I’ve been looking for a really good and easy chicken enchilada recipe for a while now. I wanted one that was easy, fairly quick and delicious. Lately, I’ve been having these crazy Mexican food cravings (No family I’m not knocked up!) and homemade chicken enchiladas just sounded like heaven to me!
I printed off a few recipes to try and pulled out the handy, dandy tried and true cookbooks to start my quest on finding the perfect chicken enchiladas. Yall I swear the Food Gods must really be on my side because every time I’m craving a certain recipe one of my readers just out of the blue answers my prayer!
I went to my inbox and there it was, no lie!! Jeannette Hayes sent me this chicken enchilada recipe and said: “it was so good and easy I’d slap myself”. Now I’ve heard of the phrase “slap yo mama” but never SLAP YOURSELF! I said wow I need to try this bad boy and let me say, Jeanette, it was fabulous!
This chicken enchilada recipe is super simple and oh so good! I made this for my hubby and Mexican-food-loving in-laws and it was a hit! I paired it up with some Mexican rice, shredded salad, and slushy cold margarita punch! It really hit the spot on my enchilada craving! I’ll be adding it to my recipe stash!! Thanks, Jeanette, you rock!
The Recipe
Easy Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas
By Divas Can Cook
Ingredients
- 3-4 chicken breasts (about 1 pound)
- ½ cup onions, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 Tablespoon of Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 3-4 teaspoons chili powder
- ½ - 1 teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
- 6-8 flour tortillas
- 1 (10-ounce) can green enchilada sauce
- 3 cups shredded cheese (I used Mexican blend and a bag of Colby Jack Cheese)
- olives (optional)
- 6-8 flour tortillas
- oil
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350 F.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add chicken.
- Boil for 12-15 minutes or until chicken is cooked all the way through. Do not overcook.
- When chicken is done, place chicken on a plate to cool and then shred with a fork.
- In the large saucepan, saute onions and garlic.
- Add in the next seven ingredients.
- Stir until combined and then stir in the shredded chicken. Taste the mixture to make sure it has enough spice to your liking. Add more if desired. Remove from heat and set aside.
- In a skillet heat 1 tablespoon of oil.
- Heat each tortilla one at a time on both sides just until lightly crisp (tortilla should still be flexible) This will keep the tortilla from getting too soggy while baking. Transfer to paper towels.
- In a 9 x 13-inch baking dish, pour in a thin layer of the green enchilada sauce just enough to cover the bottom.
- Spoon the chicken mixture onto the center of the tortilla. Add in cheese and black olives (if desired.)
- Fold the tortilla up and place seam side down in the baking dish.
- When all tortillas have been stuffed, folded and placed in the pan, pour on the remaining enchilada sauce and top with cheese!
- Bake for 20 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Hi Monique,
Just wanted to say thank you for your recipes as I’ve been following your website for years now. So far, the recipes I’ve made I’ve done so without modifications, staying true to your instructions and suggestions. This chicken enchilada recipe is another hit. I made it for the first time a few years ago and for the second time last night for dinner. (I have no explanation for why it took me so long to make it again!) And as we speak, your apple pie recipe is in the oven. Many, many thanks!!
Can I use Alfredo sauce instead of tomato sauces
Getting ready to make this recipe and you mentioned to pour in your dish “the enchilada sauce” but you mention no where in the ingredients making a sauce or a canned sauce needed. Can you clarify are you just using a canned sauce?
Making for dinner tonight! Yumm, cant wait 🙂
Meant to post 5 stars but this was another winner
Yayy so glad you liked it!
This was really good. Kids ate it up!
That is awesome! Thanks for reviewing!
Yes I’ve been looking for a great cheesy enchilada dish and this sounds perfect.. I will be cooking tonight an I will comment the outcome, thanks
Hi are these frezzeable?
Just made these last week following the exact recipe and they were DELISH!!! Making these again tonight but with ground turkey…still BOMB.com!!! So good, love that I found this site!
There are some ideas in this recipe than I’ll take elsewhere. I followed the ingredients exactly. Boiling chicken can be done a day ahead or whenever in advance. One less thing to worry about. I’ve not tried it before. You also use home seasonings rather than the packet taco mix that’s full of garbage. I used the recipe as a tool to maximize my schedule. Boiled the chicken and got some laundry done while it cooled. Shred it using my hands cuz it worked a lot better than the fork. Threw the tomato sauce and ingredients in the pan and brought it to a simmer, through in the chicken and mixed it up then dumped it in a storage container. It would sit in the fridge for days if I wanted but I just needed a couple of hours. When I came back to cook, I just needed to heat up the tortilla, toss in the chicken, roll it up, put on the cheese and in the oven. I really appreciated the texture of the tortilla’s because you can work very slow with them in order to get the perfect roll up and amount of chicken/cheese. Can stop at any point of the roll up process to make sure the sides are tucked in right and there’s not too much filling to have a nice enchilada. So I used Mexican mixed cheese on the inside. Kraft sliced Colby on the outside topped with the remaining Mexican cheese. The Colby was the perfect size so I could individually wrap each enchilada. My kids are cheese addicts, Mexican food addicts and the side of rice was a bonus. Thanks for sharing, it’s a keeper.
This recipe is sooooo gooood. This one is easy and awesome, a must meal for every household. I truly appreciate the step by step approach and VIDEOS for us that are visual learners. I have had much success with your recipes, and they are apart of my menu when feeding ANYONE. Thank you. Keep up the FABULOUS work.Divas can cook!
Made this tonight & followed instructions to the tee. Love all ur recipes. This wasn’t the best enchilada I’ve ever had but it was good. Thanks for sharing ur recipes!!
i made these two times before. the first time i made them with my boyfriend and he loveddd them. the second time they came out alright… i found out that i forgot the worcestershire sauce.. maybe that was the missing taste. but im having another go at them tonight. might give the corn tortillas a go. thank you for the delicious recipes
Omg!!! This is so good. I made this tonight and my fiance loooooooved it.
I would love to make this monday night, but my husband is allergic to tomatoes. Is there anything I can substitute the tomato sauce with or can I omit it all together?
I have made this recipe for my family a few times the only thing that I did different was add salt and I did not add the worcestershire sauce because I have never been a fan of it. My kids loved it I fixed it with some Spanish rice and the wanted more.
Made this lastnight & my husband & son LOVED IT!! My father- in law came over & he kept bragging about it 🙂
Thank you soo much for easy recipe!
Turned out very very yummy. I gave some to my neighbor who thanked me three times. I think a creamy white chicken enchilada recipe would be good.
Made it last night! Boyfriend loveddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd it!
Thank You So Much My Family Enjoyed This Recipe 🙂 .
Thank You So Much My Family Enjoyed This Recipe 🙂
Love enchiladas, and these are great! I followed your recipe cept I used El Pato Tomato Sauce. Awesome, thanks diva!
My first try at a Mexican meal and the family loved it 🙂 My hubby had seconds and asked me to save some for his lunch the next day.. Definitely adding to my dinner rotation… Love the site, trying the meatloaf tonight thx!
Try this recipe with corn tortillas instead of flour. The enchiladas taste so much better!
oh and add a can of rotel!
OMG, definitely going to try this! I am mexican and these sound soooooo good! thanks for sharing, I love your recipes!!
I’ve made a few recipes dorm the site that came out really good. But my enchiladas were very soggy. This meal was too time consuming for me to waste so I scraped out the chicken, fried some left over corn tortillas and made chicken tacos. The chicken was delicious!
made these tonight and they came out tasting soo good. my cooking has gotten soo much better since I found your site. thanks soo much!
Diva this recipe is absolutely wonderful. It is the perfect date night meal, thanks for sharing and keep them coming.
Made these a few nights ago and they were great. My hubby really liked them. The only thing I did different was use turkey and red enchilada sauce because that’s what I had available and I didn’t want to make a special trip to the store. Will be making these again but will be using chicken and green enchilada sauce. Thanks for giving us great recipes! I have been cooking up a storm.
Uh…..looks pretty but not liking this too much….there’s a GREAT recipe on the side of “this ” brand of green chili enchilada sauce w/cream cheese…..compliments the green chili sauce MUCH MORE!
Hello Monique aka The cooking diva 🙂 i made these last night! delicious! thank you for these amazing recipes!!
Excellent recipe, pretty good detailed and step by step organization is perfect.
Cooked this last night for me and my boyfriend. He kept saying how BANGIN this dish was!!! Thank you DIVA!!! I'm trying Bourbon chicken tonight 🙂
This recipe is great !! The enchiladas have so much flavor. I make them all the time. Thanks for sharing such great recipes…
It was the BOMB! this is my first recipe i cooked from this site and def wont be the last
I had to come back and comment. These enchiladas are the BOMB and they taste so GOOD. They do make you want to slap yourself……lol. I am learning so much from your website. I will be making these again. Only thing I did different was I baked my chicken and seasoned it with seasoning salt and black pepper before cooking…….they came out so YUMMY. 🙂
Made this last night; it was great. Definitely on the menu at least once a month.
Yummy!
I made these tonight and I wasn't really sure about the green sauce but I still used it, I made them with some yellow rice and they were delicious!!! Thanks!!
ughhhhhhhhhhhhh not my cup of tea
OMG, my husband and 1yr old son loved it!! I can't believe how much I missed cooking. Thanks so much please keep it coming
I made this Sunday and it was a hit among the family, especially my husband. Thank you for posting the recipe.
Made this it was amazing delicious!! My husband loved it 🙂 thank you soo much for these great recipes!
So I tried and loved it. I made a few changes…added spinach, used whole wheat tortillas, and cut back on the cheese. Result, yummy goodness. Thanks so much sharing this very, very easy receipe!
This is a must try for next weekend and this dish looks really, really good!
yummy, looks good. I love mexican foods!