Almost chicken enchiladas casserole. LOVE this easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole recipe! It's made with the best homemade enchilada sauce, and layered with corn tortillas, cheese, beans, and your favorite fillings. Keto enchilada casserole has all the wonderful flavors of enchiladas, without the extra carbs and gluten!
And not using tortillas means that this casserole isn't just keto and gluten-free - it's also. I like to make Chicken Enchilada Casserole instead or regular (individual) chicken enchiladas when I have other things to do. If you've been craving the taste of real Mexican. You can Have Almost chicken enchiladas casserole using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Almost chicken enchiladas casserole
- What You needis of chicken.
- Lets Go Prepare 6 large of chicken breasts skinless and boneless.
- What You needis 1/4 tsp of salt.
- What You needis 1/4 cup of ground cumin.
- What You needis 1/4 cup of granulated garlic powder.
- What You needis 1/4 cup of paprika.
- Lets Go Prepare 1/4 cup of annatto powder.
- What You needis 1/4 cup of oil.
- It's 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper.
- Lets Go Prepare of sauce.
- Lets Go Prepare 28 oz of canned diced tomatoes.
- It's 1 tsp of whole leaf oregano.
- It's 1 tsp of chopped parsley.
- What You needis 1/2 tsp of turmeric.
- Lets Go Prepare 3 tbsp of sofrito.
- It's 1 tbsp of tomato paste.
- Lets Go Prepare 1/2 small of onion chopped.
- Lets Go Prepare 1 clove of garlic, sliced.
- What You needis of topping.
- Lets Go Prepare 1 cup of mozzarella cheese.
- It's 2 cup of shredded monetary jack colby cheddar cheese.
- It's of garnish.
- What You needis 2 cup of sour cream.
- It's 1/2 cup of pickled jalapeño peppers.
- What You needis 1 tbsp of chopped cilantro.
This recipe appears by special request. Creamy chicken and green chilies I use the regular sized tortillas. not the large ones. I overlap the tortillas to make the layer. This chicken enchilada casserole is creamy cheesy perfection and it's so easy to throw together since everything is layered together instead of rolled.
Almost chicken enchiladas casserole step by step
- Preheat oven 350° Fahrenheit.
- Coat large saute pan with oil. Season chicken with with cumin, annatto powder, granulated garlic powder, salt, pepper, and paprika before turning. After you turn sprinkle the bottom next. Cook till chicken is done. Remove chicken to a platter, allow to cool..
- Saute onion and garlic clove in chicken drippings until tender. Stir well to combine. Add canned tomatoes, saute 1 minute. Add oregano, turmeric, and sofrito. Add tomato paste to thicken just a bit. Let simmer for 15 minutes..
- Pull chicken breasts apart by hand into shredded strips. add sauce to pan just enough to cover bottom. Add shredded chicken to pan, add tomatoes on top of the chicken..
- Add cheeses on top. Bake in oven 15- 20 minutes..
- Let cool just a bit. Add sour cream to top. Then peppers, and cilantro. Serve hope you enjoy!.
But, who has time to be rolling enchiladas the time? This enchilada casserole is way easier than rolling up individual enchiladas! Chicken Enchilada Casserole is one of my new favorite recipes! The whole family loves my Chicken Enchiladas but I do not want to eat all of those carbs. I am adding almost daily pictures, links and much more than I would on the blog.