Healthy Green Enchiladas with Chicken

Healthy Green Chicken Enchiladas

These Healthy Green Enchiladas with Chicken are just 334 calories and packed with 30.5g of protein!

For this green chicken enchiladas recipe, I supplied you with a homemade salsa verde, homemade shredded chicken, and homemade taco sauce recipe. But you could easily get store-bought and pick up a rotisserie chicken from the store too.

Healthy Green Chicken Enchiladas

This healthy enchiladas recipe is easy and impressive. And would make a great meal prep dinner as well!

I like to use leftover chicken to make these green enchiladas easy and inexpensive. But cooking up some chicken for it is also possible, as is picking up some precooked chicken from the store.

These healthy green enchiladas with chicken are just 334 calories and packed with 30.5g of protein!

Healthy Green Enchiladas with Chicken

This article will supply you with everything you’ll need to make green chicken enchiladas easy and fast.

From a shopping list, to a printable recipe card. You’ll find a nutrition label, meal prepping tips and more in the sections below.

To make this green chicken enchiladas recipe easy, we’ve supplied you with the following sections.

Read though them for helpful resources, or skip ahead to the recipe card.

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Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in my email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin this healthy recipe for green enchiladas to Pinterest so it is safely stored for you.

Up next, a shopping list for healthy chicken enchiladas with green sauce…

Ingredients in Chicken Verde Enchiladas

As I noted above, I’ve supplied you with several homemade recipes. You can use them, or get the store-bought equivalents.

Here they are, with store-bought swaps to make cooking these low calorie enchiladas easier.

Homemade vs. Store-bought:

  • Taco Seasoning – get a store-bought packet, empty it into a bag or jar and use that instead.
  • Shredded Chicken – get a rotisserie chicken at the store and shred it while you cook the onions
  • Salsa Verde – get a jar of green salsa from the store
Healthy Green Chicken Enchiladas

Shopping List for Green Enchiladas Recipe:

Special Tip: You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of this low calorie green enchilada sauce and green enchiladas you want to make. It will do all the measurement math for you! All of the ingredients for these healthier enchiladas can be doubled or tripled with the click of a button.

Up next, how to make chicken enchiladas in green sauce…

How to Make Healthy Enchiladas with Chicken

You can easily meal prep this recipe for healthy enchiladas! Simply make the healthy enchilada sauce, assemble the chicken enchiladas, and cover. At this point you can even freeze them.

When you’re ready to cook the easy healthy enchiladas, defrost (if needed) and bake according to the directions.

Healthy Green Chicken Enchiladas

How to Make Green Enchiladas:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees, and spray a 9×13 casserole dish with olive oil and set aside.
  2. Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and spray with olive oil.
  3. Add onion, and cook for 3-5 minutes until translucent.
  4. Stir in garlic, and taco seasoning, cook for about 1 minute until fragrant. Then remove the skillet from the burner and stir in green chiles.
  5. Add the onions and green chilis to a large bowl. Add the chicken, 1/3 cup salsa verde, cilantro, salt, pepper, and 1/4 cup of Monterey Jack cheese.
  6. To assemble the enchiladas: Lay one tortilla on a flat surface and spoon 3/4 cup of the chicken mixture in the center. Roll the tortilla and place seam side down onto prepared baking dish. Repeat with remaining tortillas and chicken mixture. Once all the enchiladas are assembled, top with remaining salsa verde and remaining 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese.
  7. Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes, until the cheese is melted and the sauce is bubbling.
  8. Serve hot, topped with dollops of Greek Yogurt.

Special Tip: You can find these directions, along with measurements, nutrition and more in the sharable recipe card in the next section!

Up next, a sharable recipe card for the best low calorie green chicken enchiladas…

Healthy Green Enchiladas with Chicken

This healthy green enchiladas recipe is easy, and you can even meal prep the low calorie enchiladas! (directions above in the “How to Make section).

Be sure to see more healthy recipes for dinner below… keep scrolling!

Healthy Green Chicken Enchiladas

Healthy Green Chicken Enchiladas

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These healthy green enchiladas with chicken are just 334 calories and packed with 30.5g of protein!
We cut down the cheese a bit and swapped out the sour cream for Greek Yogurt (it tastes the same!) and these low calorie green chicken enchiladas tasted just as good as the high calorie version.
Special Tip: We like use our own Taco Seasoning and Salsa Verde (and we've supplied you with recipes) but you can also use store-bought to save time. You'll also find a shredded chicken recipe below… just click the ingredients for the recipes!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 40 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Mexican
Servings 8 servings
Calories 334 kcal

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees, and spray a 9×13 casserole dish with olive oil and set aside.
  • Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and spray with olive oil.
  • Add onion, and cook for 3-5 minutes until translucent.
  • Stir in garlic, and taco seasoning, cook for about 1 minute until fragrant. Then remove the skillet from the burner and stir in green chiles.
  • Add the onions and green chilis to a large bowl. Add the chicken, 1/3 cup salsa verde, cilantro, salt, pepper, and 1/4 cup of Monterey Jack cheese.
  • To assemble the enchiladas: Lay one tortilla on a flat surface and spoon 3/4 cup of the chicken mixture in the center. Roll the tortilla and place seam side down onto prepared baking dish. Repeat with remaining tortillas and chicken mixture. Once all the enchiladas are assembled, top with remaining salsa verde and remaining 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese.
  • Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes, until the cheese is melted and the sauce is bubbling.
  • Serve hot, topped with dollops of Greek Yogurt.

Nutrition

Serving: 1enchiladaCalories: 334kcalCarbohydrates: 29.3gProtein: 30.5gFat: 9.6gSaturated Fat: 4.3gCholesterol: 55mgSodium: 988mgPotassium: 191mgFiber: 1.4gSugar: 3.8gCalcium: 227mgIron: 3mg
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Nutrition and Calories in Chicken Enchiladas in Green Sauce

The nutrition and calorie below are based off 1 enchilada with 1/2 cup chicken inside.

Important Note: As a reminder, at Lose Weight By Eating the goal is to make you healthier, all-natural versions of your favorite recipes… not all will be “diet worthy” depending on the diet you are on. But they will be healthier versions to help curb your cravings.

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