Green Chili Chicken Enchilada Casserole
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Green Chili Chicken Enchilada Casserole

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This Green Chili Chicken (or Turkey) Enchilada casserole is easy to make and packed with flavor! It’s perfect for using leftover chicken or turkey. We always make this the day after Thanksgiving and several other times of the year!

Green Chili Chicken Enchilada

Key Takeaways

  • The Green Chili Chicken Enchilada casserole is easy to make and perfect for using leftover chicken or turkey.
  • It combines flavors from creamy cheese, zesty tomatillo sauce, and a variety of peppers for a delicious meal.
  • Homemade tortilla chips are a healthier option, but store-bought chips work well too.
  • Making the casserole involves layering ingredients like salsa, chips, chicken, chilies, and cheese before baking.
  • This dish is great for post-Thanksgiving meals, and adding fresh ingredients enhances its flavor.

Green Chili Chicken or Turkey Enchilada

One of the main reasons we love this casserole is because of the wide array of flavors and spices it offers. The Tortilla Chips provide a satisfying crunch, while the creamy and gooey cheese, together with the zippy Tomatillo sauce, offer a delightful taste to the palate. The green chilies, along with the addition of Serrano and roasted Anaheim peppers, provide a pleasant spice to the dish. The Serrano Peppers add a wonderful zing to the green chili chicken enchilada, while the Anaheim peppers give it a fresh and roasted flavor. We also used leftover chicken or turkey to make the dish more flavorful.

We have to mention that cold beer is one of the main reasons why we love Mexican cuisine so much!  I mean, how do you eat any Mexican food dish without beer or a Margarita??????

Homemade Tortilla Chips and Leftover Chicken

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So, to save calories, we make homemade Tortilla Chips. If we are in a hurry, we do use store-bought tortilla chips. Either way, this green chili chicken enchilada casserole is so delicious!!! This is so simple to do and really cuts out the calories of using Fried Tortilla Chips. If you don’t want to wait to bake the chips (it takes about 8 minutes!), you can always use store-bought tortilla chips, and they taste amazing.  We love the corn flavor of the homemade chips.  

Now, don’t get me wrong, I love a bag of tortilla chips, but we really only have them on a “cheat day,” and they are delicious!!!!    We make several dishes with homemade tortilla chips and leftover chicken, for example, Nachos, Tostadas, Tortilla Soup, and just good crunchy Homemade corn chips and Salsa!!!

Making the Casserole

This dish is perfect for using up leftover Thanksgiving turkey. The Green Chili Chicken (Turkey) Enchilada casserole would have been even better if we had fresh tomatillos, but we used a delicious roasted tomatillo salsa from Frontera that has become our new favorite for this recipe. We added cumin and garlic powder to the salsa to enhance the flavors. Last summer, we made tomatillo salsa by grilling the tomatillos, and it was amazing with its smoked flavor.

The first steps to making this Green Chili Chicken Enchilada casserole are to chop the turkey or chicken, mix the cumin and garlic powder with the tomatillo salsa, chop the onion (optional), and mix the cheddar cheese and cream cheese together.

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The Casserole is so simple to make. It’s a matter of layering the dish.  First, add the Tomatillo salsa, chips, cooked chicken or turkey, chopped onions, green chilies, and cheese, then start over with the salsa.  Repeat all layers until the dish is full or you run out of ingredients! Bake for 45 minutes, and you have a mouth-watering meal.

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Enjoy!!!!!

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Please let us know if you try this.

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Green Chili Chicken Enchilada Casserole

This green chili chicken casserole has all the great flavors of a chicken enchilada. It’s an easy way to make a dinner everyone will love. Bonus its a great way to use leftover chicken or turkey.