Mexican Chicken Recipes

 

Try one of these authentic Mexican poultry recipes. Adding chiles, mole, or even chayote squash can spice up simple chicken recipes.

 

This variation of chimichangas uses eggroll skins instead of flour tortillas. These fried bundles are filled with cubes of cooked chicken, green chilies, and Mexican...

This "pie" is very kid friendly and leaves a lot of room for creativity. Try it for your next potluck.

This sauce uses ground chicken breasts, cooked with onion, chili powder, cumin, whipping cream, sour cream, cornmeal and flour.

Dried chili peppers are cooked with tomato puree, broth, onion & garlic, and then pureed. This sauce is brushed onto--and served with--grilled chicken.

Cheesy enchiladas stuffed with chicken and spinach--easy and delicious.

Canned green chilies are pureed with lime juice, cilantro and a generous amount of cumin, and added to chicken, broth, and corn.

These enchiladas are sure to be a hit--flour tortillas filled with a creamy chicken and cheese mixture and baked with red enchilada sauce.

If you like more heat in your Mexican dishes, use shredded Montery Jack cheese with jalapeno peppers for part of the cheddar cheese in this ...

A filing of chicken strips, Fajita seasoning, brown sugar & red pepper flakes is used (along with cheddar cheese) to fill flour tortillas.

Eggs are cooked as for an omelet and topped on the plate with Gouda cheese, smoked chicken, red sweet pepper, piquello pepper, and spinach. Salsa ...

Just stir chicken, beans, broth, tomato soup, olives, taco seasoning, cheese, and peppers together in a slow cooker for an easy soup. Garnish with tortilla ...

A package of Mexican style rice and pre-cooked chicken cut the prep time on this simple cheese covered casserole.

Chicken, cheese and green chiles stuffed into tortillas and baked in a zesty tomato sauce for a wonderful south-of-the-border dish.

A mixture of cooked chicken, chicken soup, sour cream, salsa and shredded cheese fills flour tortillas, baked with more sauce and cheese on top.

Chicken breasts are stuffed with an onion-bell pepper mix plus Jack cheese, coated with a combination of fajita seasoning & flour, browned & baked.

Whole wheat tortillas are filled with a chicken mixture, refried beans & cheese. They're rolled up, topped with a blended sauce of tomato & salsa, ...

Corn tortillas are filled and topped with mixtures of chicken, taco seasoning mix, sour cream, chicken soup, and shredded cheese, then baked.

Shredded cooked chicken is placed atop corn tortillas in a baking dish. It's topped with condensed chicken soup, green chilies, cheddar cheese, and some of ...

Chicken breasts are marinated in a mixture of rosemary, thyme, chives, salt, sugar, onion powder, dry mustard, ginger, pepper, garlic powder, lemon juice, and oil, ...

Canned chicken makes it a snap to prepare these tasty, fresh quesadillas--serve with the creamy cilantro, lime and garlic sauce.

A mixture of shredded chicken, olives, cheese, onion and spices is rolled up in corn tortillas. The tortillas are covered with an enchilada sauce and ...

A chicken is quartered, coated with oil and seasonings (Cajun, garlic, pepper, Sazon goya & curry powder) then oven-baked, rather than fried.

These burritos have a great sauce, refried beans, seasoned chicken and plenty of cheese.

This layered casserole features tortillas, refried beans, cooked chicken, whole kernel corn, Mexican-blend cheese, and enchilada sauce.

A creamy mixture of chicken, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, green chilies and cheese is spooned onto tortillas, rolled up and baked.

 

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