Okay, so I really wanted to put up a recipe for gluten-free enchiladas. I grew up loving the chicken enchiladas that my mom made, but they are definitely not gluten-free or really all that healthy because of the cream of chicken soup.
Canned chicken soup is not gluten-free and full of tons of other ingredients. I used to love the stuff until I stopped eating it and started making sauces from scratch, then I realized how disgusting canned soup is.
I mean, I'm not even sure I would eat it if it would keep me from dying, which I highly doubt that the situation would even come up since it barely has nutritional value. I often make a simple white sauce for things like these, but I wanted to make it even easier and creamier for you, so you don't have to make a complicated sauce.
I also love how there are white beans in these, so there is something inside the tortillas besides just chicken and sauce. The white beans not only add texture and volume, but they also add a healthy, low-fat protein and make them more like beef enchiladas.
I'm not sure why my mom's recipe didn't have them, cause it just makes sense that they should have them if you ask me. They are great for a simple dinner and provide a great leftover meal.
I'm not normally a big fan of leftovers, but I swear these taste better the second night cause the creamy sauce melds into the tortillas and the green chili flavor spreads throughout the sauce so they are even more flavorful.
These are really good to have fun making with your children and getting an assembly line going with everyone helping with a part of putting these together. Plus, I don't know what it is about helping, but whenever my children help make dinner they are always way more excited about eating it.
Please let me know if you try these and what you think!
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Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 70 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Gluten-Free
Description
These are hearty, super flavorful, and are topped with an easy sauce.
Ingredients
- 8 oz Cream Cheese (softened)
- 8 oz can Green Chiles (chopped)
- 15 oz can White Beans drained (canned Northern Beans)
- 1 Small Yellow Onion (chopped)
- ½ Tbl Olive Oil
- 2 Large Chicken Breasts (cooked and shredded)
- 14 oz Green Enchilada Sauce (gluten-free) or homemade salsa verde
- ¼ tsp Garlic Powder
- â…” Cup Sour Cream
- ¼ tsp Real Salt *
- 8-10 Gluten-free tortillas (corn or gluten-free flour tortillas)
- 12 oz Monterey Jack or Colby Jack cheese (shredded)
Instructions
- Place the olive oil and chopped onion in a saucepan. Saute on medium/high heat until onion is soft and translucent, about 4-5 minutes.
- While the onion is cooking, place the cream cheese in the base of a stand mixer and beat with a paddle until smooth. Add the green chilies and beans and mix in until beans are slightly smashed.
- Add â…” of the onion to the cream cheese mixture. Set saucepan with remaining onion aside.
- Mix the onion and the shredded chicken into the cream cheese mixture.
- Place the saucepan with reserved onion back on medium/high heat. Add the enchilada sauce, garlic powder, sour cream, and salt to the saucepan and bring to a boil, whisking together until smooth. Remove from heat.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Pour â…“ of the creamy enchilada sauce into a 9x13 baking dish and spread to cover.
- Heat the tortillas for a minute in a frying pan or in the oven so they are soft and pliable and don't break when folding.
- Divide the cream cheese/chicken filling between 8-10 tortillas. Sprinkle a bit of shredded cheese on top of the filling in each tortilla.
- Roll up the tortillas into enchiladas and place side by side in prepared dish.
- Top the enchiladas with the remaining sauce, spreading the sauce across the tops of the enchiladas. Sprinkle remaining shredded cheese over the top.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling.
Keywords: hearty, flavorful, saucy, healthy
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Terry
This recipe looks amazing. Can it be made ahead and frozen? Or made a day ahead of eating? Trying to find a gf recipe to take to out of town.
Rebecca Baron
I haven't frozen these but I have frozen lots of food and it seems like these should work great.
Jennifer Priest
Thank you for this recipe! We LOVE these enchiladas. I did make some minor tweaks. I use 2 cups beans and about 1 lb cooked chicken and the. cut the amount of cream cheese in half. This recipe makes 20 enchiladas for me using corn tortillas.
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Maddi F
Made WAY too much stuffing and was able to make 11 enchiladas. It was seriously super easy to make
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Kerry
This recipe was SO yummy! I had to layer it instead of rolling each one though due to not being able to find the larger gf tortillas, but honestly - yummy - everyone had seconds and the leftovers are gone already. Thanks!
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Rebecca Baron
I'm so glad you like it. Thanks for commenting!
Karen F
They look delicious, and they were!
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Tammy
Delicious!
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Carrie Bolen
So nice to have a gluten-free recipe everyone loves!
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Cindy Calvin
What are the best gluten free tortillas that are easy to roll up?
Laura Snellman
So yummy!
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Stacy Burt
Love this i think it might be good made as a dip instead of rolling it in the flour tortillas. It makes a lot
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A.R.
These are great! Making them again for the third time.
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Rebecca Baron
I'm so glad you like them!
vickie jacobs
Gluten Free! And so delish!
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Jean
Fabulous recipe forget to take a photo before it was eaten up
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Ashleigh Cummings
This is not just mine but husbands and kids favorite dinner. It’s so good & delicious. I don’t use 2 chicken breast I just eye it cause we do like it to be moist but so so so so good!!
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Carole-Anne
Made this today for my newly diagnosed celiac husband !
OMG was it ever delicious!!!
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Rebecca Baron
I'm so glad you like it and that it works for your husband!
Joy Cromety Mattocks
This is a great simple recipe that I will be making again.
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Whitney
Any recommendation if I wanted to prep this the night before? Like make the filling and refrigerate overnight and fill tortillas the next day?
Rebecca Baron
I'm not very good at prepping - that takes actually planning ahead but I'm pretty sure my mom made ones similar to these the night before sometimes and would make them all the way, cover them with tin foil and just take them out in the morning. Seems like that could make the tortillas a little soggy is all so your idea of keeping the filling separate would work a little better but would be more prep the next day.
Julie S
They are wonderful.
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Kelly
I haven't tried it yet but it looks delicious.
I am cooking for one. Can I freeze the leftovers?
Rebecca
I haven't tried freezing them myself. They never last that long. I would love to know if you try it though or if anyone else has tried it and how they turned out.
Tekora Paradee
Absolutely worth trying. So delicious
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Brooke Boyd
How did you cook your chicken? I am a college student who is just learning that I love to cook, but I am not well versed in the art of it quite yet. So excited to try this recipe!
Rebecca
I usually just put a little oil in a frying pan and cook until light brown on both sides.
Lucia
Is there anything to replace cow milk products like the cream cheese or sour cream?
Rebecca
Sorry, but not that I know of cause I don't sub for products like that but I'll leave your question on here to see if other people know the answer.
Cris Moore
Is nutritional info correct? 503 calories for one tortilla seems a lot to me. They were very good!
Rebecca
I double checked everything and it actually ended up raising the calories a bit. What makes it have the most calories by far is the cheese. That's a lot of cheese and it alone has almost 1300 calories total. Then the cream cheese has almost 800 calories and the chicken about 700 calories. So that gives you an idea of where you could cut some calories if you want.
Linda Middleton
These were by far the best chicken enchiladas I've ever had! For the shredded chicken, I used Costco's rotisserie shredded chicken. I will definitely make this recipe over and over! Thank you so much for the recipe!
Rebecca
I'm so glad you like them - and the rotisserie chicken is a fantastic idea!
Christy
This recipe is only for 8-10 corn tortillas? My husband alone eats 8 enchiladas. What quantity should I use for let's say for 50?
Rebecca
That's a lot of enchiladas! This completely fills a 9x13 pan. But for 50, just do the math. 50/10=5, so do 5 batches or 5 9x13 pans.
Judy Shepherd
Made the chicken Enchiladas tonight - absolutely delicious!!! Will definitely make this again!!!
Rebecca
I'm so glad you liked them. They are definitely a favorite at our house too!
Lauren
Awesome! We really enjoyed this recipe. Followed it exactly and it turned out great. Thanks for posting!
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Rebecca
I'm glad you like it. Thanks for commenting!
Rena McDonough
These were sooo good! My one year old son even ate them. I would definitely make these again!!
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Heather Banks
My husband and I loved these!! We made a few changes to the recipe and added salsa on top for extra flavor. Very filling - we were able to make 10!
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Jill Campbell
Garlic powder is listed in ingredients but is no where in the recipe.
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Rebecca
Oops. Sorry about that. How did I miss that? I added it in now. Thanks for letting me know about that.
Jill Campbell
Btw, they were delicious!
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Val
These are amazing! They are by far the best ever enchiladas I've made. The boys love them, even though one says he hates beans and the other sour cream. Thank you for my new go to enchilada recipie!
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Rebecca
Ha Ha! I love it. So many times as long as I don't tell my children what is in the food, they love it. Kids . . .
Val
These are amazing! They are by far the beatbox enchiladas I've made. The boys love them, even though one says he hates beans and the other sour cream. Thank you for my new go to enchilada recipie!
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Stephanie Balagtas
Made these tonight and they were fantastic! Never had chicken enchiladas with beans but they were really good!
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Jessica
I'm new to the GF world. Just diagnosed with an allergy to it. This was the first recipe I made. The entire family Loved it! I couldn't find a GF green enchilada sauce so I used a red one instead but they were still amazing! My picky eaters had no idea the beans were in there. I used the Mission brand GF tortillas and no one could tell. Thank you!
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Rebecca
Good to know what substitutions and tortillas brands worked great. Thanks for the feedback!
Erica
These were fantastic! I got home and realized I forgot to buy cream cheese. Darn it. So, I had to make them without the cream cheese portion and then left out the beans - so I will have to try that next time. I spread green chili and some lactose free sour cream across the bottom of my baking dish. My daughters loved them, too.
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Rebecca
Good to know if you leave out a few ingredients it's not the end of the world. Thanks for the feedback!
Stacie
These were really good! I fed the missionaries tonight, and one of them is gluten-free, so I was happy to find this recipe.
One suggestion I have, though, is the order of directions. I would EASILY swap #1 and #2. That onion will take longer to cook than it takes to mix up the cream cheese, the beans, and the green chiles.
Also, there was no vehicle for softening up the corn tortillas, and I found that I split a few of them while rolling them up.
Otherwise, it was a good recipe, and one that I'll make again, after tweaking the items noted above. 😉
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Rebecca
Thanks for the comment. I updated the recipe, so others won't have the issues you did.
Julie
You can microwave corn tortillas in damp paper towels to soften them..
Elizabeth
Where do I find gluten-free enchilada sauce?
Rebecca
Most enchiladas sauces at the store are naturally gluten-free, so it shouldn't be too hard to find one that will work for you.
Chris
These sound great. How do I find the recipe for white tortillas? I have searched it on your website, but am not able to find it.
Rebecca
I don't have one on my blog yet. I usually use gluten-free corn tortillas that I buy at the store. Guess I'll have to work on adding a good gluten-free tortilla recipe to my blog . . .
Chris
I made these with gluten free flour tortillas I bought, and they were simply wonderful! Will make them again and again. Thanks for posting.
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Stephanie
Thank you for sharing this recipe!! My goodness. This was absolutely delicious, and we will most definitely be making this again at our home!!! We loved it!!!!????
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Rebecca
So good to hear! Thanks for your comment.
Gretchen
This sounds delicious, really wanting to make this soon! I was wondering if I could omit the sour cream? My youngest is a picky eater and will eat sour cream but prefers not to.
Rebecca
I wouldn't think it would taste right if you take it out but you are welcome to give it a try. I would be interested to see how it tastes. I am wondering if greek yogurt would be a good substitute. It is something you could experiment with. No sour cream would make it dry and not the smooth creamy sauce.
Rebekka S.
My family and I love enchiladas. I am looking forward to trying these.
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Heather
I can't wait to try these. I love Mexican food. Thanks!
Rebecca
Your welcome! Let us know how it goes for you! Enjoy!
Barrie
My teen loves mexican food. This recipe looks fairly simple for me to make and I really think she'd enjoy it!
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Sarah L
This looks delicious. I'd top them with chopped green onions for color.
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Tracy
I think these look great. I grew up in NM and love Mexican food...this is sure a different spin on the traditional enchiladas! Thanks for sharing!
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