Chicken enchiladas with green chili sauce or red sauce. Chicken- and cheese-stuffed corn tortillas baked under a creamy sauce infused with hot green chiles. Adjust the amount of chopped chiles to suit your taste! Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas will make Mexican Monday everyone's favorite day of the week.
These savory Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas start with soft tortillas, loaded with a creamy, cheesy chicken mixture and topped with a green enchilada sauce.
These cheesy chicken enchiladas are topped with your favorite enchilada toppings like fresh avocado, diced tomatoes, fresh herbs, or a diced red onion.
This easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole Recipe comes together in one pan!
You can cook Chicken enchiladas with green chili sauce or red sauce using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chicken enchiladas with green chili sauce or red sauce
- It's of For twenty -five chicken enchiladas.
- Prepare 8 pcs. of Chicken breast or thigh.
- It's 25 of - tortillas.
- Prepare 1/2 head of garlic.
- You need of I large onion.
- It's 4 lbs of cheese (pepper jack, cheddar cheese).
- Prepare 2 1/2 of large can of green enchilada sauce.
- Prepare of green onion finely chopped.
Layered cheesy enchiladas filled with shredded chicken and green chile sauce make this casserole a family favorite. Using pre-cooked chicken and corn tortillas, I can get this chicken enchilada casserole in the oven on even the busiest weeknights. Scroll on down to the recipe card for the full details. I have to admit that when it comes to enchiladas (and actually, usually pasta, too), I'm often team white sauce.
Chicken enchiladas with green chili sauce or red sauce instructions
- Place Chicken in large pot with onion, garlic.
- Boil chicken until done..
- Let Chicken cool and then shred chicken..
- Mix chicken with 1/2 can of,green enchiladas sauce..
- Prepare tortilla by lightly fried tortillas..
- Pour remaining sauce in large skillet and simmer..
- This part can be messy. Dip tortilla in sauce cover the whole tortilla..
- Fill with chicken and pinch of cheese. And roll enchilada.
- Place enchilada in a large pan. Cover,with remaining sauce..
- Add remaining cheese and green onion for garnish..
These white sauce green chile chicken enchiladas are some of my favorite enchiladas ever. There was even a time in my life when I thought red sauce chicken enchiladas really didn't deserve my time or attention. The Difference Between Red and Green Sauce. Green enchilada sauce is generally a mixture of green tomatillos and green chilies, along with ingredients like onions, garlic, vinegar and other spices. The tomatillo, also known as the Mexican husk tomato, is a staple in Mexican cuisine.