Steps to Make Ultimate Green Chicken Enchilada Bake

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, green chicken enchilada bake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Green Chicken Enchilada Bake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Green Chicken Enchilada Bake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have green chicken enchilada bake using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Green Chicken Enchilada Bake:

1. Get boneless skinless chicken breast (my package was 3 very large)
2. Take fresh cilantro - tied together with kitchen twine
3. Make ready chili powder (I use chipotle chili powder)
4. Prepare sea salt
5. Get garlic powder
6. Make ready ground cumin
7. Prepare cayenne pepper (optional)
8. Take enough water and/or chicken broth to cover breasts in pot
9. Take large flour tortillas (burrito size)
10. Take large can (28 oz) green enchilada sauce
11. Prepare small can (14 oz) green enchilada sauce
12. Get shredded cheese - cheddar, monterrey jack and mexi-blends work great but use what you love!
13. Prepare sliced black olives (optional)

Steps to make Green Chicken Enchilada Bake:

1. Place chicken and next 5 ingredients in a large pot (6 if using cayenne). Fill with enough broth/water to cover the chicken by about an inch. Cover and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce to medium low and simmer covered for 20 minutes.
2. When chicken is done, carefully remove from pot and place on cutting board to rest a few minutes before shredding. Remove cilantro from broth. Leave broth simmering lightly while you shred the chicken.
3. Use two forks to pull the chicken apart into shreds. When all the chicken is shredded return to pot. Slowly simmer in broth for 10 minutes more (to infuse with more flavor). Drain chicken in colander And get ready to assemble!
4. Assemble your layers! Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 9x13" baking dish with nonstick spray. Pour 1/2 cup green enchilada sauce from the large can into baking dish. Swirl to coat bottom.
5. Place two tortillas on sauce, overlapping in the middle. Spread half of the shredded chicken on top of tortillas. Pour 1/2 of remaining enchilada sauce from the large can over chicken. Sprinkle 1 cup of cheese over sauce.
6. Repeat tortillas, chicken, sauce, cheese in same order once more, using the remaining chicken and last 1/2 of large can of sauce.
7. Top with last 2 tortillas, tucking edges down into dish on all sides. Sprinkle remaining cheese over top, then pour the entire small can of sauce over cheese to coat evenly. Lastly add black olives, if desired.
8. Tent loosely with aluminum foil, ensuring it doesn't touch the cheese on top. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake 10 minutes more or until top is golden and bubbly. Let rest about 10 minutes before cutting. Top with desired garnishes, serve and enjoy!

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