Best 6 Easy Chicken Enchilada Rice Recipes

EASY CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the cream cheese and salsa. Cook, stirring until melted and well blended. Stir in chicken and pinto beans. Fill tortillas with the mixture, roll and place into the prepared baking dish. Spread cheese over the top. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake for 30 minutes, or until heated through. Garnish with your favorite toppings such as lettuce and tomatoes, or sour cream.

SIMPLE CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Spoon 1/2 cup enchilada sauce into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. In a large saucepan, cook and stir the cream cheese and salsa over medium heat until blended, 2-3 minutes. Stir in the chicken, beans and chiles. , Place about 1/3 cup chicken mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll up and place seam side down over sauce. Top with remaining enchilada sauce; sprinkle with cheese. , Cover and bake at 350° until heated through, 25-30 minutes. If desired, serve with lettuce, tomato, sour cream and olives.

EASY CHICKEN ENCHILADA RICE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat and cook chicken, stirring frequently, until chicken is cooked, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in Knorr® Fiesta SidesTM- Mexican Rice, water, and enchilada sauce. Add corn, beans, and tomato. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, until rice is tender, about 7 minutes. In the last minute of cooking, add the cilantro.
• Top with Cheddar cheese and serve.

QUICK AND EASY CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Boil chicken until it falls apart, then shred.
• Mix 1/2 can of sauce and a little cheese with chicken.
• Put other 1/2 can on bottom of 11x9 baking dish.
• Microwave tortillas until soft.
• Roll chicken mixture into tortillas.
• Put in pan semi-tightly.
• Cover with remaining 2 cans sauce.
• Cover top with remaining cheese and bake at 350 until cheese is fully melted (usually about 20-25 min).
• Brown top slightly or to preference.

ONE-POT ENCHILADA RICE RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400ºF (200ºC).
• Put oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and onion to skillet and stir until garlic is slightly golden and onion has softened.
• Add pepper and sauté 2-3 minutes or until peppers have softened.
• Add tomatoes and sauté 1 minute.
• Remove sauteed vegetables and set aside.
• Pour water into the skillet and wait for it to come to a boil.
• Add rice and stir for 12-15 minutes until rice is fluffier but still slightly tender.
• Make a circle in the center of the rice and add your sautéed vegetables and black beans to the skillet and mix.
• Add cilantro, tomato sauce, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper, and stir.
• Add cheese on top (optional).
• Bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.
• Allow to cool for 5 minutes.
• Garnish with cilantro and avocado (optional).
• Enjoy!

EASY CHICKEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Place chicken breasts, white rice, and salsa into a crockpot.
• Set crockpot to low and allow to simmer several hours. If the chicken is not already cooked (I used leftovers), then allow to cook all day to ensure chicken is tender enough to shred.
• Remove chicken breasts and shred using two forks.
• Put shredded chicken back into pot, add 1/2 cup enchilada sauce, 1 cup shredded cheese, 1/2 cup sour cream. Mix well.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Into a casserole dish, put remaining enchilada sauce.
• Take a tortilla and put a couple spoonfuls of chicken mixture onto it; roll up and place seam side down into sauced casserole dish.
• Repeat until all tortillas are used and in dish. Top tortillas with any remaining chicken mixture and remaining cup of shredded cheese.
• Put casserole dish into oven and cook about 12 minutes or until cheese is all melted.
• Serve with additional enchilada sauce, salsa, sour cream, or whatever you prefer.