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Chicken enchiladas in a pan

Creamy White Chicken Enchiladas

A creamy, gooey, soft enchiladas. Filled with shredded chicken, seasoned with taco seasoning, and loads of cheese. Topped with a cheese sauce.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 7 enchiladas
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mexican

Ingredients
  

Filling
  • 2 chicken breasts cooked and shredded
  • 1 tbsp adobo seasoning Optional
  • 1/2 cup greek yogurt
  • 1 tbsp Taco seasoning
  • 2 cans diced green chilis Divided
  • 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese
  • 1/2 cup pepper jack cheese
  • 7 flour tortillas
cheese sauce
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp taco seasoning
  • 3 tbsp all purpose flour
  • 2 cups Milk
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese
  • 1/2 cup pepper jack cheese

Method
 

  1. Cook your chicken. Add 2 chicken breasts to a crockpot and a healthy sprinkle of adobo seasoning if you have it and cook on low for 4 hours. Leave the liquid in the crockpot Shred with a hand mixer.
    1 tbsp adobo seasoning
  2. Preheat oven to 400°
  3. Once the chicken is done make the filling- in a large bowl, or in the crockpot bowl add greek yogurt, taco seasoning, 1 can of diced green chilis and the cheeses. mix well and set aside
    2 chicken breasts, 1/2 cup greek yogurt, 1 tbsp Taco seasoning , 2 cans diced green chilis, 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese, 1/2 cup pepper jack cheese
  4. Make the cheese sauce. In a pan over medium low heat melt butter, add taco seasoning, and flour, whisk. Add milk and sour cream and whisk again and cook until thickened. Add cheese.
    2 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp taco seasoning, 3 tbsp all purpose flour, 2 cups Milk, 1/2 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese, 1/2 cup pepper jack cheese
  5. Spray a 9x13" glass pan with olive oil spray. Take a tortilla and add a good amount of the filling to one and roll up. No need to tuck the edges in. Place it seam side down in the pan. Repeat until your pan is filled. You should get 7 tortillas. Pour your cheese sauce over the enchiladas and top with even more cheese and another can of diced green chilis.
    7 flour tortillas
  6. Bake in a 400° oven for 20 minutes