Name: Crockpot White Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 255 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1/3 c butter; 1/3 c flour (corn starch may be used); 3 c. chicken broth; 1/2 tsp cumin; 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper; 1/2 tsp onion powder; 1/2 tsp garlic powder; 1 4 oz can green chilies; 1 c sour cream; 4 c. cooked and shredded chicken; 20 flour tortillas (corn tortillas may be used); 4 c. shredded cheese

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.

A piece of CrockpotÂ White Chicken Enchilada Casserole on a white plate with fork to the side.

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.

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Is it gluten-free?
Step by step instructions
Side dishes
Is Mexican food heart healthy?
Are they healthy for You?
Can other meat be used?
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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 1/4 of the sauce over the tortillas and follow with 1 1/3 c. chicken. Photo 3
Sprinkle with 1 c shredded cheese. Photo 4
Cook on low for 6 hours or high 3 hours.

Steps shown to make Crock Pot White Chicken Enchilada Casserole in collage.

Side dishes

While this easy crockpot meal really doesn’t require any additional side dishes, I do like to serve it with the following:

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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