Green chicken enchilada casserole
Green chicken enchilada casserole

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Shredded chicken is layered with charred tortillas, sour cream, cheese, and enchilada sauce. Arrange in the prepared baking dish. LOVE this easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole recipe!

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook green chicken enchilada casserole using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Green chicken enchilada casserole:
  1. Take tomatillo salsa
  2. Make ready 16 tomatillos
  3. Make ready 1/4 large onion
  4. Get 2 garlic cloves
  5. Make ready 1 tbsp salt
  6. Make ready 1 cup water
  7. Make ready 2 dash ground cumin
  8. Take 1 tsp black pepper
  9. Get dash vinegar
  10. Take chicken
  11. Take 5 cup Homemade chicken broth, canned chicken broth, or water
  12. Make ready 10 piece chicken, thighs and legs shredded
  13. Prepare 1/2 bunch cilantro
  14. Make ready 1 1/2 lb monterey jack cheese
  15. Get 1 packages corn tortillas

This green chicken enchilada casserole can be made ahead of time, refrigerated then baked when ready for the ultimate make-ahead dinner! Both my green chilie chicken enchiladas and now this enchilada casserole were inspired by my favorite chicken enchilada casserole growing up. To really make this Keto Green Chicken Enchilada Casserole fast, I use frozen cauliflower florets and pick up a rotisserie chicken on my way home - it takes five minutes to bone and shred the chicken while the cauliflower is cooking - and then you just have to chop your cilantro and shred the cheese. Easy Green Chile Chicken Enchilada CasseroleA Pretty Life in the Suburbs.

Instructions to make Green chicken enchilada casserole:
  1. For green tomatillo salsa, remove shell and wash. In medium saucepan and one cup water, tablespoon of salt, 2 cloves of garlic and tomatillos. Cook on medium high for approximately 15-20 or until tomatillos begin to get soft. NOT squsihy.
  2. While the veggies cook, put chicken to boil on medium. If you are using water you will need to season your chicken with s&p, garlic , onion, cumin and cilantro. Or you could always use a chicken bullion cube either Knorr or Goya adobo all purpose seasoning. Your chicken needs to have flavor. Cook approximately 30 min or until done.
  3. Remove tomatillos, onion and garlic put in blender and add 1/2 cup cilantro, 2 teaspoons of salt, 1 teaspoon pepper and a dash of vinegar. Blend until smooth you do not want it to be chunky. Make sure to taste it to see if you need to adjust this seasoning. Once blended it makes roughly 3 1/2 cups of salsa, set aside
  4. Remove chicken from pot and shred then add 1/2 cup of the green salsa and mix. At this point you want to taste the chicken and make sure it has enough salt and pepper. Preheat oven to 400
  5. To begin layering warm up corn tortillas no more than 10 to 15 seconds you just want them to be playable. put about a teaspoon of vegetable oil on the bottom of the pan you will put the casserole in this helps to keep the tortilla crunchy on the bottom.Put one layer of chicken and some green salsa on top and add a sprinkle of shredded Monterey jack cheese. Repeat until you have filled the pan.
  6. Bake at 400 for 35 minutes.

This chicken enchilada casserole is creamy cheesy perfection and it's so easy to throw together since everything is layered together instead of rolled. You can get creative with this and use taco meat or ground chicken if you prefer. Adding in some diced jalapeno in place of the green chiles will spice the. Salt and pepper the mixture to taste. Put a layer of tortillas in the bottom of the pan.

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