This post may contain affiliate links. These Easy 5-Ingredient Chicken Enchiladas are still just as cooking easy and still just as flavorful as enchiladas made completely scratch, but come together in virtually no time at all. Easy 5-Ingredient Chicken Enchiladas I’m going to go out on a limb here, and say, over the years, I’ve become quite good at making homemade enchiladas.
All of them include homemade sauces, which makes them authentic and irresistibly but delicious, but also takes a little bit more than average effort to make from start to finish. Today’s Easy 5-Ingredient Chicken Enchiladas are for those days when you’re craving a cheesy chicken-packed enchilada, but want to do it about 15 minutes. Our easy version swaps our homemade enchilada sauce for a semi-homemade creamy salsa-based sauce, uses shredded rotisserie chicken instead of a chicken you cook at home, and only includes five ingredients. Mix shredded chicken, salsa, and salt together in a bowl.
Ingredients in Easy 5-Ingredient Chicken Enchiladas Chicken. You have a combination of white meat and dark meat which yields a more flavorful filling. For some reason, a chicken that’s cooked rotisserie-style is innately more flavorful than a chicken you would just bake or sear. I’d like one in my home please. And if the 5-ingredient name tag is what caught your attention, then I’m sure you share my same sentiments. Because I’ve already perfected our homemade enchilada sauce, I just couldn’t bring myself to use canned enchilada sauce in these 5-Ingredient Enchiladas. Instead, I opted for a salsa-based sauce which leaves a lot of the flavor in your hands.