Best Chicken Enchiladas Ever!

My all-time favorite chicken enchilada recipe — easy to make, totally customizable with your favorite fillings, and made with the hands-down best homemade enchilada sauce!

This year will mark the tenth (!!!) anniversary that my favorite chicken enchilada recipe has been hanging out here on the blog. And all of these years — and literally now millions of pageviews on this recipe later — I stand by my original title.

These really are the best chicken enchiladas ever! ♡

I was first introduced to the magic of this enchilada recipe by my good friend, Liisa, back when we were living together as roommates in Kansas City. Liisa hailed proudly from New Mexico — and even had a string of chiles hanging from our kitchen ceiling to prove it — and was equally as obsessed as I was with all forms of Mexican food. We cooked up a storm together in our tiny KC kitchen during those years. But the one recipe of hers that I always loved most was her epic chicken enchilada recipe.

At first glance, these enchiladas are totally typical — just sautéed chicken and onion and green chiles, rolled up with beans and cheese in your choice of tortillas. But the second anyone takes a bite, they come to find that the magic lies completely in this extra-special homemade enchilada sauce. It packs the most delicious, rich and complex flavors that make these enchiladas taste like you’ve been working on them all day. But in reality, this simple sauce only takes a few extra minutes to prep, and it’s made with a handful of everyday ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry.

I memorized this recipe long ago and make it regularly for dinner in our house. (Or for my vegetarian husband, I’ll make this roasted cauliflower version.) And while I’m at it, I usually make a double batch as well to freeze, or to bring to whatever friends might be needing a hand that week. And I can vouch — over the course of a decade, no less — that people go crazy for these enchiladas. I always get requests for the recipe. And I always point people back to this post.

So with Cinco de Mayo just around the corner, I thought it was time to bump this one back to the top of the blog. Because if you’re looking for a killer chicken enchilada recipe to add to your repertoire, this one won’t let you down.
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