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Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas with White Sauce Recipe

Make these creamy cheese enchiladas with white sauce tonight! Filled with chicken and Monterey Jack, then topped with a savory salsa verde cream sauce.
Course Brunch
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 646kcal
Author Sharee

Ingredients

Chicken Ingredients

  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin

Sauce Ingredients

  • 1 can of cream of chicken soup
  • 1 cup of green salsa Verde
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup of sour cream
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Cheese & Tortilla Ingredients

  • 16 to 17 small corn tortillas
  • 5 cups freshly shredded Monterey jack cheese (separate one to two cups of the shredded cheese to garnish the enchilada casserole)

Instructions

  • Boil chicken breasts in chicken broth or salted water until chicken breasts are fully cooked. Allow the chicken breasts to cool, and then shred the chicken breast.
  • After shredding the chicken breast, mix the ground cumin and shredded chicken together, then set aside.
  • In a medium saucepan combine cream of chicken soup, salsa Verde, and butter.
  • Cook this sauce mixture for about 5 minutes on medium heat. Remove the sauce mixture from heat, and mix in the sour cream. Salt and pepper the sauce mixture to taste.
  • Lightly fry the corn tortillas in a large frying pan, using baking spray or a small amount of cooking oil.
  • Drain grease from the fried corn tortillas if cooking oil was used to fry the tortillas.
  • Remember to reserve 1 to 2 cups of the shredded cheese and set aside (this will be used to top the enchilada casserole). Then, evenly fill each corn tortilla with the shredded chicken and the remaining 3 cups of shredded cheese (I like to put more cheese than chicken in each tortilla- just my preference).
  • After filling each tortilla with chicken and cheese, roll up each tortilla and place the rolled tortillas seam side down in a baking dish.
  • Pour the sauce mixture over the stuffed corn tortillas.
  • Then garnish the dish with the remaining shredded cheese.
  • Cover the baking pan, and bake the enchiladas at 400 degrees for about 20 to 25 minutes, or until the cheeses have melted through.

Nutrition

Calories: 646kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 40g | Saturated Fat: 23g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 128mg | Sodium: 890mg | Potassium: 511mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1240IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 824mg | Iron: 3mg