Chicken Enchiladas Bowl Freezer Meal
Enjoy this healthy enchilada chicken freezer meal! Its an easy freezer meal you can put together in minutes is a great healthy crockpot recipe!
Something that is so wonderful about Mexican food is how healthy it actually is! This slow cooker chicken enchiladas bowl has all the enchilada flavor you know! But it’s healthy!
Healthy chicken enchiladas may sound like an oxymoron to you, but hear me out.
It’s all about the spices and the toppings! This healthy crockpot chicken enchilada recipe has it all!
Feeling good about what you eat can make all the difference in your daily lifestyle.
Why you will love this Healthy Enchilada Chicken Bowl
- 10 Minutes to Prep
- Super Easy
- Extremely Tasty
- Healthy (Soy Free, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Preservative Free)
- Family Friendly
Enchilada Chicken Freezer Meal
Enjoy this healthy enchilada chicken freezer meal! Its an easy freezer meal you can put together in minutes is a great healthy crockpot recipe!
Equipment
- Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 2-3 lb chicken thighs boneless, skinless
- 1 small onion chopped
- 4 oz diced green chiles
- 28 oz enchilada sauce (or make your own healthy enchilada sauce as provided below!)
- 14.5 oz black beans
Homemade Healthy Enchilada Sauce (Blend together):
- 28 oz diced tomatoes
- 2 tbsp chili powder
- 2 tbsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 3 clove garlic
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp pepper
Instructions
Prep/freezer directions:
- Prepare a gallon freezer bag, labeling according to your preferred method.
- Add all ingredients to labeled gallon freezer bag.
- Seal bag, removing as much air as possible, and freeze for up to three months.
Slow Cooker Directions:
- Thaw freezer bag in fridge 12-24 hours before cooking.
- Add freezer bag contents into slow cooker.
- Cook on low 4-6 hours.
- Shred chicken breasts and stir in slow cooker.
- Serve in tortillas, over rice, or on chips and enjoy!
Instant Pot Directions
- Dump the contents of the freezer bag into the Instant Pot, add 1/2 cup water.
- Set to High Pressure for 20 minutes, then allow a 10-minute natural release followed by a quick release.
- Shred chicken, stir well and serve in tortillas, over rice, or on chips and enjoy!
Dietary Adjustments
Make it Gluten Free
- Use the homemade enchilada sauce as provided above
- Recipe is naturally dairy free
Freezer Labels
Notes
- May top with favorite taco toppings! (cheese, guacomole, salsa, etc…)
- May also use as a filling for traditional style enchiladas. (wrap in tortillas, set in baking pan, top with leftover sauce, bake in 400 degree preheated oven for 10-15 min)
- Make it pretty: Garnish with fresh cilantro and a lime wedge.
Nutrition
Calories: 366kcal
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You may be familiar with chicken enchilada casserole, with the shy tortilla…this freezer enchilada recipe elevates that dish like crazy!
If you love it in tortillas then use fresh one day of and smother it in sauce, or try this over rice and/or cauliflower rice.
Clean eating, heart-healthy enchiladas, packed with the flavor that you love!
Something else that is so wonderful about this slow cooker recipe is that it can easily be preservative free if you use very simple pantry ingredients to blend up your own enchilada sauce (see below recipe for how to make homemade enchilada sauce).
Optional: Homemade Enchilada Sauce Ingredients
- diced tomatoes
- chili powder
- ground cumin
- onion powder
- cloves of garlic (or garlic powder)
- paprika
- salt
- black pepper
How to make homemade enchilada sauce?
SUPER EASY! In the past sauces have intimidated me. But this one is as simple as throwing all the sauce ingredients together in a food processor or high-speed blender and blending until smooth.
FAQs
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Don’t forget to come back and let me know how your Chicken Enchilada Bowl turned out!
Jen says:
This might be a silly question :/… : Do you cook this then freeze for later or do you put all uncooked ingredients into the freezer bag and pull out to cook at another time? Thanks in advance:)
Hannah Stewart says:
Place everything raw into a freezer bag and cook at a later time.
Sophia says:
So good!