This was given a try by a picky 19-year-old who devoured it along with everyone else at the table. Only because I didn’t have enough did people feel let down.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 enchiladas |
Ingredients
- 4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
- 1 cup sour cream, divided
- 2 cups cubed, cooked chicken
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- 8 (8 inch) flour tortillas
- 1 ½ cups chopped tomatoes
- ½ cup black olives
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Combine 3 cups Cheddar cheese and 1/4 cup sour cream in a saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until melted.
- Meanwhile, mix chicken, remaining 1 cup Cheddar cheese, remaining 3/4 cup sour cream, and onion in a medium bowl until well combined.
- Arrange tortillas on a large, flat work surface. Divide chicken mixture evenly among tortillas, then roll tortillas up over the filling. Arrange in a single layer in the prepared baking dish. Pour cheese sauce over enchiladas, then top with tomatoes and olives.
- Bake in the preheated oven until hot and bubbly, 20 to 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 520 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 32 g |
| Cholesterol | 98 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 29 g |
| Saturated Fat | 17 g |
| Sodium | 698 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 31 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I decided to make this recipe because the grandkids don’t like spicy. I Later added some good tomatillo sauce for my partner. It was a hit for everyone! Even my partner praised it and he doesn’t like sour cream. Go figure.
Really liked it. Only change was I left out the onions. I mixed the olives in with the topping and added a few more with the tomatoes. I used canned diced tomatoes because that’s what I had on hand. Really good. I sometimes cook chicken breasts in slow cooker with chicken broth and shred to use for dishes like this. Handy to have in freezer.
The taste was not great. It was bland and it just wasn’t very good.
Kids loved it and want me to make it again.
Excellent dish and easy to fix.
This was a super easy meal that everyone in the family loved! I did add half a package of taco seasoning mix to the chicken mixture for extra flavour. Will definitely make this again!!
This is a great all around crowd pleaser. Not much in the way of spiciness (the kids asked to skip the onions) but you can add your own preferred spices to taste. My wife is not a big fan of chicken so I made a separate pan substituting with black beans. Super easy and the whole gang was happy! Yum!!
Easy breezy to make. Would love to know whether or not I could substitute pinto beans for chicken in this recipe, and by how much for people that are vegetarians. Please consider adding that to this recipe as an option if possible. Will be making again! 🙂
This is a great recipe. I’ve tweaked it a bit. I don’t do the onion or black olives, my family is too picky. I cook the chicken in taco seasoning, and I do add rice in with the chicken mixture. I don’t do the cheese and sour cream mixture at the end. Instead, I pour enchilada sauce all over them and then sprinkle the cheese. My family is picky, and they love it!
Diced tomatoes are mentioned in ingredients but not in mixing? So I will mix a bit in and top with some, and the olives for me not my wife.
This was so very easy and quick – a great way to use up left over chicken. My toddler loved it as did myself and my partner!!
This was good but I did make one slight change. I couldn’t imagine having enchiladas with no enchilada sauce! So I added a can of enchilada sauce to the topping. Overall though, i thought the inside was very good and I would use the mixture for the inside of the enchiladas again.
added onions, cilantro to the mix for the inside. i will prob add some extra spices next time. awesome base recipe though
I thought this recipe was great. I’ve been meaning to make some enchiladas and today was the day! This was very filling and so soft. The cooking time was right on the money for me. I of course changed up some things here and there. I added enchilada sauce on the bottom of the baking dish and drizzled it on top. I also made fresh salsa to put on the top, instead of just tomatoes. I personally really enjoyed the cheese sauce for the top, it was so cheesy! I will definitely be making it again, but right now I’m too full to think of food again 🙂
I did not like the recipe as it is listed above. Instead, I put the tomatoes, onion and 3 tablespoons of sour cream in a food processor and added some cilantro and one small clove of garlic. I cooked the chicken with the peppers. I also didn’t use olives.
Too basic, won’t make this again
Very very easy to prepare, easy enough that I could enlist my kitchen-shy housemates to assemble it for me and nobody burned anything down or messed anything up horribly. However, this was a bit too mild and simple and bland for me when I followed the recipe exactly as is with cheap cheddar… so not really my style, but a huge hit with all the picky eaters (anti-veggie, anti-spice) among my friends when I brought it to a potluck. Great for young kids.
These were WAAAYYY too cheesy. I should have know, because it calls for 4 cups of cheese. Made the recipe as is. I probably will not make this again.
I used left-over “beer can chicken” and added fajita seasoning. Then, I mixed mushrooms, bell peppers, cheddar cheese and a tablespoon of Rotel (w/tomatoes and diced green chilies). I placed this mix in the tortilla shells and covered them with cheese and the rest of the Rotel. A great recipe for left over chicken. I’m guessing the Rotel and the seasoning spiced it up a little. Good stuff!
Just got them out of the oven and family really liked them. I didn’t follow the recipe after reading the comments. I used one cup of sour cream, 1 1/2 cup of cheese and a half can of tomatoes and green chiles drained for the filling. Then I used another cup of sour cream, 3 cups of cheese and the other half can of tomatoes and chilies. There was no salt in this dish but it wouldn’t hurt to use a dash after tasting it. I used more chicken in mine and I stuffed them nicely so I only used 8 shells. Once out of the oven, salsa goes really well with it. Mine were really cheesey and creamy because of the added sour cream. Jalapeno would be great to add to the mixture on top. Easy to make and great tasting. Happy eating….
Really good base to make additions to later. Added chopped tomoatoes and SMALL amount of green pepper on top. Will add more veggies later. Loved the cheese sauce and the chicken turned out great. My boyfriend liked that it didn’t aggrevate his stomach like spicy food often does.