up a big batch of our Perfect Guacamole!
- If you feel like this meal could use some veggies, try serving it with this easy Cabbage Pico De Gallo.
- Fry up some Homemade Corn Tortilla Chips to serve with the enchiladas—they’d be perfect for scooping up the cheesy green sauce at the bottom of the baking dish.
- A simple side salad with lime vinaigrette or if you have extra time we recommend our Tex-Mex Salad with Creamy Oregano Dressing.
- Mexican Brown Rice or Cilantro Lime Rice
- Refried or Black Beans
How To Store + Freeze
Enchiladas make great leftovers, and will keep well in the fridge for up to 4 days. You can also freeze them in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months.
To refrigerate: Let cool completely, then cover the baking dish with foil or transfer to airtight containers.
To freeze: Let them cool completely first. Then wrap them tightly in plastic wrap and then foil, and label them clearly before storing them in the freezer.
How to reheat enchiladas:
- From refrigerated: Bake covered at 350°F for 20-25 minutes until heated through.
- From frozen: Thaw overnight in the refrigerator, then bake covered at 350°F for 20-25 minutes, or bake from frozen at 350°F for 45 minutes (covered for the first 30 minutes.)
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