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    Home » Weight Watcher Recipes

    White Chicken Enchiladas

    Published: Jan 4, 2023 by Jenna · This post may contain affiliate links · 14 Comments

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    Enchiladas are my favorite food to order at Mexican restaurants and when I saw this recipe for white enchiladas, I was intrigued because I'm so used to the red or green enchiladas sauce. White chicken enchiladas use a roux made with flour, butter, and chicken broth. Greek yogurt or sour cream is added into that roux with some green chiles.  A roux is just a simple technique to thicken liquid such as broth. Melt some butter in a pan and whisk in some flour. The flour and butter start to thicken once you add the chicken broth the mixture will start to thicken and become this creamy and rich sauce.

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    Ingredients in White Chicken Enchiladas 

    • Tortillas - There are MANY different types of tortillas you can use for this. If you follow WW program use your favorite low point tortilla. Tumero's is my favorite low point tortilla for only 1 point. These are about 8 to 10-inch tortillas.
    • Chicken -  shredded chicken works best for this. See my tip above to make perfect shredded chicken.
    • Cheese - I used a reduced fat Monterey Jack cheese. Just make sure that the type of cheese you use is a white cheese. Orange or yellow wouldn't make this dish white chicken enchiladas anymore. 🙂
    • Butter - The brand of light butter I like the best is Land O Lakes. It is found in a tub next to the other kinds of butter in your grocery store.
    • Flour -  I'm not gluten intolerant, and I use all purpose flour. If you are gluten free then find a gluten free tortilla and sub gluten free flour in place of the all-purpose flour.
    • Chicken Broth - ALWAYS use low sodium chicken broth so that you can control the amount of salt that goes in or unsalted chicken broth.
    • Greek Yogurt - Sour cream can be subbed instead of Greek Yogurt. Use low fat or fat free version.
    • Green chilis - You can use fresh or canned chilis.

    How to make White Chicken Enchiladas

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×13 pan
    2. Mix chicken and 1 cup cheese in a bowl. Spread about 2 tablespoons of the chicken and cheese onto the middle of the tortilla. Roll up the tortillas and place in the pan.
    3. In a saucepan, melt butter, stir in flour and cook 1 minute. Add broth and whisk until smooth. Heat over medium heat until thick and bubbly. Take the pan of the heat and let it rest for a while until the sauce has become slightly cooled.
    4. Stir in greek yogurt and chilies.
    5. Pour the sauce over enchiladas and top with remaining cheese.
    6. Bake 22 min and then under high broil for 3 min to brown the cheese.

    Tips for White Chicken Enchiladas

    Prep your chicken ahead of time! - Have you ever cooked a bunch of chicken in a crockpot before? It is super easy. Do that on the night you meal prep. I just add some thawed chicken with some chicken broth or water to a crockpot and cook it on low for 4 to 6 hours. After the chicken breasts are done cooking, I take them out and shred the chicken and store them into containers for the week. Perfect for meal prep and this dish!  If you haven't done that yet, you should do it one time. The chicken can then be made into ANYTHING like these white chicken enchiladas.

    Leftover rotisserie chicken is fine to use as well.

    How to Freeze

    place each enchilada with the chicken and cheese inside the wraps and freeze them on a sheet pan tray. Once they are frozen, take them out and place the enchiladas into a freezer bag. You can make the sauce ahead of time. Let it cool completely and place it in a freezer safe container for later use. When you are ready to eat the enchiladas, place them in a greased dish and pour the thawed sauce over top.

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    White Chicken Enchiladas


    ★★★★★

    5 from 3 reviews

    • Author: Jenna
    • Prep Time: 10min
    • Cook Time: 22min
    • Total Time: 32 minutes
    • Yield: 8 to 10 1x
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    Description

    White enchiladas use a roux made with flour, butter, and chicken broth. Greek yogurt or sour cream is added into that roux with some green chiles. 


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    Ingredients

    • 10 soft taco shells (I used flour) (I used Tumero's Cut Da Carb Wraps for 1 smart point)
    • 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
    • 2 cups shredded reduced-fat Monterey Jack cheese
    • 3 Tbsp. butter (light butter)
    • 3 Tbsp. flour
    • 2 cups low sodium chicken broth
    • 1 cup greek yogurt
    • 1 (4 oz) can diced green chillies
    • Garnish: chopped fresh cilantro or parsley (optional) 

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×13 pan
    2. Mix chicken and 1 cup cheese in a bowl. Spread about 2 tablespoons of the chicken and cheese onto the middle of the tortilla. Roll up the tortillas and place in pan.
    3. In a sauce pan, melt butter, stir in flour and cook 1 minute. Add broth and whisk until smooth. Heat over medium heat until thick and bubbly. Take the pan of the heat and let it rest for awhile until the sauce has become slightly cooled.
    4. Stir in greek yogurt and chilies.
    5. Pour the sauce over enchiladas and top with remaining cheese.
    6. Bake 22 min and then under high broil for 3 min to brown the cheese.
    7. Serving size: 1 enchilada. 

    Notes

    My WW Personal Points: 5 Click here to see in recipe builder (will have to log in) 

    • Category: Dinner
    • Method: Bake
    • Cuisine: Mexican

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1 enchilada
    • Calories: 320
    • Sugar: 1
    • Sodium: 537
    • Fat: 11
    • Saturated Fat: 1
    • Carbohydrates: 19
    • Fiber: 1
    • Protein: 16

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    Comments

    1. Kristen says

      March 15, 2020 at 12:21 pm

      These are my favorite enchilada! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. If I freeze it, how long does it take for the sauce to thaw and do I need to cook it longer?

      ★★★★★

    2. Erin says

      May 15, 2019 at 5:07 pm

      Love this recipe!!! I sub out the chicken broth for green enchilada Sauce! And you cannot even tell it’s Greek yogurt and not sour cream!! I don’t actually do weight watchers so not sure if the enchilada sauce is approved on there. 🙂 thank you!!

      ★★★★★

    3. Jenna says

      April 02, 2019 at 4:22 pm

      The Tumero wraps range in size between 8 to 12...

    4. Pat says

      April 02, 2019 at 3:34 pm

      What size tortilla's did you use?

    5. Tracy Martin says

      March 18, 2019 at 10:58 pm

      Made this tonight. Absolutely delicious! Thank you so much. I don’t eat chicken so used pork - so good! Thank you!! Loved the yogurt for the sour cream substitute .

    6. Jenna says

      January 09, 2019 at 12:30 pm

      You can use whatever you like in place of greek yogurt. I updated the post as well, sorry if that was confusing.

    7. Jamie says

      January 09, 2019 at 8:23 am

      You mention sour cream but in the ingredient list I see Greek yogurt. I make this all the time with sour cream but just started weight watchers and was looking for a WW approved variation. Could I use fat free sour cream instead of Greek yogurt? How many more points would it make them? I’m afraid I won’t be able to trick my family by subbing Greek yogurt. Thanks!

    8. Jenna says

      December 17, 2018 at 1:18 pm

      It makes 10 servings Deana.

    9. Deana says

      December 16, 2018 at 7:54 pm

      How many servings?

    10. Kate @ Babaganosh.org says

      October 06, 2014 at 7:53 pm

      These look so yummy. I do love pre-cooking a bunch of chicken (crock pot or not) and then using it for recipes all throughout the week. I never thought of making enchiladas.

      Does full fat sour cream curdle? For some reason I thought it didn't, but I could be wrong - it's good to keep an eye out for it just in case - thanks for reminding me.

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