Meal Prep & Freezer Friendly Enchiladas Your Family Will Love
These make-ahead chicken enchiladas are a surefire way to treat your taste buds and give you and your family breathing room on a busy weeknight. They require minimal prep time and are bursting with wonderful flavor. Eat them right away or freeze a few batches for those nights where you do not have the energy to shop or cook!
Ingredients, Kitchenware, & Total Time
Time Needed
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Servings: 12-16
Ingredients
- 1 rotisserie chicken or 2 chicken breasts, shredded
- 1 small green pepper, chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2.5 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup light sour cream
- ½ cup light cream cheese (room temperature)
- 14 small tortillas (We had a difficult time working with corn tortillas and recommend flour tortillas for easy enchilada making!)
- 1 can/package of red enchilada sauce
- Optional: jalapeno
Kitchenware
- Large bowl to mix ingredients in
- Spatula
- 9 x 13 baking dish (or similar)
- Cheese grater
- 2 forks
- Small spoon
- Aluminum foil
- Plastic wrap
- Ice cube tray
Nutritional Information
| Nutritional Information: Per Enchilada | |
| Calories | 237 |
| Fat g | 9 |
| Cholesterol mg | 43 |
| Sodium mg | 672 |
| Potassium mg | 168 |
| Total Carbohydrates g | 25 |
| Sugars | 4 |
| Protein g | 16 |
| Vit A % | 5 |
| Vit C % | 1 |
| Calcium % | 24 |
| Iron % | 16 |
| Based on daily 2000 kcal diet | |
Step by Step Instructions (With Pictures)
Step 1: Prep Veggies and Cheese
Chop your green pepper and onion into small pieces, shred cheese.
Step 2: Combine All Dairy Ingredients & Vegetables
Place the sour cream, cream cheese, green pepper, onion, and shredded cheese together in a bowl.
Step 3: Shred Chicken
Using two forks, shred chicken by holding a large piece in place with one fork and using the other to pull and shred the chicken into small pieces.
Step 4: Mix Ingredients
Stir your shredded chicken in with your dairy and veggies until everything is evenly coated.
Step 3: Prepare & Fill Tortillas
Microwave your stack of tortillas for 20 seconds to warm them up, this will make them easier to work with. Using a small spoon, scoop your preferred portion of the mixture into the middle of the tortilla, be sure to leave room on your ends.
Step 7: Prepare Freezer Chicken Enchiladas
- Determine how many enchiladas you can fit in your baking dish (we fit 7), tear a piece of saran/cling wrap off that is long enough to wrap the enchiladas tightly.
- Place enchiladas seam down on your cling wrap and wrap it up snug as a bug! Do not add any sauce.
- Create your freezing pocket by taking a portion of aluminum foil that is twice the length of your baking dish and place your wrapped tortillas inside.
- Fold and gently roll your foil tightly
- Freeze for up to 30 days
Store your red enchilada sauce in an ice cube tray for when you are ready to cook your delicious chicken enchiladas.
Step 8: Bake Chicken Enchiladas
From Fresh:
- Turn oven to 350F
- Coat baking dish with enchilada sauce
- Place enchiladas in a baking dish, seam side down, and coat with sauce
- Add shredded cheese and bake uncovered for 20 minutes
From Frozen:
- Turn oven to 350F
- Thaw several enchilada sauce ice cubes in a microwaveable bowl and coat baking dish with sauce
- Place frozen enchiladas in baking dish with several sauce ice cubes placed through out
- Bake for 10 minutes
- Take enchiladas out of oven and use a small spoon to spread the sauce around
- Add shredded cheese, bake covered in foil for another 15 minutes
- Uncover, bake for an additional 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted and starting to brown
- 1 rotisserie chicken or 2 chicken breasts, shredded
- 1 small green pepper, chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2.5 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup light sour cream
- ½ cup light cream cheese (room temperature)
- 14 small tortillas (We had a difficult time working with corn tortillas and recommend flour tortillas for easy enchilada making!)
- 1 can/package of red enchilada sauce
- Optional: jalapeno
- Step 1: Prep Veggies and Cheese
- Step 2: Combine All Dairy Ingredients and Vegetables
- Step 3: Shred Chicken
- Step 4: Mix Your Ingredients
- Step 5: Prepare and Fill Tortillas
- Step 6: Roll Tortillas
- Step 7: Prepare Freezer Chicken Enchiladas
- Step 8: Bake Chicken Enchiladas
