Chicken enchiladas with a sweet honey and lime goodness for a great dinner casserole
We had these delicious honey lime chicken enchiladas a while back and I can’t believe I haven’t shared the recipe with you guys yet!
Enchiladas are one of my favorite foods in the whole world. Along with pizza I could probably eat some sort of enchiladas everyday. In fact, any time we go home we have to go to one of my favorite restaurants ever, called Rosas and I order a double of their chicken enchiladas. So so so good.
Anyway, enchiladas are great because there are so many different types. On our blog we even have like 5+ different enchilada recipes. Creamy Chicken Enchiladas. Slow Cooker Pork Enchiladas. Red Sauce Chicken Enchiladas. Enchiladas Verdes. Shredded Beef Enchiladas. and here is a new one to add to the repertoire… Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas.
These enchiladas have a slight sweet, honey and lime taste that makes them different than any other enchiladas I’d had before. But they still taste great with the typical salsa, sourcream and whatever else you like on top.
Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 TBS chili powder
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 3 chicken breasts cooked and shredded
- 2 cups green enchilada sauce (divided)
- 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups shredded cheese (separated)
- 10 tortillas
Equipment
- Large Mixing Bowl
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking pan with non stick spray.
- Combine honey, lime juice, chili powder, garlic and 1/2 cup enchilada sauce in a small bowl.
- Pour sauce over shredded chicken in a large bowl.
- Add 1 cup cheese to the shredded chicken.
- Drain excess sauce into a bowl and the remaining 1 1/2 cups of enchilada sauce and heavy Spread about 1/2 cup of enchilada sauce onto the bottom of your 9×13 pan.
- Scoop about 3 TBS of enchilada sauce into each tortilla.
- Roll up and place enchilada into your pan with the seam underneath.
- Repeat with additional tortillas and remaining chicken.
- Pour extra sauce over the top of your enchiladas.
- Sprinkle remaining cheese over the top of your enchiladas.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until cheese turns golden brown.
Enjoy these chicken enchiladas as a great family meal!
Rich says
Do you bake or boil the chicken before shredding?
Aimee Berrett says
I think I cooked it in these crock pot for this recipe, but otherwise I always boil it to shred. I dont think it would be tender enough when baked to shred well