Chicken enchiladas are topped with a three-pepper cream sauce and served with a fresh tomato salad, just like the Canyon Cafe in San Antonio serves it!
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Chicken Enchiladas
A traditional Mexican recipe made with shredded chicken. The chicken and any additional filling is rolled in a corn tortilla. The enchiladas are then baked, topped with a sauce and cheese. The traditional sauces are either a red chile sauce or a green (verde) sauce. Americanized versions of chicken enchiladas recipes often use a cream soup as the sauce base.
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Copycat Canyon Cafe's Pancho's Enchiladas
Low-Fat Chicken Enchiladas
When you think of enchiladas, it's a gooey, cheesy, decidedly not low-fat picture that comes to mind, right? Doesn't have to be. Keep the cheesy and keep the gooey with this...
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Copycat El Torito Chicken Enchiladas
This copycat recipe for the famous chicken enchiladas at El Torito uses cooked chicken and fire-roasted green chile enchilada sauce mixed with sour cream.
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Baked Chicken Cheese Enchiladas
Flour tortillas are filled with shredded chicken mixed with a creamy sauce made with cream cheese, sour cream, salsa, corn, and seasonings.
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Buffalo Chicken Enchiladas with Creamy Ranch Sauce
Love buffalo wings with ranch dipping sauce? Try this version of chicken enchiladas that have the same great flavors.
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
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Mexican Fried Chicken Enchiladas
The secret for great enchiladas? It's in the sauce. This piquant sauce goes great with the chicken, jalapeno, and cheese filled corn tortillas.
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Green Chile Enchiladas With White Queso
A little green enchilada sauce goes a long way! Gloriously cheesy thanks to plenty of queso blanco, this dish can be made with either chicken or beef.
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Creamy Chicken Enchiladas Verdes
Chicken enchiladas made from scratch using cooked chicken (great for using up leftovers), roasted red pepper, cream cheese, flour tortillas, and green enchilada sauce.
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chicken Enchiladas with Pasilla Chile Sauce
Pasilla is Spanish for "little raisin" and these peppers are named so because of their mild, chewy sweetness. If you can't find pasilla peppers use...
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Slow Cooker Chicken Enchiladas
Discover the ease of making delicious chicken enchiladas in a crock pot. This dish combines shredded chicken, corn tortillas, and a flavorful sauce, topped with melted...
Method: crock pot
Time: 2-5 hours
Healthy Chicken Enchiladas
A healthier take on chicken enchiladas made with ground chicken breast, onion, tomatoes, reduced fat cheese, your choice of red or green enchilada sauce and white corn...
Method: microwave, stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chicken Enchilada Ring
Seasoned chicken, tomato, chiles, olives, and cheese are wrapped inside crescent roll dough in a festive starburst shape.
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Old Style Green Chile Enchiladas
Classic chicken enchiladas made with cooked chicken, green chiles, onion, sour cream, tortillas, and cheese. They are baked, then served topped with a fried egg.
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Santa Fe Chicken Enchiladas
Made with vegetable oil, butter, green chilies, chili powder, flour, ground coriander, ground cumin, chicken broth, sour cream, monterey jack cheese
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Chicken Enchiladas with Tomatillo Cream Sauce
Made with black pepper, salt, garlic, fresh cilantro, onion, Monterey jack cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, cooked chicken
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Bill Clinton's Chicken Enchiladas
Made with oregano, green chiles, chicken, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, onion, oil, salt, corn tortillas
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
El Durango Enchiladas Ranchero
Made with Monterey jack cheese, mild green chili enchilada sauce, cream cheese, corn tortillas, onion, chicken
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Chicken Enchilada Bake
Made with Cheddar or Mexican blend cheese, tortillas, chicken breast, pepper jack or nacho cheese soup, sour cream, green chiles
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chicken Spinach Enchilada Casserole
Made with spinach, onion, butter, sour cream, green chile, Cheddar cheese, monterey jack cheese, flour tortillas, cumin, red bell pepper
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chicken Enchiladas With Creamy Green Chile Sauce
Made with garlic, salt, cumin, flour, chicken broth, chopped green chilies, vegetable oil, corn tortillas, chicken, Mexican-blend cheese
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
White Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Made with jack cheese, chicken, onion, garlic, olive oil, cream of something soup, milk, diced chilies, flour tortillas
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Open Faced Enchiladas
Made with eggs, ripe olives, corn tortillas, red chile sauce, chicken, onion, cheddar cheese
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chicken & Goat Cheese Enchiladas with Black Bean Sauce
Made with boneless, skinless chicken breast, chicken stock, oregano, cumin, dry sherry, garlic powder, lime, oil, orange zest, purple onion
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Creamy Swiss Enchiladas
Made with Swiss cheese, heavy cream, tortillas, cooked chicken, green chilies, green chili salsa, sour cream, salt
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Jesse's Chicken Enchiladas
Made with diced tomatoes, cumin, ground coriander, curry powder, hot pepper sauce, garlic powder, sour cream, non-stick cooking spray, flour tortillas, mozzarella cheese
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Souper Enchiladas
Made with cream of chicken soup, sour cream, butter or margarine, onion, chili powder, chicken, chopped green chilies, flour tortillas, Cheddar cheese
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chicken Enchiladas In Green Mole Sauce
Made with chicken broth, green onions, paprika, salt, poblano peppers, almonds, cilantro, garlic, vegetable oil, heavy cream
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Chicken Mole Enchiladas
Made with red pepper flakes, whole peeled tomatoes, onion, garlic, sesame seeds, almonds, raisins, ground cloves, ground cinnamon
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Made with black beans, enchilada sauce, corn tortillas, whole kernel corn with peppers, cooked diced chicken, chili powder, black pepper, salt, chopped green...
Method: crock pot
Time: over 5 hours
Chicken Enchiladas Cajun-Style
Made with chicken, mushroom soup, chile peppers, tomato soup, cream of chicken soup, chicken broth, corn tortillas, brick or American cheese
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
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