Savor the melt-in-your-mouth goodness of Easy Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas! Tender shredded chicken wrapped in soft flour tortillas, smothered in a creamy sauce made completely from scratch, and baked to golden perfection. The ultimate comfort food, ready in no time!
I grew up not loving my mom’s enchiladas. I’m sorry mom. I think I’d love them nowadays, but because she uses a condensed soup which I pretty much never have, I’ve come up with an adapted version that uses sour cream and a roux instead of the condensed soup. Though, if you all want the old version let me know in the comments! I don’t even use an enchilada sauce in this recipe and you won’t even miss it!
Ingredients for Chicken Enchiladas from Scratch
We are essentially making cream of chicken soup from scratch, which may seem like extra work, but I love knowing everything going into my dinner! Using rotisserie chicken will save us some time, and everything else is so easy to get your hands on. Here is everything you’ll need:
- Butter: combines with the flour to create the roux for the creamy white sauce
- All-Purpose Flour: Helps thicken the white sauce.
- Chicken Broth: adds chicken flavor
- Sour Cream: makes the white sauce extra rich and creamy
- Diced Green Chiles: adds flavor
- Salt and Pepper: adds flavor
- Rotisserie Chicken: Break down a whole chicken yourself or buy the prepackaged rotisserie chicken breast meat that is sold at Costco.
- Monterey Jack Cheese: I recommend buying a block and grating it yourself.
- Mexican Cheese Blend: found with all the other cheeses in the cheese section
- Taco Seasoning: I like to make my own big batch and keep it on hand for when it’s needed, but a store-bought brand works fine too.
- Flour Tortillas: Grab your favorite store-bought brand or make them yourself. If you go with store-bought, I recommend the uncooked tortillas that you cook yourself.
The measurements for all the ingredients can be found in the recipe card at the end of the post.
Carrian’s Notes
The secret to making these enchiladas unreal is slightly browning the butter for the white sauce and then using sour cream instead of milk. This makes the sauce so creamy!
How to Make Homemade Chicken Enchiladas
Read through the following instructions to learn how to make this easy