Simple white sauce chicken enchiladas loaded with cheese that just melt in your mouth. Great to make ahead and cook on those busy nights.
Updated 08/22/2021
Why are my chicken enchiladas soggy?
Most enchiladas come out some what soggy being cooked in a sauce. However, if you lightly fry your tortillas before your fill them and roll them.
When baking enchiladas, covered or uncovered?
See recipe below. Most people will bake them covered with foil until heated completely through.
What is the white cheese on enchiladas?
Typically it’s queso fresco (a spongy white cheese). I’m not a big fan on spongy cheeses, so I go with a combo of cheddar cheeses.
More Tex-Mex recipes…..
- Mexican Rice (shown in picture with white chicken enchiladas)
- Sheetpan Beef Nachos
- Guacamole Cheese Dip
- Chicken Quesadillas
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White Chicken Enchiladas
Equipment
- Sauce Pan
- 9×13 Baking dish
Ingredients
- 1/4 Cup Butter
- 1/4 Cup Flour, All Purpose
- 2 Cups Chicken Stock
- 1/4 Cup Sour Cream
- 1/4 Tsp Pepper
- 1/4 Tsp Salt
- 3 Cups Cooked Chicken Shredded, Chopped or Diced
- 1 Small Onion
- 2 Cups Shredded Cheese
- 8 Flour Tortillas
- Green Onions, Chopped Optional Topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter on medium/medium high heat. Stir/whisk in the flour. Once the butter and flour are mixed well, add the chicken stock. Stir until thickened and bubbly.
- Add sour cream, salt and pepper. Stir until combined. Remove from heat.
- In a separate bowl, toss the chicken and onion.
- Add 3/4 cup of the sauce mix. Stir well.
- Fill each tortilla with 1/3 cup of the chicken mix. Roll up. **If you have any chicken mixture left, add to the remaining sauce.
- Place the tortillas seam side down in a greased casserole dish.
- Pour the remaining sauce on top of the tortillas.
- Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes, covered.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle cheese over entire dish.
- Let sit for 5-10 minutes to allow the cheese to melt and to cool. Serve. Top with green onions, if desired. Chow down!
