We are big fans of Mexican food. We typically have one Mexican type dish a week. These enchiladas were a nice change to our typical chicken enchiladas. I slow cooked the chicken with a packet of ranch seasoning and a batch of my homemade taco seasoning. The chicken was so juicy and packed full of amazing flavor. I topped the baked enchiladas with a creamy salsa ranch dressing. They tasted great! They were even good leftover for lunch the next day. I used the cooking liquid to make some easy Mexican rice to go with the enchiladas. This didn’t disappoint!
Chicken Ranch Enchiladas
serves 6
(Printable Recipe)
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 1 packet ranch dressing mix
- 1 can (14.5oz) low-sodium chicken broth
- 6 chicken breasts
- 12 flour tortillas
- 2 cups pepper jack cheese
- ½ cup light ranch dressing
- ½ cup salsa
Place chicken, taco seasoning, ranch mix and chicken broth in 6-quart slow cooker. Cook on low 6 hours. Remove chicken from slow cooker and shred. Reserve liquid for rice.
Divide chicken and cheese between tortillas. Roll up and place in a lightly greased 9×13-inch pan. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
Combine Ranch dressing and salsa. Pour over baked enchiladas. Serve with rice.
Rice
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 cup rice
- 1 Tbsp dried minced onion flakes
- 1 can (8oz) tomato sauce
- 1 ½ cup crockpot liquid
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat and add rice. Cook, stirring constantly, until puffed and golden. Stir in onion flakes, tomato sauce and crockpot liquid; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
This was great! Subbed a can of diced tomatoes for the tomato sauce in the rice. Still came out great! Husband loved it!
This sounds easy and delicious! =)
Do you think it would be okay with brown rice?
What kind of salsa did you use?
Trust in Love Photography – I cooked the chicken about 6 hours.
How long to you keep the chicken in the crockpot for? These look so yummy!!! Going to make these tomorrow!
This was Sooo easy to make, and it was Sooo delicious!!
it is the liquid from the crockpot after the chicken is cooked
what is "crockpot liquid"? Can I buy that at the grocery store?