Enchiladas Verdes (Green Enchiladas) With Chicken

By Chelsie Kenyon

Updated 06/27/19

Enchiladas verde with chicken recipe

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  • Total: 60 mins
  • Prep: 30 mins
  • Cook: 30 mins
  • Yield: 4 servings

White cheese and chicken make these enchiladas verdes memorable as you take the first bite and taste the tangy green chile sauce and chewy corn tortillas. This green enchiladas recipe is always a crowd-pleaser and is sure to have your family asking for more.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups chicken (shredded)
  • 1/4 cup diced green chiles
  • 1 1/2 cups white shredded cheese (panela, jack, mozzarella, queso blanco)
  • 3 cups green chile sauce
  • 12 corn tortillas
  • Oil (warm)
  • 1/4 cup cotija cheese (crumbled)

Steps to Make It

  1. Gather the ingredients.

    Ingredients for enchiladas verde with chicken
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  2. Toss together the chicken, chiles, cheese, and 1 cup of the chile sauce.

    Toss together chicken and chiles
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  3. Dip a tortilla in the oil to soften in or you can brush each tortilla with oil. 

    Dip tortilla in oil
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  4. Bake in a 400 F oven for 5 minutes to soften them.

    Bake in oven
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  5. Lay a tortilla flat and fill with about 1/4 cup of filling down the center.

    Fill tortilla
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  6. Bring the edges over the filling to close it.

    Fold
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  7. Lay the tortilla seam-side down in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Repeat until all of the tortillas are filled.

    Lay tortilla seam down
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  8. Pour remaining sauce over the top and sprinkle with the cotija.

    Pour remaining sauce on
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  9. Bake for 20 minutes at 300 F.

    Bake enchiladas
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  10. Serve and enjoy!

    Serve and enjoy
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