- prep: 25 min
- cook: 35 min
- total: 1 hr
Summary
These Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas are easy to make, satisfyingly rich, cheesy, creamy and saucy - no dry chicken enchiladas here! - with flavor exploding homemade green chile sour cream white sauce (no cream soup)! These Chicken Enchiladas come together in a snap with the use of juicy rotisserie chicken, store bought green chiles and salsa verde sauce. They can be made ahead of time and refrigerated for an easy make-ahead dinner.
Ingredients
- 4 cups shredded or chopped chicken*
- 3 cups shredded Monterrey Jack cheese (divided)
- 8-10 medium flour tortillas
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup chopped onion (may sub 1 teaspoon onion powder)
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup mild salsa verde ((I use Herdez))
- 1 tsp EACH ground cumin, chicken bouillon
- 1/2 tsp EACH salt, cayenne pepper**
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 4 oz. can mild diced green chilies (not drained)
- sour cream
- Tomatoes
- Avocados
- cilantro
- chips
- freshly squeezed lime
- hot sauce
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 1065 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 51 g 78.89%
- Saturated Fat: 21 g 106.98%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 209 mg 69.55%
- Sodium: 1542 mg 64.23%
- Calcium: 759 mg 75.89%
- Potassium: 1159 mg 33.1%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 6 mg 35.86%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 79 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 9 g 35.6%
- Sugar: 9 g
- Protein: 70 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 5 g
- Vitamin A 39.49%
- Vitamin C 71.82%
- Vitamin D 1.75%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat6
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch3
- Exchange - Vegetables7
- Exchange - Lean Meat8
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total1 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy1 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total5 oz-eq