Easy Crock Pot Chicken Enchiladas
I recently decided to make chicken enchiladas using my crock pot. Like any crock pot recipe this Easy Crock Pot Chicken Enchilada recipe is easy to make, doesn’t take much effort and the final results are delicious.
My crock pot recipes are some of my most popular family recipes that are requested time after time.
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To make these Easy Crock Pot Chicken Enchiladas you are going to start by cooking skinless boneless chicken breasts in chicken stock in the crock pot. But you could also make the Easy Crock Pot Chicken Enchiladas if you have leftover chicken breasts already. You would just pull the chicken meat apart and then proceed with the rest of the instructions.
This Easy Crock Pot Chicken Enchilada recipe is also a great freezer meal. I cooked one tray for dinner and froze the rest for another day.
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Easy Chicken Enchiladas recipe
Ingredients
- 3 boneless chicken breast
- 1 32
ox box low sodium chicken broth - 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 bay leaf
Enchilada filling Ingredients
- 1 10 oz can enchilada sauce
- 1 7 oz can
chopped green chilies - 1 cup diced tomatoes
- 1 cup corn kernels
- 3/4 cup black beans
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon cumin
Your choice of 10 flour, corn or low carb tortillas.
Top the enchiladas with
- 2 10 oz cans enchilada sauce
- 1 cup cheddar cheese
Instructions
Cook the chicken in the crock pot
- Put the first 5 ingredients into a crock pot and cook for 4 hours. After four hours remove the chicken from the crock pot and set aside to cool.
- Pour the chicken broth from the crock pot through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl. Set aside.
- Pull the cooled chicken apart.
- Return the pulled chicken meat and 1/4 to 1/2 cup of reserved chicken broth to the crock pot add stir. Add the enchilada filling ingredients to the crock pot and stir.
Cook for 1 hour on low.
Assemble the Enchiladas
- Place the enchiladas seam down into a baking pan and pour on
can of enchilada sauce over the top.
Bake enchiladas for 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle cheddar cheese over the top of the enchiladas. Return to the oven and bake until cheese is melted.
Notes
Divide the enchiladas between two 8×8 baking pans. Eat one for dinner and tightly cover the other tray and freeze for another night.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 enchilada
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Rachel - A Southern Fairytale
These sound delicious! I love, love, love my slow cooker and enchiladas are one of my favorite meals! Thank you so much for linking up with Mouthwatering Mondays!
Have a great week!
Diane Balch
Would love if you brought this by Foodie Friday today. I am always looking for good crockpot recipes. http://www.simplelivingeating.com/2014/07/peppers-eggs-skillet-casserole-sofrito.html
kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor
These sound SO good! Thank you bunches for linking up and partying with us this week, Arlene!
Amanda @ Dwelling in Happiness
Oh YUM! These sound absolutely delicious. Winner winner chicken dinner! 🙂 My hubby will love these too. Visiting from Link Party Palooza. 🙂 Thanks for this amazing recipe! Pinning!
Arlene Mobley
Amanda I hope your family enjoys the recipe!
Jennie
I love crock pot recipes! And mexican is my favorite so this looks like a winner!
-Jennie
I’m hosting a linkup and would love for you to stop by!
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Karly
This is totally my kind of dinner! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Shawna
I’m only cooking for 2-3 people, so if I half the recipe, how does it affect the cooking time?
Arlene Mobley
Shawna
The cooking time will depend on how much filling is in the enchiladas. If the enchiladas are big the cooking time will be the same. Smaller and the cooking time will be less.