Chicken Enchiladas
Creamy, cheesy chicken enchiladas made with a simple soup-and-sour-cream sauce, green chilies, and plenty of melted cheddar — ready in about 30 minutes.
- 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 cups diced cooked chicken
- 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies
- 8 flour tortillas
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- Heat the oven to 375°F. In a small bowl, stir the cream of chicken soup and sour cream together until smooth and well combined.
- Heat the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the chopped onion and chili powder, and cook until the onion turns tender.
- Stir in the diced chicken, green chilies, and about 3 tablespoons of the soup mixture, combining everything into a cohesive filling.
- Spread about 1/4 cup of the chicken filling along the center of each tortilla.
- Roll each tortilla up around the filling and place them seam-side down in a 12x8-inch baking dish.
- Spread the remaining soup mixture evenly over the top of the rolled enchiladas.
- Cover the dish and bake for 15 minutes.
- Uncover, sprinkle the cheddar cheese evenly over the top, and bake for another 5 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bubbling.
Chef's Note: Reserving a few tablespoons of the soup mixture to stir directly into the chicken filling — rather than saving all of it just for the topping — helps bind the filling together and keeps every bite creamy instead of dry. Using rotisserie chicken here makes this an especially fast weeknight dinner, since there's no cooking or shredding chicken from raw involved.
Placing the enchiladas seam-side down in the dish keeps them from unrolling as they bake, so don't skip that step even though it's easy to overlook. This dish reheats well the next day, and the flavors honestly deepen a bit overnight, making it a good make-ahead option for a busy week.
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