Creamy Chicken Enchilada Casserole comes together super quick and is crazy delicious! This casserole is super kid friendly because it is loaded with chicken, avocados, green chilis, and cheese. If you love chicken enchiladas with white sauce, then this is even better because you don’t have to waste all that time rolling up each individual enchilada!
See that gorgeous young woman in these pictures? She is my oldest. See that young man much too close to my oldest? He has stolen her heart.
Yep, my baby girl is engaged and I’m still trying to wrap my mind and emotions around it all. I was the photographer for this engagement photo shoot last week and it was all a bit too real for me. The wedding isn’t until May so I am hoping that it won’t feel so “out-of-body” by then.
While this engaged daughter of mine has been home from college this summer, she has complained way too many times about how often we have chicken for dinner. You’d think that after being away at college and cooking for herself, she would be grateful for any form of dinner her mommy puts on the table. Not so much.
So just for the above mentioned betrothed daughter, I prepared chicken in a form I knew she would adore….enchiladas with a creamy, cheesy sauce. No complaining tonight for sure!
But guess who didn’t show for dinner tonight?!? You got it! Where was she? With that good looking, standing-much-too-close-to-my-daughter young man pictured above. I guess I better get used to it.
Tonight, those of us who still care about being a member of the Jones clan and showed up for dinner got to devour this amazing Creamy Chicken Enchilada Casserole! My original plan was to make individually rolled up enchiladas, but when my corn tortillas all fell apart when rolling them, it quickly became a casserole 🙂 Feel free to use flour tortillas if that is your preference, but with my gluten intolerance, it has to be corn.
Easy dinner recipe idea that is kid friendly and so delicious! Loaded with chicken, avocados, green chilis and cheese.
Total Time:35 minutes
Yield:12 servings 1x
Ingredients
Scale
Sauce
1 Tb butter
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 Tb flour
1 to 1 1/2 C chicken broth
2 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 C chopped cilantro
1 C salsa verde
1/2 C sour cream
3 C cooked and shredded chicken
2 large avocados, chopped
2 C shredded cheese
18 corn tortillas (or small flour can also be used)
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and lightly spray a 9×13 casserole pan with nonstick spray.
2. In a medium pan, melt the butter over medium heat then add the garlic to saute for 1 minute. Sprinkle the flour over the butter and whisk to combine. Cook for 1 minute. While whisking, pour in 1 C of chicken broth and allow it to come to a simmer. Add any additional broth if the sauce is too thick. It should be the consistency of gravy. Allow it to come to a simmer again to check the thickness once more. Remove from the heat and add the remaining ingredients for the sauce and mix until all combined.
3. Spread a small amount of the sauce on the bottom of the pan, about 1/2 C. Lay down six tortillas on top of the sauce then add half of the chicken, avocado and 1/3 of the cheese. Drizzle a bit of sauce over the top. Repeat once more. Top the whole dish with 6 more tortillas the spread the remaining sauce over the top and sprinkle on the remaining cheese. Bake for 20-25 minutes until the cheese is bubbling.
Author:Carole Jones
Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook Time:20 minutes
Nutrition
Serving Size:1/12th
Calories:146
Sugar:3g
Sodium:370mg
Fat:14g
Saturated Fat:6g
Unsaturated Fat:4g
Trans Fat:0g
Carbohydrates:20g
Fiber:4g
Protein:9g
Cholesterol:29mg
Carole Jones
Carole Jones is an Arizona-based cookbook author & food blogger. She's authored The 30 Minute Cooking From Frozen Cookbook and the self-published Take 5: Chicken e-cookbook. For the past 15 years, Carole has shared her culinary adventures cooking and baking for her six brutally honest children here on My Kitchen Escapades. Hot, crusty bread is Carole's love language, but her two adorable grandchildren are a close second. Yes, second. Don't judge.
28 comments
Virsavia smolin
12 years ago
I’m 16 years old and i am a nanny and making food for 4 kids is tough as a 16 until I found this recipe it’s easy to make and tastes amazing and the kids love it and plus it’s healthy thank you! Better than some Mac and cheese I say.
Carole
12 years ago
So glad you like it! Good luck with the nanny job 🙂 -Carole
Rebecca
12 years ago
I will double the sauce next time!
Carole
12 years ago
Sounds like a good idea if you like it really saucy!
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[…] a couple months ago, I broke the Jones family’s big news that our oldest got engaged. It has taken me these two months to come to terms with it and to […]
Tracy
11 years ago
I feel for you, my oldest complains about us eating chicken a lot also. Pork doesn’t agree with hubby, I’m not a fish fan unless it’s sushi, and beef is expensive, so chicken it is most of the time. I am defiantly going to do this in my new casserole crock! Thanks!
Carole
11 years ago
Come back and let me know what you think Tracy!
Tracy
11 years ago
Will do! You can’t blame the boy too much for stealing her heart, shes a beautiful girl. Congrats!
Deb
11 years ago
Looks great — but what type of flour are you using in the sauce to make this gluten free?
Carole
11 years ago
Hi Deb! Just use your favorite gluten free flour blend -Carole
Sue Galle
10 years ago
Whenever I make mexican casseroles the tortillas get soggy. How do I prevent this? Do your corn tortillas get soggy? It is like they turn to mush.
Carole
10 years ago
I find that flour tortillas definitely get more soggy than the corn ones do. The sauce for this casserole is pretty thick so I think they turn out perfectly!
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Lisa Prestero
8 years ago
Made this according to the recipe and it was excellent! Thank you!
Carole
8 years ago
You are very welcome Lisa! Thanks for coming back and leaving your review 🙂
Allison Bock
3 years ago
Hi Carole! Your recipe is delicious. Thank you for that! Not that it’s important to your cooking, but the narrative about your daughter and her then fiance (I assume they’re married now) was a little off putting. Dont push the kids away by being too clingy. My parents did this too, and it didn’t turn out well. But again, appreciate the recipe. 🙂
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28 comments
I’m 16 years old and i am a nanny and making food for 4 kids is tough as a 16 until I found this recipe it’s easy to make and tastes amazing and the kids love it and plus it’s healthy thank you! Better than some Mac and cheese I say.
So glad you like it! Good luck with the nanny job 🙂 -Carole
I will double the sauce next time!
Sounds like a good idea if you like it really saucy!
[…] CREAMY AVOCADO CHICKEN ENCHILADA CASSEROLE by MY KITCHEN ESCAPADES […]
[…] a couple months ago, I broke the Jones family’s big news that our oldest got engaged. It has taken me these two months to come to terms with it and to […]
I feel for you, my oldest complains about us eating chicken a lot also. Pork doesn’t agree with hubby, I’m not a fish fan unless it’s sushi, and beef is expensive, so chicken it is most of the time. I am defiantly going to do this in my new casserole crock! Thanks!
Come back and let me know what you think Tracy!
Will do! You can’t blame the boy too much for stealing her heart, shes a beautiful girl. Congrats!
Looks great — but what type of flour are you using in the sauce to make this gluten free?
Hi Deb! Just use your favorite gluten free flour blend -Carole
Whenever I make mexican casseroles the tortillas get soggy. How do I prevent this? Do your corn tortillas get soggy? It is like they turn to mush.
I find that flour tortillas definitely get more soggy than the corn ones do. The sauce for this casserole is pretty thick so I think they turn out perfectly!
[…] you are like me, you will want another easy chicken casserole recipe like my favorite Avocado Chicken Enchilada Casserole! Go grab the recipe right now and add it to your menu plan. […]
Made this according to the recipe and it was excellent! Thank you!
You are very welcome Lisa! Thanks for coming back and leaving your review 🙂
Hi Carole! Your recipe is delicious. Thank you for that! Not that it’s important to your cooking, but the narrative about your daughter and her then fiance (I assume they’re married now) was a little off putting. Dont push the kids away by being too clingy. My parents did this too, and it didn’t turn out well. But again, appreciate the recipe. 🙂
Hope you give it a try Allison!