April 23, 2018

One Pan Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Skillet

Name: One Pan Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Skillet
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter; 3 tablespoons all purpose flour; 2 cups chicken broth; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/8 teaspoon chipotle chili powder (optional); 1/4 teaspoon oregano; 4 ounces chopped green chiles; 4 ounces chopped black olives; 3 whole boneless skinless chicken breast halves; 1 cup sour cream; 12 whole corn tortillas (cut into bite-sized pieces); 2 cups colby-jack cheese (grated)

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This One Pan Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Skillet gives you all the flavor and deliciousness of hand-rolled sour cream chicken enchiladas without all the work! It’s cheesy, creamy, zesty and your family is going to love it!

Alright, folks here’s the deal. I love sour cream chicken enchiladas with a giant pink puffy heart, but I hardly ever make them. By the time dinnertime rears its ugly head, the last thing I want to do is attempt to roll up enchiladas (like these delicious green chile and cheese ones) while my toddler plays the part of Godzilla in my kitchen.

Seriously, this kid.

Is it a boy thing? My girls were not climbers and into everything like he is. It’s about all I can do every day to keep him from killing himself, let alone make some dang enchiladas.

So, we make skillet chicken enchiladas. They have all the flavor of your normal enchiladas but take 300% less work! Are you sold yet?

How to Make Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Skillet

Step 1.) Make the Sour Cream Enchilada Sauce

The Sour Cream Enchilada Sauce is what makes this recipe, and it’s basically a thickened chicken broth, seasoned up and studded with green chiles and black olives.

Step 2.) Cook and Shred the Chicken

Once the sour cream enchilada sauce is made, you’re going to cook the chicken right in it! Place your chicken breasts right into the sauce to cook at a low simmer for about 15 minutes. Once the chicken is cooked, you’ll take it out of the sauce, shred it up, stir some sour cream into the sauce and put the chicken back in.

Step 3.) Add Tortillas

Enchiladas wouldn’t be enchiladas without tortillas, right? You’ll cut some corn tortillas into bite-sized squares and add them right into the sour cream sauce and chicken.

Give it a stir.

Step 4.) Add The Cheese!

Top the entire skillet with cheese, cover and cook for another 5-8 minutes until bubbly. Once it’s done, you’ll have something that looks something like this. Not too shabby, right?

Seriously, if you’re a chicken enchilada fan like I am, this One Pan Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Skillet is your new best friend.

Cooking Tips for Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Skillet

I’ve had a few people comment that this recipe doesn’t have enough spice or kick to it. The recipe as written will give you a sauce that is creamy, just lightly seasoned and lets the flavor of the chicken, cheese, and tortillas come through– like the sour cream chicken enchiladas that I grew up eating! 🙂

This mild sour cream sauce is meant to be just that– mild! So if you are looking for a more tangy and spicy sauce, like red enchilada sauce, you can substitute 2 cups canned red enchilada sauce for the chicken broth, flour, and butter.

You can still stir in the sour cream to make a creamy sauce if you’d like. You can even make your own Homemade Enchilada Sauce, or just make one of these awesome recipes– Easy Beef Enchilada Skillet or Chicken Black Bean Enchilada Skillet

Can I Freeze This Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Skillet?

Yes, just like its full-blown enchilada cousin, this skillet freezes and reheats well.

Tools Used for This Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Recipe

Better Than Boullion: I use a lot of chicken/beef/vegetable broth in my recipes because it adds such nice flavor, but I don’t love keeping cans or cartons of it in my pantry. For this reason (and more) I use this broth base anytime I call for broth in my recipes. It only takes one teaspoon of the base to make 1 cup of flavorful broth and can be stored for quite a while in the refrigerator.
Anolon Nouvelle Copper Non-Stick Skillet: These non-stick pans are metal utensil safe and last a long time. I’ve been using Anolon’s pans exclusively for the past five years and am still in love with them!

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