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One of 122 enchiladas recipes we measured

The BEST Chicken Enchiladas

from natashaskitchen.com

397 cooks on natashaskitchen.com rate it 4.9★.

hands-on30m
waiting40 min
makes8
each$1.52
kcal375
levelintermediate

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 122.

this recipe typical
protein add100%100%
salt1%0%
aromatics0%6%
vegetables and beans0%1%
liquid61%39%

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

8 flour tortillas ( 10-inch burrito size)
680 g1 1/2 lb chicken breast or thighs
85 g3 oz cream cheese (room temp)
77 g1/3 cup sour cream
128 g4.5 oz diced green chilis (with their juice)
567 g20 oz mild red enchilada sauce ((We used 2 - 10oz cans))
8 g1 1/4 tsp salt (divided)
1 g1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1 g1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 g1/2 tsp paprika
282 g2 1/2 cups shredded cheese (divided (Mexican, Four Cheese or Colby Jack))

Method: 7 steps, published by natashaskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“We LOVE this recipe. We use “crockpot salsa chicken” (any random internet recipe) and it makes the chicken flavourful and easy to shred. My 12 year old son makes these with very minimal assistance, although we can make them very quickly if we work together. He” — a cook, 5.0★
“I used Hatch organic enchilada sauce and then added the additional ingredients as listed in Natasha’s recipe for completing the sauce. Hatch comes in 15 oz cans so I measured a total of 20 oz as indicated in Natasha’s recipe. It tasted very good. Hatch brand w” — a cook, 5.0★
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