Chicken Verde Enchilada Casserole is a delectable dish that captivates taste buds with its harmonious blend of flavors and textures. This casserole showcases tender chicken nestled within a flavorful verde sauce, complemented by layers of tortillas, melted cheese, and a medley of spices. The resulting dish is a culinary symphony that brings together the vibrant essence of Mexican cuisine with the comforting warmth of a home-cooked meal. Whether you're hosting a festive gathering or simply seeking a delightful culinary experience, this article will guide you through the steps of creating an unforgettable Chicken Verde Enchilada Casserole that will leave your taste buds tantalized and your heart content.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
CHICKEN ENCHILADA CASSEROLE VERDE RECIPE
This classic chicken enchilada casserole recipe is made with seasoned chicken, black beans, tomatillo salsa and plenty of poblano peppers.
Provided by Mike Hultquist
Categories Main Course
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- For the chicken, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with the taco seasonings and salt and pepper.
- Heat a large oven-safe skillet or pan to medium heat. Add the chicken and sear each side about 2 minutes each. Add beer or chicken broth and reduce heat. Simmer about 15-20 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and you can shred it with a fork. Remove from heat and add to a mixing bowl. Shred the chicken up with a couple forks.
- Add oil to the same skillet and heat.
- Add onions and peppers. Cook about 5 minutes to soften.
- Add garlic and stir. Cook 1 more minute.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, cumin and oregano. Stir.
- Add the cooked seasoned vegetables to the mixing bowl with the cooked chicken, then add the tomatillo salsa and black beans. Stir to incorporate.
- In the same pan, spoon some of the chicken mixture onto the bottom of the pan.
- Layer on half of the tortillas, then half of the remaining chicken mixture and the shredded cheese. Repeat with the remaining tortillas, then remaining chicken mixture, then the remaining cheese.
- Set oven to broil.
- Set the skillet in the middle of the oven and broil for about 5 minutes, or until the cheese is nicely melted. You can also bake it at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, if preferred.
- Sprinkle with chopped cilantro and serve!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 607 kcal, Carbohydrate 40 g, Protein 27 g, Fat 36 g, SaturatedFat 11 g, Cholesterol 93 mg, Sodium 1129 mg, Fiber 5 g, Sugar 11 g, ServingSize 1 serving
CREAMY CHICKEN ENCHILADAS VERDE
Enjoy the dining out experience at home with this restaurant-inspired recipe.
Provided by Kraft
Categories Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips Kraft Natural Shredded Cheese
Time 35m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mix sour cream and salsa until well blended. Cook and stir onions and garlic in hot oil in large skillet on medium heat 4 to 5 min. or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in chicken, 1 cup sour cream mixture, chiles and 1/2 cup cheese.
- Spoon about 1/3 cup chicken mixture down center of each tortilla; roll up. Place, seam-sides down, in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Top with remaining tomatillo sauce and cheese. Cover.
- Bake 15 to 20 min. or until heated through.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 650.6 calories, Carbohydrate 44.1 g, Cholesterol 128.6 mg, Fat 37.5 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 36 g, SaturatedFat 17.2 g, Sodium 1290.7 mg, Sugar 5 g
VERDE CHICKEN ENCHILADA CASSEROLE
This Verde Chicken Enchilada Casserole recipe is layered with your favorite chicken enchilada fillings, and baked up with the most delicious homemade green enchilada sauce. See suggestions above for how to customize your recipe to taste.
Provided by Ali
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375°F. Mist a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray; set aside.
- Heat oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and pepper and sauté for 6-7 minutes, or until softened. Stir in the beans, corn, spinach, chicken, and 2 cups enchilada sauce, and stir until evenly combined. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Pour about 1/2 cup of the remaining enchilada sauce in the baking dish, and spread until the bottom of the dish is evenly coated. Top with a layer of about 8 tortilla halves, so that the entire dish is covered. Top evenly with 1/3 of the chicken mixture, followed by 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat with another layer of tortillas, chicken mixture, and cheese. Followed by a final layer of tortillas, chicken mixture, the remaining 1/2 cup of enchilada sauce, and cheese.
- Cover the pan with aluminum foil, then bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove pan and remove aluminum foil. Uncover and bake for 10 more minutes, until the cheese is thoroughly melted.
- Remove from the oven and serve warm, garnished with your desired toppings.
SALSA VERDE CHICKEN ENCHILADA CASSEROLE
This easy Mexican flavored casserole makes it easy to serve a cheesy, nutrient packed dinner for a crowd.
Provided by Heidi
Time 1h35m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Spray a 9 X 11 inch baking pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl, mix the tomatillo salsa verde with the sour cream. Spread 1 cup of the sauce on the bottom of the pan. Layer 6 of the small tortillas on the bottom of the pan. Spoon 1 1/4 cups of the sauce over the tortillas then layer 1/3 of the chicken, 1/3 of the butternut squash and 1/3 of the black beans. Top with 1/3 of the cheese and repeat the process 2 more times, but set aside the last layer of cheese.
- Spray one side of a piece of aluminum foil with cooking spray and cover the pan then bake for 60-70 minutes or until the sauce starts to bubble. Remove the foil and top with the remaining cheese and bake until melted, about 10 more minutes.
- Remove from the oven and top with sliced olives, green onions and cilantro. Garnish with sour cream, avocado slices and pickled sweet and hot jalapeños.
- **Optional: Sprinkle Cotija cheese on top for a tart cheese burst of flavor.
VERDE CHICKEN ENCHILADA CASSEROLE RECIPE
A delightful recipe for scrumptious chicken enchilada casserole that'll sure to win the hearts of your loved ones! This simple dish truly is a must-try.
Provided by Nelson Arnold
Categories Casserole
Time 1h
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Mist a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray; set aside.
- Heat oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and pepper and sauté for 6 to 7 minutes, or until softened. Stir in the beans, corn, spinach, chicken, and 2 cups enchilada sauce, and stir until evenly combined. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Pour about ½ cup of the remaining enchilada sauce in the baking dish, and spread until the bottom of the dish is evenly coated. Top with a layer of about 8 tortilla halves, so that the entire dish is covered.
- Top evenly with ⅓ of the chicken mixture, followed by ⅓ of the cheese. Repeat with another layer of tortillas, chicken mixture, and cheese. Followed by a final layer of tortillas, chicken mixture, the remaining ½ cup of enchilada sauce, and cheese.
- Cover the pan with aluminum foil, then bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove pan and remove aluminum foil. Uncover and bake for 10 more minutes, until the cheese is thoroughly melted.
- Remove from the oven and serve warm, garnished with your desired toppings.
Nutrition Facts : Carbohydrate 25.39g, Cholesterol 55.62mg, Fat 17.49g, Fiber 5.01g, Protein 18.99g, SaturatedFat 8.17g, ServingSize 12.00, Sodium 761.19mg, Sugar 0.00, UnsaturatedFat 6.15g
QUICK AND EASY GREEN CHILE CHICKEN ENCHILADA CASSEROLE
I got my picture in the paper for this one! My friends' husbands always fall in love with this when I bring it to parties! My 4 picky kids eat it! If you want to skip the charring step, simply tear the tortillas into fourths so they absorb the sauce better.
Provided by SGRCOOKI
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Mexican
Time 2h
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium baking dish.
- Season chicken with garlic salt. Arrange in the prepared baking dish. Bake 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until no longer pink and juices run clear. Cool, shred, and set aside.
- With metal tongs, char each tortilla half over the open flame of a gas stove burner for about 1 minute, until lightly puffed.
- Pour about 1/2 inch enchilada sauce in the bottom of a medium baking dish, and arrange 6 tortillas in a single layer. Top with 1/2 the chicken, 1/3 cheese, 1/2 the sour cream, and 1/3 of the remaining enchilada sauce. Repeat. Coat remaining tortillas thoroughly with remaining enchilada sauce, and arrange on top of the layers. Sprinkle with remaining cheese, and top with any remaining enchilada sauce
- Cover, and bake 45 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool slightly before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 488.1 calories, Carbohydrate 32.6 g, Cholesterol 95 mg, Fat 25.2 g, Fiber 3.7 g, Protein 33.1 g, SaturatedFat 13.2 g, Sodium 955.2 mg, Sugar 2.5 g
SALSA VERDE CHICKEN CASSEROLE
This is a rich and surprisingly tasty rendition of all the Tex-Mex dishes molded into one packed, beautiful casserole. Best of all, it's ready in only half an hour! -Janet McCormick, Proctorville, Ohio
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the chicken, sour cream and 3/4 cup salsa. Spread 1/4 cup salsa on the bottom of a greased 8-in. square baking dish., Layer with half of the tortillas and chicken mixture; sprinkle with half the tomatoes, minced cilantro and half of the cheese. Repeat layers with remaining tortillas, chicken mixture, tomatoes and cheese., Bake, uncovered, at 400° until bubbly, 20-25 minutes. Serve with remaining salsa and, if desired, optional toppings.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 400 calories, Fat 23g fat (13g saturated fat), Cholesterol 102mg cholesterol, Sodium 637mg sodium, Carbohydrate 22g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 26g protein.
BEST CHICKEN ENCHILADAS VERDE EVER
Found this on YouTube a few years back. It was done by a chef. I can't find it on there anymore & keep misplacing my written recipe. Figured I'd load it here for safe keeping. Although there are several similar recipes here I didn't find any quite like this one. It's great tasting & if you're in a hurry you can use a roasted chicken from the store! Prep time includes 1 hour to cook chicken if needed. If you get the precooked from the store it only takes me about 15 minutes to shred, mix & roll
Provided by bkellum
Categories Whole Chicken
Time 1h45m
Yield 10 enchiladas, 5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Shred your chicken.
- add hot sauce, salt & cumin.
- add tablespoon of chile sauce & little over 1/2 the cheese.
- mix well.
- coat the bottom of casserole pan with 4-5 spoonfuls of chile sauce.
- warm corn tortilla over heat to soften for rolling.
- fill full should make 10 enchiladas.
- cover with green chile sauce, using a spoon make sure sauce gets down between each enchilada.
- cover with remaining cheese.
- bake uncovered in 375 oven for 30min.
- Serve garnished with sour cream, fresh diced tomatos, green onion, avacado, whatever you like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 936.6, Fat 70.1, SaturatedFat 29.4, Cholesterol 275.9, Sodium 1306.5, Carbohydrate 5.5, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 2.9, Protein 68.8
CHICKEN VERDE ENCHILADA CASSEROLE
Roasted chicken, corn tortillas, cilantro --smothered in a creamy tomatillo sauce and cheese! Makes a great dish for supper, or something unique for a dish to pass.
Provided by Uncle 12
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h
Yield 10-12 , 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- I roast 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts for this recipe. Season the chicken with pepper, garlic powder and seasoned salt before roasting. I use my grill and place them on my rotiserie, keeping the temperature between 250-300 until juices run clear. Let the chicken cool, and use a fork or other utinsel to shred the chicken. Of coarse, any store bought already roasted chicken will do just fine.
- Brush tomatillos and garlic with 1 tbsp olive oil.
- Roast Tomatillos on the grill, until slightly charred. Once they pop and release water, remove.
- Cut the top of the garlic to expose cloves and drizzle with olive oil, wrap in foil and roast on the grill or oven (on a baking sheet) for 10-20 minutes turning often. until slightly charred. Peel the garlic simply by squeezing the clove, the garlic should "slide" right out of the peel.
- In a large pot, saute onions in in olive oil over medium heat until semi soft (about 5 to 8 minutes) stirring often.
- Stir in the chiles, tomatillos, garlic, broth and the 2 corn tortillias that were sliced.
- Bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmer. simmer for 10 minutes, stirring often. Remove from heat.
- stir in cilantro and salt.
- In small batches, place in food processor or blender and pulse until sauce is smooth, but still a bit chunky.
- stir in sour cream.
- Stir in shredded chicken.
- In a 13x9 baking dish, place just enough mixture to cover the bottom, add enough cheese to cover the sauce and then a layer tortillas on top of the mixture, repeat. Top your creation with the remaining mixture and the remaining cheese.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until cheese begins to slightly brown.
Tips:
- For a spicier casserole, use a hotter salsa verde or add a diced jalapeño pepper to the filling.
- If you don't have a blender, you can chop the tomatillos, onions, and garlic by hand. Just make sure they are finely chopped so that they blend well with the other ingredients.
- You can use any type of cheese that you like in this casserole. A good melting cheese, such as cheddar or Monterey Jack, will work well.
- If you don't have a casserole dish, you can use a large baking dish instead.
- Serve the casserole immediately, or store it in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Conclusion:
Chicken Verde Enchilada Casserole is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. It is also a great way to use up leftover chicken. The combination of the creamy salsa verde, tender chicken, and melted cheese is sure to please everyone at the table. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy dinner, give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed!
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