Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Don’t you simply love 5-ingredient meals? That’s this hen enchilada casserole. Just chicken, beans, sauce, tortillas, cheese, and done.
Stacked enchilada casserole layered with tortillas, beans, and hen and protected with cheese and enchilada sauce on a white plate.
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Bad news. We have termites, maybe.
A few weeks ago, we decided to purchase a desk from the downtown market. Who knew getting downtown and again might take all day? Traffic right the following is out of manipulate and efficiency isn't a solid level of the market experience. But within the cease we hauled our big wooden desk and six chairs immediately up into our condominium and gazed upon the magnificence of a work of actual furniture.
And once I say we hauled it, I imply that possibly my process was protecting the McDonald’s that we picked up on our method house and supervising the lifters.
HOW TO MAKE OUR ENCHILADA CASSEROLE (45 SEC):
Stacked enchilada casserole in a clean baking dish.
We’ve had pals over for dinner (four friends, to be exact) and we’ve had some candy children from the guard over to make cookies. Since it’s truly the in simple terms group-friendly furniture we have, everything facilities round that table. We love it.
Then, the discovery.
Bjork discovered somewhat pile of thriller filth beneath considered one of the chairs. A hop, skip, and a bounce by way of Google photographs confirmed, unofficially, that we've termites. And then a seek of the condominium showed that these ants we have? Are in truth termites. Probably. It’s sort of difficult to inform simply due to the fact they’re small and quickly and we attempt to no longer seem at them.
Whatever they are, they’re EV-ERY-WHERE. Bedroom. Office. Kitchen. Coming out of the electric sockets. How does that even work?
The plan is nonetheless TBD. Right now possibility #3 (ignore the challenge and positioned out extra a couple of extra of these sticky ant traps) is watching mighty appealing.
But come on now. That was gross of me to speak about termites once I truly had to speak THIS.
Stacked enchilada casserole layered with tortillas, beans, and hen and protected with cheese and enchilada sauce over a plate.
This is a Chicken Enchilada Casserole and it’s sososososo delicious. It’s like taking all of the goodness of an enchilada, stacking it up, and baking it beneath a layer of cheese. It’s also highly easy. Hello, did you notice that there are in simple terms FIVE meals here? As I was writing the recipe out I kinda couldn’t trust it. It seems and feels and tastes like one thing that took a truly lengthy time to make. It’s like unfastened work or something.
Chicken, tortillas, cheese, and beans in containers.
Here’s whatcher gonna do.
Put some sauce down. Now layer away. We’ve got tortillas, beans, chicken, cheese and sauce all up in there. Go for it.
Now let’s ideal all of it off with ze cheese. You pick! I used Mozzarella simply due to the fact I had it. You might use Monterrey Jack or Provolone or Colby Jack or Mexican flavored cheese or one thing you want. Naturally. It’s a “casserole” after all, right? Lots of cheese is necessary.
Chicken and enchilada sauce in a clean baking dish.
Now bake it.
And wait a while.
And now, dig in.
Stacked enchilada casserole layered with tortillas, beans, and hen and protected with cheese and enchilada sauce on a white plate with a fork.
If I’m being honest, I ate this at 9am on a Sunday morning whereas Bjork was nonetheless asleep.
And that, my friends, is the definition of meals blogging.
Chicken Enchilada
chicken enchilada casserole
Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Yield: 10-12 1x
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A 5-ingredient stacked enchilada casserole layered with tortillas, beans, and hen and protected with cheese and enchilada sauce.
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INGREDIENTS
1 lb boneless, skinless hen breasts
19 ounces (about 2 ½ cups) enchilada sauce
2 cups shredded cheese (I used Mozzarella simply due to the fact I had it on hand)
6–8 small flour tortillas
1 can refried beans (I like Amy’s Organic Refried Black Beans – so yummy!)
INSTRUCTIONS
Cook and shred the chicken. I do that by boiling a big pot of water and cooking the hen breasts within the water for about 30 minutes till cooked through. Then I shred the hen with 2 forks. You can do that forward of time.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place a couple of spoonfuls of enchilada sauce within the backside of a pitcher sq. baking dish (mine was 9×9) to keep away from sticking. Place 2 tortillas within the backside of the dish, overlapping to disguise the whole surface. Layer the beans, chicken, cheese, sauce, and tortillas; repeat as soon as to make a complete of 2 layers. For me this was about 1/3 cup refried beans, 1 cup of the chicken, ½ cup cheese, and about 3/4 cup enchilada sauce in every layer.
Cover the ideal with the ultimate enchilada sauce and 1 cup cheese. Cover the baking dish with well-oiled aluminum foil and bake for about 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake exposed for an extra 5 minutes or till cheese is beginning to brown and sauce is bubbling.
Allow to relaxation for at the least 15 minutes earlier than chopping and serving (otherwise it's going to be a soupy mess – delicious, but no longer ideal). Top with sliced inexperienced onions or cilantro.
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Stacked enchilada casserole layered with tortillas, beans, and hen and protected with cheese and enchilada sauce on a white plate.
CLICK HERE TO PIN THIS RECIPE
Bad news. We have termites, maybe.
A few weeks ago, we decided to purchase a desk from the downtown market. Who knew getting downtown and again might take all day? Traffic right the following is out of manipulate and efficiency isn't a solid level of the market experience. But within the cease we hauled our big wooden desk and six chairs immediately up into our condominium and gazed upon the magnificence of a work of actual furniture.
And once I say we hauled it, I imply that possibly my process was protecting the McDonald’s that we picked up on our method house and supervising the lifters.
HOW TO MAKE OUR ENCHILADA CASSEROLE (45 SEC):
Stacked enchilada casserole in a clean baking dish.
We’ve had pals over for dinner (four friends, to be exact) and we’ve had some candy children from the guard over to make cookies. Since it’s truly the in simple terms group-friendly furniture we have, everything facilities round that table. We love it.
Then, the discovery.
Bjork discovered somewhat pile of thriller filth beneath considered one of the chairs. A hop, skip, and a bounce by way of Google photographs confirmed, unofficially, that we've termites. And then a seek of the condominium showed that these ants we have? Are in truth termites. Probably. It’s sort of difficult to inform simply due to the fact they’re small and quickly and we attempt to no longer seem at them.
Whatever they are, they’re EV-ERY-WHERE. Bedroom. Office. Kitchen. Coming out of the electric sockets. How does that even work?
The plan is nonetheless TBD. Right now possibility #3 (ignore the challenge and positioned out extra a couple of extra of these sticky ant traps) is watching mighty appealing.
But come on now. That was gross of me to speak about termites once I truly had to speak THIS.
Stacked enchilada casserole layered with tortillas, beans, and hen and protected with cheese and enchilada sauce over a plate.
This is a Chicken Enchilada Casserole and it’s sososososo delicious. It’s like taking all of the goodness of an enchilada, stacking it up, and baking it beneath a layer of cheese. It’s also highly easy. Hello, did you notice that there are in simple terms FIVE meals here? As I was writing the recipe out I kinda couldn’t trust it. It seems and feels and tastes like one thing that took a truly lengthy time to make. It’s like unfastened work or something.
Chicken, tortillas, cheese, and beans in containers.
Here’s whatcher gonna do.
Put some sauce down. Now layer away. We’ve got tortillas, beans, chicken, cheese and sauce all up in there. Go for it.
Now let’s ideal all of it off with ze cheese. You pick! I used Mozzarella simply due to the fact I had it. You might use Monterrey Jack or Provolone or Colby Jack or Mexican flavored cheese or one thing you want. Naturally. It’s a “casserole” after all, right? Lots of cheese is necessary.
Chicken and enchilada sauce in a clean baking dish.
Now bake it.
And wait a while.
And now, dig in.
Stacked enchilada casserole layered with tortillas, beans, and hen and protected with cheese and enchilada sauce on a white plate with a fork.
If I’m being honest, I ate this at 9am on a Sunday morning whereas Bjork was nonetheless asleep.
And that, my friends, is the definition of meals blogging.
Chicken Enchilada
chicken enchilada casserole
Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Yield: 10-12 1x
PRINT RECIPE
PIN RECIPE
DESCRIPTION
A 5-ingredient stacked enchilada casserole layered with tortillas, beans, and hen and protected with cheese and enchilada sauce.
SCALE 1x2x3x
INGREDIENTS
1 lb boneless, skinless hen breasts
19 ounces (about 2 ½ cups) enchilada sauce
2 cups shredded cheese (I used Mozzarella simply due to the fact I had it on hand)
6–8 small flour tortillas
1 can refried beans (I like Amy’s Organic Refried Black Beans – so yummy!)
INSTRUCTIONS
Cook and shred the chicken. I do that by boiling a big pot of water and cooking the hen breasts within the water for about 30 minutes till cooked through. Then I shred the hen with 2 forks. You can do that forward of time.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place a couple of spoonfuls of enchilada sauce within the backside of a pitcher sq. baking dish (mine was 9×9) to keep away from sticking. Place 2 tortillas within the backside of the dish, overlapping to disguise the whole surface. Layer the beans, chicken, cheese, sauce, and tortillas; repeat as soon as to make a complete of 2 layers. For me this was about 1/3 cup refried beans, 1 cup of the chicken, ½ cup cheese, and about 3/4 cup enchilada sauce in every layer.
Cover the ideal with the ultimate enchilada sauce and 1 cup cheese. Cover the baking dish with well-oiled aluminum foil and bake for about 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake exposed for an extra 5 minutes or till cheese is beginning to brown and sauce is bubbling.
Allow to relaxation for at the least 15 minutes earlier than chopping and serving (otherwise it's going to be a soupy mess – delicious, but no longer ideal). Top with sliced inexperienced onions or cilantro.
FULL ARTICLE >>>>>>>>
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