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Green Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Layers.

You can cook Green Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Layers using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Green Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Layers

1. You need of boneless skinless chicken breast.
2. Prepare of chili powder.
3. Prepare of salt.
4. You need of garlic powder.
5. It's of ground cumin.
6. You need of cayenne.
7. You need of cilantro - tied with kitchen twine.
8. Prepare of Enough water to cover chicken in pot.
9. It's of cans green enchilada sauce.
10. Prepare of small soft white corn tortillas.
11. It's of shredded cheddar jack cheese.
12. You need of unsalted butter.
13. You need of flour.
14. It's of sour cream.

Green Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Layers step by step

1. Place chicken in a 2 quart sauce pan. Sprinkle with next 5 ingredients. Top with cilantro bundle. Add enough water to cover chicken by 1 inch. Cover. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat to medium low. Simmer 15-20 minutes..
2. Drain chicken. Use 2 forks to carefully shred. Place shredded chicken in a bowl. Pour 3/4 of the first can of sauce over chicken. Stir to combine. Pour remaining 1/4 can of sauce in bottom of a 6x8 casserole (usually a 2 quart). Swirl to coat. Set both aside..
3. Rinse sauce pan used to cook chicken. Place on stove over medium heat. Add butter. When melted wisk in flour for 1 minute. Wisk in second can of sauce until thickened..
4. When sauce has thickened remove from heat. Let sit off heat for about 2 minutes to cool slightly. Wisk in sour cream..
5. Assemble: arrange 4 tortillas on top of sauce in dish (they will be overlapping), arrange half the chicken evenly over tortillas, sprinkle 1/2 cup cheese over chicken, drizzle 1/3 of the sour cream sauce over cheese. Top with four more tortillas, second half of chicken another 1/2 cup of cheese and another 1/3 of the sauce. Finish with last 4 tortillas, then remaining sauce. Finally sprinkle evenly with last cup of cheese..
6. Bake in a preheated 400° oven for 20 minutes or until cheese is melted and golden. Let rest 5-10 minutes before serving. Cut into 6-8 pieces. Serve with Mexican inspired sides if desired. Enjoy!.