# Creamy Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas

This recipe provides an easy way to make sour cream enchiladas with a homemade white sauce and Monterey Jack cheese.

- Total time: 25 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
- 8 6-inch small flour tortillas
- 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup sour cream
- 4 oz can diced green chilies
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 0.5 tsp cumin
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.25 tsp black pepper
- fresh cilantro

## Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Lightly grease a 9×13 baking dish.
3. In a bowl, toss shredded chicken with garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, salt, and pepper.
4. Stir 1 cup Monterey Jack into the seasoned chicken.
5. Add about ¼ cup filling to each tortilla, roll up, and place seam-side down in the dish.
6. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour and cook 1 minute.
7. Slowly whisk in chicken broth. Cook 3–4 minutes until thickened.
8. Remove from heat. Stir in sour cream and green chilies.
9. Taste and add a pinch of salt/pepper only if needed.
10. Pour sauce over enchiladas.
11. Top with remaining 1 cup cheese.
12. Bake uncovered for 20–25 minutes, until hot and bubbly.
13. Garnish with cilantro if desired.

## Equipment

- 9x13 baking dish
- saucepan

## Tips

- Use Monterey Jack cheese for the best flavor.
- You can use canned chicken, rotisserie chicken, or fajita chicken for the filling.
- Season the chicken with garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, salt, and pepper.
- Making the sauce from scratch with butter, flour, chicken broth, sour cream, and green chilies is preferred over canned cream of chicken.
- Taste the sauce and add salt/pepper only if needed.
- Bake until hot and bubbly and the cheese is melted.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUv0iftEcRv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/7c47e587-2032-46f0-9e81-d5db9040d4e8
- Extracted: 2026-02-23

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