Crockpot White Chicken Enchilada Casserole in one of the easy crockpot meals that does not need anything but some salsa, sour cream and maybe a salad if you are feeling especially generous.
You might wonder what is the difference between an enchilada and a burrito. Traditionally, burritos use flour tortillas and enchiladas use corn tortillas.
Also, burritos are normally picked up and eaten with your hands while enchiladas, because they are covered in sauce are eaten with a fork.
I prefer the taste and texture of flour tortillas. Therefore, you will see in the following recipe, as well as, in my Easy Chicken Enchiladas Recipe, flour tortillas are used.
Feel free to use whichever you prefer.
Is it gluten-free?
As written, the recipe is not gluten free but it can easily be made gluten-free with 2 substitutions:
- Instead of flour, use cornstarch
- Use corn tortillas instead of flour tortillas
Step by step instructions
On the stovetop, make the sauce with chicken stock, milk, spices and chilis - stir in the sour cream. Photo 1
Place ingredients in layers as follows ending with the cheese and completely covering the bottom of the liner crock:
First Tortillas Photo 2
Spoon ¼ of the sauce over the tortillas and follow with 1 ⅓ c. chicken. Photo 3
Sprinkle with 1 c shredded cheese. Photo 4
Cook on low for 6 hours or high 3 hours.
Side dishes
While this easy crockpot meal really doesn't require any additional side dishes, I do like to serve it with the following:
- Simple Guacamole Recipe
- jalepenos
- Easy Homemade Salsa
- sour cream
Other suggestions:
- Avocado slices
- rice
- corn chips
Is Mexican food heart healthy?
Quite a bit of Mexican food can have a lot of added sodium and unhealthy fats. It all depends on how it is prepared.
For those using recipes that call for refried beans and use canned refried beans, there can be a lot of added sodium or salt. That along with other processed ingredients can make the recipe not considered to be healthy.
In the following recipe, everything is homemade and healthy.
If you are concerned the butter used in the following recipe and heart health in general, be sure to see Is Margarine Harmful? - 6 Secrets They Don't Tell You.
Are they healthy for You?
I would say that depends on how they are made!
The following recipe is very healthy especially since it uses chicken broth and is filled with the good-for-you fats like butter and sour cream.
To make Crockpot White Chicken Enchilada Casserole even healthier, use chicken bone broth (see How to Make Chicken Broth) instead of plain chicken broth to gain the added health benefits of bone broth.
Can other meat be used?
Although I have not tried anything other than chicken, I am sure it would be delicious! If you do, please leave a comment and let me know how it turned out.
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📋 Recipe
Crockpot White Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup butter
- ⅓ cup flour corn starch may be used
- 3 cup chicken broth
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 4 oz can green chilies
- 1 cup sour cream
- 4 cup cooked and shredded chicken
- 20 flour tortillas corn tortillas may be used
- 4 cup shredded cheese
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
For Sauce:
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In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
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Using a whisk, add the flour (or cornstarch) and continue to whisk.
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Add the chicken stock, whisking constantly and allow to thicken.
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Add milk, spices and chilies and cook until thickened - remove from heat.
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Stir in the sour cream.
In Crock Pot, layer as follows:
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Line the bottom with a layer of tortillas to completely cover the liner crock.
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Spoon ¼ of the sauce over the tortillas.
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Layer about 1 ⅓ c chicken over tortillas
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Sprinkle with 1 c shredded cheese.
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Repeat layers ending with the cheese.
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Cook on low for 6 hours or high 3 hours
Notes
- salsa
- sour cream
- avocado slices
- jalepenos
For Gluten-free Variation:
- Use cornstarch instead of the flour
- Use corn tortillas instead of flour tortillas
Nutrition
What Do You Serve with an Enchilada Casserole?
Deanna says
DELICIOUS! I made this for a dish to pass at work and my co-workers loved it too (I sent the recipe to them). Two notes: 1. Directions call for milk but there is no milk in the ingredients list; I searched the internet for another recipe and found several that listed 1/2 cup of milk, so I followed that and it work! 2. 4 hours is WAY too long to cook this in a crock pot, the tortillas were pretty much gone (mush and flavorless); I'll cut it back to 3 hours max, and probably part of that on low, next time. Overall, SUPER easy to make. Estimated prep time is pretty accurate! Thanks for the recipe.
RKO says
My husband is not a fan of chicken. I usually substitute (a) layer/s of ground beef, seasoned with garlic and onion, and a layer of white beans pureed and seasoned with salt, cumin and garlic.
Mary says
I made this with some mexican rice and it was delicious! It felt like being back south in a tropical paradise.
nursenana1 says
This is a very tasty dish. I make it to serve folks at a local cold weather shelter, and it is well received.
No amount is listed for the milk that is to be added. I use 1/2 cup, and it turns out fine.
Danielle says
Is the calorie count per serving or the entire casserole? Hoping to make this tonight!!
Skylar says
The nutrition values in the card are per serving.