Easy Chicken Enchilada Recipe Crock Pot

Hot and cheesy crock pot chicken enchiladas are perfect to feed your family any day of the week! Just let the crock pot do the work.

Slow cooker recipes are a lifesaver for busy weeknight dinners! We especially love these crock pot chicken enchiladas, a version of a favorite Mexican classic—Chicken Enchiladas!

If you’ve never made enchiladas in the crockpot, now’s your chance! It’s easy, delicious, and almost no cleanup. What more could you ask for?

Instant Pot Chicken Enchiladas

These crock pot enchiladas might be a little different than what you expect—the filling isn’t wrapped up in tortillas. The tortillas are actually cut into strips and mixed in with the chicken/sauce. It makes one hot and savory concoction of all the enchilada flavors you love.

These crockpot enchiladas are great for feeding a crowd. Make them for game days, dinner parties, or any night of the week.

This recipe is definitely on rotation at our house. I love being able to quickly throw this together in the morning and have dinner ready by the afternoon!

Slow Cooker Creamy Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Soup

Enchiladas in the crockpot is perfect for busy weeknights. It takes only minutes to prep and cooks low and slow while the crock pot does all of the work!

CHICKEN. Add the chicken breasts to a crock pot, and pour the enchilada sauce over the top. Cook on high for 4 hours, or low for 8 hours.

COMBINE. Stir the tortilla strips into the chicken and enchilada sauce (try our Homemade Sauce). Add 1 cup of cheese and ½ cup of olives and stir to combine. Sprinkle the remaining cheese and olives over the top of the chicken mixture.

Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Enchiladas

Cover the crockpot and continue to cook on low for 40-60 minutes. Remove the cover and let the enchiladas stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Red enchilada sauce. You can also use Red Enchilada Sauce for a spicier taste. The red sauce doesn’t seem to be as runny as the green, so you can reduce the number of tortilla strips used.

I added extra tortillas because the green enchilada sauce was a little thin. It was still pretty runny at the end of the cooking time, but it set up a little more after it stood for about 10 minutes.

Crock Pot Chicken Enchilada Casserole Recipe

STORE. Keep leftovers in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze them for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge before reheating.

I love a meal that I can double. This way I get two meals out of the same amount of effort. Begin by adding double the chicken and sauce to the crock pot and cook.

Absolutely! In fact, I would double the amounts so you could serve half now and freeze the other half for later. See above for details.

Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Soup

I used shredded cheddar cheese in this recipe, but you can easily combine it, or substitute it, with a Mexcian blend of cheese.

Many times you can substitute the two types of tortillas, however, I recommend you stick with corn tortillas for this recipe since the flour tortilla strips tend to become doughy when cooked for such a long time.

Calories: 417 kcal , Carbohydrates: 27 g , Protein: 33 g , Fat: 20 g , Saturated Fat: 10 g , Cholesterol: 99 mg , Sodium: 1502 mg , Potassium: 436 mg , Fiber: 5 g , Sugar: 7 g , Vitamin A: 1178 IU , Vitamin C: 3 mg , Calcium: 350 mg , Iron: 2 mg

Slow Cooker Green Chicken Enchiladas (with Video) ⋆ Sugar, Spice And Glitter

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My new cookbook is the ultimate resource for feeding your friends and family with 200+ simple recipes including videos, tips & more!Our crockpot chicken enchiladas are a crockpot meal packed with chicken, beans, corn, and lots of cheese! This gluten-free dinner is easy to assemble in the morning and can cook all day. Before serving, shred the chicken, add the beans, corn, cheese, and tortillas, and dinner is ready!

This one-pot meal is the ultimate recipe for any night of the week. It not only simplifies dinner time, but provides a nutritious and delicious meal for your family. Our recipe for crockpot chicken enchiladas will quickly become a family favorite.

Crock Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup Recipe

If you enjoy the simplicity of one-pot meals, you have to check out our recipes for Instant Pot Minestrone Soup, Southwest Chicken Chili, and Crockpot Quinoa Chicken!

This chicken crockpot meal makes a regular appearance in our house as it can be prepped in under 5 minutes and uses ingredient staples.

Plus, a single batch is 8 servings making this a great meal prep recipe. We often reheat leftovers the next night as is or turn into an extra cheesy casserole by drizzling Velveeta Cheese Sauce Dip over the top.

Crockpot Enchilada Casserole

Grab your slow cooker, measuring cups and spoons, two forks and ingredients to get started. Then follow the step by step cooking instructions or check out the printable recipe card below!

This enchilada recipe was created gluten free by using the ingredients shown above. Always read the labels before purchasing an ingredient to ensure all are gluten-free. Here are ingredients to especially pay close attention to:

Start things off by adding the thawed chicken breasts, enchilada sauce, fire roasted tomatoes, green chilies, and taco seasoning to the slow cooker.

Crockpot Chicken Enchiladas

Using 2 forks, or a Kitchen aid mixer, shred the chicken. Then, add 1/2 of the shredded cheese, black beans, corn, and tortillas.

While the cheese is melting, you can prep any desired sides to serve with this dish. There are nights when we serve this recipe completely on its own but we like to have a few side dishes up our sleeve to serve every now and then. Here are a few favorites! Canned Corn Salad, Best Refried Beans Recipe, Gluten Free Mexican Rice Recipe, and The Best Guacamole.

You can also keep things simple by serving this recipe topped with salsa, sour cream, hot sauce, black olives, sliced jalapenos, diced tomatoes or shredded lettuce.

Easy Crock Pot Chicken Enchiladas

Corn tortillas were used for this recipe as the gluten free alternative to flour. Flour tortillas also tend to make the casserole doughy once cooked making corn the best tortilla option. You could use tortilla chips crushed on top as a gluten-free alternative as well (choose a GF brand such as Tostitos).

For food safety concerns, it is not recommended to cook frozen chicken in a crockpot. We recommend thawing chicken overnight in the fridge to add to the slow cooker the next day.

Absolutely. The chicken breasts can be swapped with chicken thighs, ground beef, ground chicken or ground turkey. If using ground meat, brown in a separate skillet before adding to the crockpot to prevent a mushy texture.

Quick And Easy Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Casserole Recipe

This recipe is able to be frozen and served at a later date. To freeze, let the casserole completely cool then pack in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months. Stick a Printable Freezer Meal Label on the outside of the container for an easy way to keep track of the use by date.

Crock pot meals can be a lifesaver. Here are more slow cooker recipes that can be added to the dinner rotation that are quick to prep and can be left to cook throughout the day.

CKC Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you’re new to eating gluten-free we understand it’s overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don’t. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.

Crock Pot Chicken Enchilada Casserole

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CCK Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you’re new to eating gluten-free we understand it’s overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don’t. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.

Calories: 311 kcal | Carbohydrates: 33 g | Protein: 28 g | Fat: 8 g | Saturated Fat: 4 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g | Trans Fat: 1 g | Cholesterol: 69 mg | Sodium: 1351 mg | Potassium: 589 mg | Fiber: 8 g | Sugar: 6 g | Vitamin A: 1146 IU | Vitamin C: 10 mg | Calcium: 157 mg | Iron: 3 mg

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