Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, shredded chicken enchiladas red or green. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Use green enchilada sauce: Instead of red enchilada sauce, try making green chicken enchiladas with my homemade green enchilada sauce recipe. Use a different protein: I most often make these enchiladas with chicken, but they would also be delicious with ground or shredded beef, shredded. These Shredded Chicken Enchiladas are healthy and the best enchilada recipe! Tender shredded chicken is tossed with rich enchilada sauce and wrapped up in corn tortillas topped with cheese.

Shredded chicken enchiladas red or green is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Shredded chicken enchiladas red or green is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have shredded chicken enchiladas red or green using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Shredded chicken enchiladas red or green:

1. Prepare 2 large chicken breasts
2. Make ready 1/2 C cooked rice
3. Take 1 onion chopped
4. Prepare 2 garlic cloves minced
5. Make ready 1/2 pint sour cream
6. Get 2 C shredded cheddar cheese
7. Prepare Tortillas
8. Get 1 1/2 Tbs chili powder
9. Prepare 1/2 Tbs cayenne pepper
10. Get 1 Tbs parsley
11. Prepare 1/2 tsp oregano
12. Get 1/2 tsp pepper
13. Take 1/2 tsp salt
14. Make ready FOR RED SAUCE - 15 oz tomato sauce & can of red enchilada sauce
15. Prepare FOR GREEN SAUCE -large can green enchilada sauce 28-32oz

This homemade classic is an all-time family favorite that's great for easy weeknight meals. Chicken Enchiladas with Red Enchilada Sauce and Salsa Verde. All you need to make the enchiladas are corn tortillas, already cooked and shredded or chopped chicken meat, some grated melty cheese like cheddar or Monterey Jack, and red chili enchilada sauce. Shredded Chicken - using a rotisserie chicken here saves a lot of time and effort.

Steps to make Shredded chicken enchiladas red or green:

1. Cook chicken in crockpot seasoned with salt and covered with water. Can cook overnight on low or on high about 3 hours
2. Cook rice
3. Once chicken is done take out and wipe off fat and skin with a paper towel. Shred with a fork or in a blender. Don't shred too fine.
4. Preheat oven to 350°
5. Heat oil on medium heat in large skillet. Add in onion, garlic, chili powder and cayenne pepper. Stir and cook 1-2 mins
6. Add in chicken, rice, sour cream, 1 cup cheese, parsley, oregano and pepper. Stir to combine until cheese melts
7. Stir in tomato sauce if making red, or 2 cups of green sauce if making green and the salt stirring to combine.
8. Roll mixture into tortillas and arrange in a baking dish. Cover with the remaining green sauce or red sauce. Top with remaining shredded cheese and bake uncovered for 20 mins
9. Serve with sour cream, shredded lettuce or diced tomatoes if desired

All you need to make the enchiladas are corn tortillas, already cooked and shredded or chopped chicken meat, some grated melty cheese like cheddar or Monterey Jack, and red chili enchilada sauce. Shredded Chicken - using a rotisserie chicken here saves a lot of time and effort. Of course, if you don't like chicken, any filling you prefer would be the most delicious for your family, so do what you know. Use this in place of plain shredded chicken; and it will kick an average Mexican recipe up a notch (IMHO). Classic Chicken Enchiladas with homemade enchilada sauce, shredded chicken, cheddar We love chicken enchiladas for so many reasons, not the least of which is that they are delicious, and Serve with Spanish Rice or Green Cilantro Rice.

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