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This easy to make Slow Cooker Green Chicken Enchilada Casserole has all the big flavors you love about enchiladas in a simple casserole. Fresh and bright green enchilada sauce is used to cook up tender chicken, corn, beans, and soft corn tortillas. Top with some melty cheese, sour cream, and fresh cilantro.
Slow Cooker Weeknight Win
This hands off green chicken enchilada casserole gives all the flavors you love in enchiladas with minimal prep work! While I love classic Tex Mex Chicken Enchiladas, sometimes I need a quick and easy option. Slow cooking the chicken in a green enchilada sauce makes the chicken ultra tender and flavorful. While adding in tortillas during the last bit of cooking gives you the texture of sauce soaked tortillas and the mellow corn flavoring.
Reasons to love this Slow Cooker Green Chicken Enchilada Casserole:
- Quick and easy prep, slow cooking during busy days.
- Fun flavors that the entire family loves.
- Dress it up with your favorite toppings or serve with rice or tortilla chips.
Ingredients Needed
- Chicken: Thighs or breasts can be used for this recipe.
- Enchilada Sauce: Of course you can use a homemade version, but to save time a jarred sauce works well! I like the Sprouts store brand Organic Green Enchilada Sauce.
- Tortillas: slice up fresh white corn tortillas.
- Black beans and corn: Use canned varieties. You can use frozen corn also, add it in frozen and it will cook in the casserole.
How To Make Slow Cooker Enchilada Casserole
- Sauté onions and garlic before adding to the slow cooker for the best flavor. Add in the seasonings to allow them to bloom in the heat also.
- Combine the enchilada sauce, beans and corn to the slow cooker and mix together. Place the raw chicken into the slow cooker and nestle it down into the sauce. Cook on LOW for 6-7 hours.
- When the chicken is cooked through, remove and shred, then add it back into the slow cooker. Then you can add in the tortilla strips. Adding them in during the last part of cooking prevents them from becoming too gummy or mushy.
- Top with cheese and allow to cook for another 30 minutes.
How To Serve & What To Serve it with
Serve this enchilada casserole with rice and tortilla chips.
Other ideas include:
Slow Cooker Green Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Ingredients
- 1½ pounds chicken thighs boneless, skinless
- 1 teaspoon avocado oil
- ½ yellow onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 15 ounce can whole corn kernels or use frozen corn
- 1 15 ounce can black beans drained and rinsed
- 1 cup green enchilada sauce
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 5 white corn tortillas cut into strips
- 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese grated
Toppings
- ¼ cup sour cream
- fresh cilantro
- sliced avocado
Instructions
- Heat oil in a medium size skillet over medium heat. Add the diced onion, salt, and cumin, cook until softened and translucent. Add in the garlic and cook an additional 30 seconds until fragrant.
- Transfer the cooked onions to the slow cooker and add in the corn, black beans, enchilada sauce, and sour cream. Stir this all together and then add the chicken, coating in the sauce.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours until the chicken is tender. Shred the chicken.
- Stir in the tortilla strips and then top with the grated cheese. Cook on low for an additional 30 minutes.
- Top with extra sour cream, fresh cilantro and sliced avocado.
- Serve this over rice or with tortilla chips as desired.
Equipment
Notes
- Storage: Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 4 days. Reheat in microwave or in the oven.
- Freezing: Store in a sealed freezer safe container for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Reheat in the oven or slow cooker. If planning to freeze I recommend leaving the tortillas and cheese out until you are reheating to serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Slow Cooker Enchilada FAQs
Yes, the sauce can be swapped out. Use a red enchilada sauce, or a Tex Mex version!
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