Description
An easy, delicious Chicken Enchiladas recipe that is easy to prep ahead of time and makes a great weeknight dinner!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup yellow onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 2 large (3 medium) skinless, boneless chicken breasts (cooked and shredded)
- 1 (4.5oz) can green chiles
- kosher salt and ground black pepper
- 1 (15oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed (or a 15oz can refried beans)
- Approx. 7 large tortillas of your choice
- 1 batch red enchilada sauce (homemade or store-bought)
- 2–3 cups shredded cheese (regular or dairy-free) (more if you want)
- Toppings options: cilantro, red onion, sour cream (regular or dairy-free)
Instructions
- Prep: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray & set aside.
- Make Filling: Bring a cast iron skillet to medium-high heat. Coat bottom of the pan with a little olive oil. Add garlic and onion, let cook for a few minutes, stirring fairly constantly. Add chicken and green chiles. Stir and let warm through, about 5-7 minutes.
- Fill & Roll: Take one tortilla at at time and add chicken filling to the center along with some black beans and then tightly roll up the tortilla. Place filled tortilla in the prepared pan and push it up tight against one side. Continue filling tortillas with the chicken mixture and placing them in the pan until full.
- Sauce & Cheese: Once the pan is filled, pour the enchilada sauce over top. Sprinkle with cheese.
- Bake: Place in the oven (middle rack, uncovered) for 20-30 minutes or until cheese is melted and enchilada sauce is a little bubbly.
- Cool & Serve: Remove and let cool a few minutes. Serve immediately with any toppings you want: fresh cilantro, diced red onion, sour cream (regular or dairy-free).
Notes
- Tortillas: we love using Siete tortillas, but use whatever works best for you!
- Enchilada Sauce: We love our homemade red enchilada sauce and Sieté store-bought enchilada sauce, they have a great green or red enchilada sauce! The homemade version is gluten-free friendly and the Sieté brand is paleo!
- Make then creamy: feel free to add a little Kite Kill cream cheese or Sieté cashew queso inside the tortilla along with the chicken and beans if you want a creamy filling (without the extra dairy)!
- Make them spicy: add in some jalapeño to the chicken, onion and green Chile mixture if you want to spice it up more!
- Make Ahead: to prep these ahead of time I would recommend making the enchilada sauce (if you are making your own) and then just prep the filling for the tortillas (chicken, onions, green chiles, etc). Then throw everything together before popping in the oven.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6oz
- Calories: 196
- Sugar: 1.2 g
- Sodium: 439.6 mg
- Fat: 8.9 g
- Carbohydrates: 14.4 g
- Protein: 14.6 g
- Cholesterol: 42.3 mg