Chicken Enchiladas with Sour Cream White Sauce

Creamy White Chicken Enchiladas are made with flour tortillas, shredded chicken, mozzarella, green chiles and a delicious white cream sauce!

EASY CREAMY WHITE CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

One of my favorite Mexican meals (besides chimichangas) are enchiladas. Funny side note: did you know the word chimichanga” is Spanish for thing-a-ma-jig? Ha! This recipe for white chicken enchiladas are no joke though! 😉

SUBSTITUTING TRADITIONAL RED SAUCE FOR WHITE SAUCE

I’m not crazy about the red sauce enchiladas. The red sauce can sometimes be so overwhelming in taste for me that I can’t really taste the other flavors in the dish. And sometimes my acid reflux disagrees with anything red. Enter the white sauce. Now this is up my alley. A light-tasting sour cream sauce that has a hint of heat from the green chiles.

 

To Make this Recipe You’Il Need the following ingredients:

Ingredients

10 small soft flour tortillas (you can use corn but I like flour with chicken)
3 tablespoons flour
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup sour cream
2 1/2 cups shredded and cooked chicken (we like to use rotisserie chicken)
3 cups Monterey Jack cheese – shredded
3 tablespoons butter
4oz can diced green chillies (I like medium – they are not spicy at all)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Combine shredded chicken and 1 cup of cheese
Fill tortillas with the mixture above and roll each one then place in a greased 9×13 pan
Melt butter in a pan over medium heat
Stir flour into butter and whisk for 1 minute over heat.
Add broth and whisk together. Cook over heat until it’s thick and bubbles up
Take off heat and add in sour cream and chilies. (be careful it’s not too hot or the sour cream will curdle)
Pour mixture over enchiladas and add remaining cheese to top.
Bake in oven for 20-23 minutes then you will want to broil for 3 minutes to brown the cheese.
Enjoy!

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