Main Dishes

Best Chicken Enchiladas

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What makes these Chicken Enchiladas the best? They are made with an amazing homemade easy to make enchilada sauce. I promise you will never eat enchilada sauce from a can again. I truly enjoy Mexican food including these chicken enchiladas, but I found a way to make them even better. I normally prepare enchiladas using a canned enchilada sauce. The canned enchilada sauce is delicious in this recipe, so I had no idea what I was missing.

12
4 cups chicken breast, cooked and chopped
3 teaspoon Mexican seasoning like taco or fajita to season the chicken before baking
1 teaspoon Mexican seasoning to add to the chicken sour cream filling
8 ounces sour cream
1 - 10¾ ounce cream of chicken soup
½ onion, finely chopped
3 cups Mexican blend cheese OR Monterey Jack cheese, divided (1 cup in the chicken filling and 2 cups on top of everything)
1 small can chopped green chilies, drained (Mexican isle)
12 flour tortillas
2 cups enchilada sauce, See Chef Dennis homemade enchilada sauce recipe OR use 2 cups can enchilada sauce.
If you did not make the shredded Mexican chicken in the crock-pot, see link above, season the chicken breast well with 3 teaspoons Mexican seasoning. (Fajita or Taco) Bake chicken 30 minutes. Remove the...
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Nutritions

Calories
432

Sodium
970mg
40% DV

Fat
22g
34% DV

Protein
32g
65% DV

Carbs
20g
7% DV

Fiber
2g
11% DV