Crockpot Enchiladas make it easy to have a delicious Mexican meal on the table any night of the week. Put your slow cooker to use with this simple and hassle free recipe that the whole family will love.
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Make Enchiladas in the Slow Cooker
Who doesn’t love chicken enchiladas?
Tender meat and cheese rolled in a tortilla and smothered in creamy spicy sauce is my idea of a perfect meal.
Using a few ready-made ingredients and just the right amount of spice, this slow cooker enchilada recipe made my family as happy as it made me!
How to Make Enchiladas in the Crockpot
Remember how I said slow cooker chicken enchiladas are the EASIEST enchilada recipe? I wasn’t kidding.
All you need to do is throw these four simple ingredients in the crock pot:
- Chicken breasts
- Cream of chicken soup
- Enchilada sauce
- Salsa
Turn the crock pot on low and cook for 7 hours or until the chicken pulls apart with a fork. The crockpot does the hard work for you while you go about your day!
Once the chicken enchilada filling is finished cooking, you can toss the enchiladas in the oven OR skip the baking and serve right away, depending on how much time you have (and how hungry your kids are!).
Finish in the Oven
- Spoon the chicken into tortillas and roll tightly.
- Lay the enchiladas in a 13 x 9 inch baking dish and sprinkle with shredded cheese.
- Bake in a 350 F oven for 30 minutes or until the cheese is melty and the sauce is bubbly.
How to make chicken enchiladas without baking
- Mix shredded cheese into the slow cooker with the chicken during last 20 minutes of cooking.
- Roll the mixture into warmed tortillas and serve with all your favorite fixings. Serving them this way straddles the line between “taco” and “enchilada” but they are delicious all the same!
I love that these enchiladas aren’t completely swimming in sauce like other recipes I’ve tried.
Since the sauce is mixed in with the chicken instead of poured on top, you get the flavor and creaminess but the tortillas don’t become soggy.
Tips and Tricks
One of my favorite things about this recipe is how easy it is to adapt and play with! There are so many ways to tinker with the recipe and serving style to suit your taste and preferences.
A few ideas for making crockpot enchiladas your own:
- Adjust the spiciness. Because the members of my family all have different levels of tolerance for spice, I kept the heat levels pretty mild here. If you like a little extra heat, use a spicier salsa or add a small can of chopped green chiles (or jalapenos) to the slow cooker with the chicken.
- Use your favorite tortillas. Both flour and corn tortillas taste great with this recipe.
- Turkey enchiladas. This enchilada recipe can also be made with turkey breasts instead of chicken for something a little different. Why not give both a try?
- Experiment with toppings. Any garnishes you love on your tacos and burritos can dress up your enchiladas as well.
Topping Ideas
The sky is the limit when it comes to ways to top your enchiladas! Here are some garnishes and enchilada toppings my family has loved:
- shredded lettuce
- diced tomato
- sour cream
- chopped cilantro
- minced onion
- Guacamole
- Pico de Gallo
- Salsa Verde
- Cilantro Lime Rice
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Crockpot Enchiladas Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 large boneless skinless chicken breasts (2 pounds)
- 2 cans cream of chicken soup 10 ounce each
- 1 can enchilada sauce 10 ounce
- ½ cup salsa
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 8 flour tortillas
Instructions
- Cook chicken with soup, sauce and salsa in crockpot for 7 hours. Chicken will pull apart with a fork. Fill tortillas and top with cheese.
- Lay them in a 13×9 dish and bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
- OR, mix cheese into crockpot during last 20 minutes. Serve on warmed tortillas with all the fixings.
Notes
- Adjust the spiciness. Because the members of my family all have different levels of tolerance for spice, I kept the heat levels pretty mild here. If you like a little extra heat, use a spicier salsa or add a small can of chopped green chiles (or jalapenos) to the slow cooker with the chicken.
- Use your favorite tortillas. Both flour and corn tortillas taste great with this recipe.
- Turkey enchiladas. This enchilada recipe can also be made with turkey breasts instead of chicken for something a little different. Why not give both a try?
- Experiment with toppings. Any garnishes you love on your tacos and burritos can dress up your enchiladas as well.
Nutrition
These crockpot enchiladas are creamy, cheesy and as easy as can be. Serve them with a side of Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe for a full meal that will please the kids and grown-ups alike.
We live in Europe and there are no ready-made products sold here, such as packaged soups, etc. Also, and I can’t recall if you include the option for metric measures, that would save us time to convert all measurements.
thank you. William and family
Just made these today and the house smells delicious using the slow-cooker! I used ground turkey meat, green chile salsa & green enchilada sauce. Living in New Mexico it’s either red chile, green chile or Christmas. Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipes, have made many.
So you happy to hear you love these. Thank you!
I haven’t made enchiladas for a long time because making them is a little bit more involved then I prefer. These were super easy! Next time I will probably use a hotter salsa, and add some green chilies and ground cumin. It made a two pans for me and we are gladly eating the leftovers. They are also very filling. One enchilada is enough for me.
What salsa do you recommend?
Honestly, we’ve used many different ones over the years. Use what you love 🙂
Can I refrigerate after assembling the enchiladas and bake next day?
24 hours might be too long to sit in the tortillas. But you could make the filling the day before and assemble the next day?
Is there another option for Canned Cream of ???? Soups in your recipes?? Because of all the additives we don’t use them and I am new to cooking without them. Thank you for your wonderful site, great recipes, my family and I look forward to doing
many, many of them.
I personally don’t have substitute recipes for them, but I’m sure if you googled a substitute it would work just fine 🙂
Wow, can’t wait to make these! Have always hand made them. Looks much faster and easier, thanks!
Best recommended kind of salsa ?
Do you have an instant pot version?
Can you cook this on high instead of low?? 3-4 hours??
Sure can!
Can you pour the left over sauce over the rolled tortillas before adding the cheese?
Absolutely.
They were so easy and delicious. Thanks for a great recipe👍
Do you spray pan with Pam. Most recipes I have seen had you spread some enchilada sauce in bottom of pan
Looks simple but very very yummy.
Definitely going to try this one too!Thanks again for linking up all your wonderful slow cooker recipes. Have a great weekend 🙂