Easy Cheesy Green Enchiladas Recipes

CHEESE ENCHILADAS WITH GREEN SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, saute spinach until wilted. Drain and remove. In same pan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add cream and milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. , Stir in chiles, green onions, cilantro, garlic, spices and spinach. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Transfer to a food processor; cover and process until pureed. Stir in sour cream; set aside. , Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, combine cheeses; set aside 1 cup for topping. Add onion and cilantro to remaining cheese mixture; toss to combine. Place about 1/4 cup cheese-onion mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll up and place seam side down in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish., Pour sauce over top. Sprinkle with reserved cheese mixture. Bake, uncovered, until heated through, 25-30 minutes.

EASY CHEESY GREEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350'F.
• In a mixing bowl add cooked shredded chicken, about 1 cup cheese, 2/3 cup green enchilada sauce. Mix until combine.
• Using an 8x8 inch baking dish (or 9x9), add 1/3 cup green enchilada sauce to the bottom.
• Next, scoop about 1/2 cup filling into each tortilla. Roll tightly then place seam-side down in the baking dish. Repeat for all tortillas.
• Smoother the enchiladas with the remaining green enchilada sauce (about a cup).
• Bake at 350'F for 25 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Remove from oven and add remaining cheese. Place back in the oven until cheese is melted (about 5 minutes).
• Serve with sour cream, lime wedges, and cilantro if desired.

EASY CHEESY CHICKEN ENCHILADAS IN GREEN SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. In a large skillet on medium low heat, add enchilada sauce and warm.
• 2. Dip a tortilla into sauce and shake off and place in prepared baking dish. Add a heaping amount of shredded cooked chicken and sprinkle with about 1 Tablespoon or so of shredded cheese. Roll and place seamside down in pan. Continue with the other 5 tortillas, using all of the chicken but reserving some cheese for top.
• 3. Pour the remaining sauce over top of enchiladas and sprinkle with remaining cheese. That's it! Bake for appx. 30 minutes until bubbly and hot. Serve with a big heaping spoonful of sour cream and sliced avocado, if desired. Makes 6 very large enchiladas. I eat one; my husband eats 2; some may eat 3. May serve 2, 3, 4 or 6!
• 4. *Note - To make this very easy, you can substitute shredded rotissiere chicken. *2nd Note - Sometimes I add a splash of heavy cream to the sauce to make it a little creamier.

CHEESY GREEN CHILE CHICKEN ENCHILADA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat. Roughly chop 1 jalapeno pepper and 1 poblano pepper; add to the skillet with chicken and garlic. Squeeze lime over mixture and add lime rind to the skillet. Cook, covered, until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear, stirring occasionally, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
• Meanwhile, set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place remaining jalapeno and poblano peppers onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Cook peppers under the preheated broiler until the skin of the peppers has blackened and blistered, 5 to 8 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Chop cooked chicken into small pieces and place into a bowl. Add hot peppers to the bowl, cover, and let steam for 10 minutes. Peel skin from peppers, remove seeds, and slice.
• Place small amount of enchilada sauce on the bottom of a 9x13-inch pan, just enough to cover the bottom. Place 5 tortillas on on top. Place 1/2 of the sliced poblano and jalapeno peppers on top of tortillas. Lay out 1/2 of the chicken and 1/2 of the Mexican cheese on top of the peppers. Spoon 1/2 of the remaining enchilada sauce on top of cheese layer. Repeat layering steps. Top with chopped cilantro.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheesy is melted and browning, about 25 minutes.

CHEESY GREEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Lightly coat with oil or cooking spray a large 9x13 baking dish.
• In a large bowl combine, chicken, 1 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese, 1/1/2 cup of pepper jack cheese, diced green chillies, 2 cups of sour cream, garlic powder, chili powder and onion powder.
• Mix until well combined.
• To assemble, have a large bowl ready with the green enchilada sauce in it and a plate to roll the enchiladas on.
• Take a flour tortilla and dip it into the bowl containing the sauce until it's all covered.
• Then place on the plate and almost on the edge of one side of the tortilla add 1/4- 1/2 cup of the chicken filling depending on how full you want them to be.
• Take the tortilla with the filling on it and roll it into a tube and lay in greased baking dish.
• Repeat until you have either no room left in your pan or your out of filling.
• With the remaining sauce pour over enchiladas and smooth out on top until there is a thin layer of sauce.
• With the remaining 1/2 cup of sour cream spread evenly over the top of enchiladas.
• Take remaining 1/2 cup of cheddar and 1/2 cup of pepper jack cheese and sprinkle evenly over top of enchiladas.
• Cover with foil for the first 25 minutes of cooking.
• Remove foil and bake for another 15-20 minutes until bubbly and cheese is melted on top.

EASY CHEESY GROUND BEEF ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°. Brown ground beef until thoroughly cooked; drain.
• Stir in 3/4 cup enchilada sauce and one cup of cheese.
• Spoon meat mixture onto tortillas roll-up and place seam-side down in lightly greased baking dish.
• Pour remaining enchilada sauce over top. Cover with remaining cheese.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until cheese melts.
• Serve with yellow rice and refried beans.
• Garnish with sour cream, salsa, and lettuce.

SUPER EASY CHEESY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• First, you want to mix the first four ingredients together until they are really well combined. Seriously, you will not see any little shreds of cheese and it will have the texture of stiff play dough (this is important).
• Preheat your oven to 350 and grab a pan. I used an 11x7 inch oval baking dish, but you can also use an 8inch square.
• Pour about 1/4 of the enchilada sauce into the bottom of the pan and swirl the pan until the bottom is coated.
• Reach in with your clean hands and grab about 2 tablespoons of cheese mixture in your hands and shape into a log. Roll a tortilla around this log and place in the pan. Repeat for the rest of the cheese and tortillas.
• Pour the rest of the sauce on top, spreading it to cover.
• Sprinkle the last 1/2 cup of cheese on top, and place in the oven. Bake 20-30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
• For OAMC: Freeze before cooking, thaw in refrigerator and bake according to directions.

EASY CHEESY SPICY ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray a frying pan with cooking spray then add the chicken. Sprinkle with salt & pepper & with a dash or two of cayenne. Cook until no longer pink.
• Meanwhile, drain half of the juice from the Rotel tomatoes then blend them in a food processor. Mix the cheddar soup & tomatoes together in a bowl. Set aside 1 cup of the mixture to be used on top of the enchiladas.
• Stir the sour cream, black beans, chicken, & 1 cup of cheese in with the tomato mixture.
• Spoon 3 heaping tablespoons of the mixture into each tortilla then toll up. Lay each tortilla seam down in a 9x13 pan.
• Spread the remaining tomato mixture on top of the tortillas then sprinkle with 1/2 cup of shredded cheese.
• Cook in the oven for 20 minutes or until the middles are warm. Serve hot.

ADDICTIVE GREEN ENCHILADAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Pour 2 tablespoons green enchilada sauce into the bottom of a 13x9 glass baking dish.
• In large bowl, mix shredded chicken, green chilis, cream cheese, onions, 1/2 cup shredded cheese, and 2 tablespoons of the green enchilada sauce.
• Spoon mixture evenly into corn tortillas and roll up.
• Line up tortillas, touching each other, fitting as many tortillas as you can (but not on top of eachother.).
• Pour remaining enchilada sauce over rolled tortillas.
• Sprinkle remaining shredded cheese over sauce and cover the 13x9 with foil.
• Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 40 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let sit at room temp for 10 minutes before serving.