Almost chicken enchiladas casserole. LOVE this easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole recipe! It's made with the best homemade enchilada sauce, and layered with corn tortillas, cheese, beans, and your favorite fillings. Keto enchilada casserole has all the wonderful flavors of enchiladas, without the extra carbs and gluten!

It's cheesy, it's spicy, it's sinfully delicious. I love chicken enchiladas and this casserole is even easier to make than making regular chicken enchiladas because you just layer your ingredients. These enchiladas are almost like a Mexican lasagna! You can cook Almost chicken enchiladas casserole using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Almost chicken enchiladas casserole

Prepare of chicken.
Prepare 6 large of chicken breasts skinless and boneless.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
Prepare 1/4 cup of ground cumin.
You need 1/4 cup of granulated garlic powder.
You need 1/4 cup of paprika.
It's 1/4 cup of annatto powder.
Prepare 1/4 cup of oil.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper.
Prepare of sauce.
You need 28 oz of canned diced tomatoes.
Prepare 1 tsp of whole leaf oregano.
It's 1 tsp of chopped parsley.
It's 1/2 tsp of turmeric.
It's 3 tbsp of sofrito.
Prepare 1 tbsp of tomato paste.
It's 1/2 small of onion chopped.
It's 1 clove of garlic, sliced.
It's of topping.
You need 1 cup of mozzarella cheese.
You need 2 cup of shredded monetary jack colby cheddar cheese.
It's of garnish.
Prepare 2 cup of sour cream.
It's 1/2 cup of pickled jalapeño peppers.
You need 1 tbsp of chopped cilantro.

This chicken enchilada casserole is creamy cheesy perfection and it's so easy to throw together since everything is layered together instead of rolled. But, who has time to be rolling enchiladas the time? This enchilada casserole is way easier than rolling up individual enchiladas! Looking for recipes for chicken enchilada casserole?

Almost chicken enchiladas casserole step by step

Preheat oven 350° Fahrenheit.
Coat large saute pan with oil. Season chicken with with cumin, annatto powder, granulated garlic powder, salt, pepper, and paprika before turning. After you turn sprinkle the bottom next. Cook till chicken is done. Remove chicken to a platter, allow to cool..
Saute onion and garlic clove in chicken drippings until tender. Stir well to combine. Add canned tomatoes, saute 1 minute. Add oregano, turmeric, and sofrito. Add tomato paste to thicken just a bit. Let simmer for 15 minutes..
Pull chicken breasts apart by hand into shredded strips. add sauce to pan just enough to cover bottom. Add shredded chicken to pan, add tomatoes on top of the chicken..
Add cheeses on top. Bake in oven 15- 20 minutes..
Let cool just a bit. Add sour cream to top. Then peppers, and cilantro. Serve hope you enjoy!.

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