Crockpot Chicken Enchiladas

  Brought to you by (my own take on) a Pinterest recipe! See, the recipe I found really just called for "chicken breasts, enchilada sauce, taco seasoning, shredded cheese, green onions and some cilantro on top." No other information - no timing instructions, no explanation of what "enchilada sauce" is or where to find it, nothing. So I did what every other great chef of the day does: I took to the interweb.

  After a little while, I found what looked like a good recipe for enchilada sauce - and in a stroke of luck, I had all the ingredients!

Enchilada Sauce

1/2 Cup butter

1/2 Cup flour (for gluten-free, use about 4 Tbs. of corn starch)

2 tsp. chili powder

1 tsp. cumin

1 tsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. onion powder (I subbed onion flakes)

1 tsp. black pepper

4 Cups broth or boullion

1 8oz. can tomato sauce

1. Melt butter into medium-size pot and then add flour and mix until you have a smooth paste. 

2. Add the spices and continue to stir until bubbly.

3. Whisk in broth and bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute or until the sauce is thickened.

Makes 5-6 cups of sauce, enough for two 9x13 pans of enchiladas. 

Crockpot Chicken Enchiladas

1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts

1/2 the enchilada sauce

1 pkt. taco seasoning OR 1 10oz. can Rotel

Cook the chicken, enchilada sauce and seasoning or Rotel in the crockpot on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 5-6 hours. Serve with rice and/or tortillas, shredded cheese and cilantro.

  I forgot to add the Rotel like I meant to, but the chicken was still really yummy. I actually cooked 2lbs of chicken and used all the sauce (I would have frozen the remainder if I had only done 1lb) and it fed 4 people two helpings each! I also meant to take a picture of how it turned out, but we ate it all too quickly. The chicken was moist, tender and almost fell apart on its own. It was super easy, too! I just made the sauce the night before so I could throw it all in the pot early in the morning and have it ready for lunch after church. I hope y'all enjoy it as much as we did! And let me know if you find your own ways to tweak it and make it yummier!