A few weekends ago I had a craving for white chicken enchiladas. I didn’t have a go-to recipe to make but I have been lucky enough to have two friends bring me their homemade white chicken enchiladas on various occasions. Both meals were amazing so naturally I texted them both, got their recipes and combined them. Then I tweaked the recipe a bit and boom…
The slow cooked chicken was so amazing that I could have stopped here and just made chicken tacos. But I kept going! Also, if you’re low on time you can shred a rotisserie chicken for this step instead.THIS SEASONING. Oh my gosh, y’all. It’s incredible. Just enough salt and just a tad bit of spice.
You can substitute corn tortillas for flour if you prefer. I used low carb flour tortillas.
SO GOOD. The recipe yields about 10 enchiladas so I cooked one batch and froze the other for another night.
And you know what this meal is perfect for? Your freezer, your neighbor, your new mama friend, your co-worker going through a difficult time or anyone really.
White Chicken Enchiladas
Ingredients
- 5 chicken breasts
- 2 cups Mexican cheese, divided
- 1 cup sour cream
- 4 oz can diced green chilis
- Trader Joes Chili Lime seasoning
- 10 flour tortillas
Instructions
- Add chicken breasts to slow cooker and sprinkle generously with chili
lime seasoning. Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 4 hours. Shred
cooked chicken. - In a large bowl combine 1 cup cheese, sour cream and green chilis.
- Add a scoop of chicken mixture to each tortilla. Roll them up and lay them in a pan.
- Top with remaining cheese. [You can freeze at this point and save for later]
- Cook at 350 degrees for 25 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
Jessica
Sunday 26th of January 2025
These were yummy! It made ton of shredded chicken so I ended up using a 16 oz container of sour cream (lactose free) and lactose free mozzarella as my hubby is lactose intolerant. We poured half a jar of cilantro lime type jarred enchilada sauce on top for more moisture. Delicious! Next time Iโll add some of the green enchilada sauce inside with the chicken as well as itโs a little drier. Oh and we used a can or hotel in addition to the green chilis. Ugh i guess we made a semi different recipe but your base is great! lol
Christina
Monday 27th of January 2025
Oh I love this! Sounds SO good!!!
Leanne
Wednesday 15th of March 2023
How long do you bake after freezing?
Steph
Tuesday 8th of October 2019
Do we add water or any juices to the slow cooker??? :/
Anonymous
Thursday 28th of September 2017
I recently did this and used the beaters right in my crockpot. No other dish to wash. Win!!
sara [at] journey of doing
Thursday 28th of September 2017
Hmm, you had me at slow cooked chicken and done! Saving for later!!!!!