These yummy enchiladas have a great chicken filling that can be made on the stove or in a slow cooker. The result is flavorful and filling!
These enchiladas are full of flavor. Make the filling on the stove or in your sliw cooker. You have to try the homemade sauce too! Perfect for Cinco de Mayo, taco Tuesday or for anytime you want an amazing dinner!
These enchiladas are so good! If you remember, my sister-in-law is an excellent baker.
She makes fun cakes and blogs about it at year of cake. She makes more than great cakes though! She also makes wonderful enchiladas.
My husband and I were amazed. These smelled so good while they were cooking and they tasted even better.
I wanted to make these during the week. I just couldn’t wait any longer! So, I made the chicken in the slow cooker rather than on the stove top. I will add the directions of both methods just in case. We were happy with the slow cooker version, but I am sure Jess’s stove top version would be even better!
Smothered in Jess’s homemade enchilada sauce, which comes together in a snap, these enchiladas are so flavorful. They have a smoky flavor with just enough heat.
Of course you can adjust how much spice you add to match your heat tolerance. My husband and I enjoyed our enchiladas with some Mexican rice and beans. Little Dude was more than happy with one of his breakfast quesadillas and grapes!
If you like having Tex-Mex favorites for dinner, I have more great ideas. Check out my ground turkey burritos for one. They are filling and delicious.
Or if enchiladas are your jam, check out my creamy BBQ pulled pork enchiladas. They are part BBQ, part Tex-Mex and all delicious. The cheesy sour cream sauce will make you want to lick your plate!
Jess’s Chicken Enchiladas
Yield: 8-10 enchiladas
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 45 MinTotal time: 1 Hour
These yummy enchiladas have a great chicken filling that can be made on the stove or in a slow cooker. The result is flavorful and filling!
Ingredients
Filling
- 2 pounds of boneless skinless chicken breasts (or thighs)
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 Tablespoons lime juice
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 1/2 cup (or a 4 oz can) diced green chiles or jalepenos
- 1 Tablespoon dried Mexican oregano
- 1/2 cup roasted red peppers, chopped (optional)
- Cholula, to taste (optional)
- 1 recipe Jess’s Enchilada Sauce or your favorite red enchilada sauce
- Tortillas
- Cheese (Jess recommends Chihuahua or Jack cheese)
Instructions
Filling
- Pan fry chicken breasts in olive oil until mostly cooked, then remove from pan and shred
- Return shredded chicken to pan. Add remaining filling ingredients and cook until chicken is fully cooked and lime juice has simmered down. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. (I placed all of the filling ingredients in the slow cooker and cooked on low for 8 hours, then shredded the chicken and turned the heat to high with the lid off until the liquid was cooked down.)
Assembly
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Spread about 1/3 of the enchilada sauce on the bottom of a greased casserole dish (I used a 9×9 pan)
- Roll filling into tortillas and place in pan seam-side down.
- Continue until all of the filling is used and pan is full.
- Cover with remaining sauce and shredded cheese.
- Bake uncovered until sauce is bubbly and cheese is melted, around 30 minutes.
- Note: These freeze well, Jess often splits the batch into two smaller pans and bake one and freeze the other. Thaw in the fridge overnight and put the cold dish in the oven right when you turn it on.
Calories
260.77
Fat (grams)
7.69
Sat. Fat (grams)
2.20
Carbs (grams)
8.73
Fiber (grams)
1.21
Net carbs
7.52
Sugar (grams)
2.71
Protein (grams)
37.35
Sodium (milligrams)
320.24
Cholesterol (grams)
99.85
Copyright: Cooking With Carlee 2020
Jess also submitted this very popular recipe:
(If you haven’t tried it yet, you really need to! I could live off this stuff!!)
And a childhood favorite from Jess’s Grandma:
Amy
Monday 20th of March 2017
I have never seen Mexican oregano, something new to look forward to! They sound marvelous.
Carlee
Tuesday 21st of March 2017
you could use regular in a pinch!
Two Chicks and a Mom
Thursday 9th of February 2017
So tasty, Carlee! I will be trying these. Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday:).
Carlee
Sunday 12th of February 2017
Thank you, Donna. I hope you love them!
Miz Helen
Tuesday 7th of February 2017
We love Chicken Enchiladas, they look fabulous! I really appreciate you sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday, hope you have a great day and hope to see you again soon! Miz Helen
Carlee
Thursday 9th of February 2017
Thank you!
Unknown
Monday 6th of February 2017
Man, both of you in one family, plus your brother, husband and the rest of the bunch, must be so cool. Love that everyone can cook, bake, grill. Can you adopt me? LOL Every time you all get together it's a party for the taste buds!
We love mexican food, and like to prepare it at home, making enough for leftovers, of course. Definitely going to try these, they look delish! Thank Jess for me!
Carlee
Tuesday 7th of February 2017
We'd be happy to have you! We do tend to have a lot of activities that center around food. You just never know what people are going to make next! I hope you love the enchiladas. They are definitely a great big batch meal that give good lunches for a few days after!
Big Rigs 'n Lil' Cookies
Saturday 4th of February 2017
Sadly we have few options around here for good Mexican restaurants, but I have found a store that sells quite a good selection of foods so that I can make dishes at home. I will have to see if I can find the Chihuahua cheese.
Carlee
Sunday 5th of February 2017
Fingers crossed! If not, monterey jack or something of the sort will work just fine.