This enchilada sauce recipe is both sweet and spicy—just as the name implies. Thats odd, did you make them in a regular slow cooker? I linked it above, you can also search for it. Whisk in flour until blended. If you’re an enchilada chicken fan, you’ll love these easy loaded sweet potatoes. Then reduce the heat to medium-low to maintain the simmer, cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are tender. This recipe is outstanding! enchilada chicken sweet potato, slow cooker loaded sweet potato, stuffed sweet potato. It says to cook for 6 hours on Low. This is the tastiest red enchilada sauce I have ever had! Transfer chicken to a small bowl and roughly shred with 2 forks and add the remaining enchilada sauce. There’s no need for direct heat, it’s a closed vessel. A lot of times I double the recipe since its so good. My family loved these!

Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 20 minutes. It would require more liquid to avoid a burn notice.

I could literally just eat it with a spoon. Thats a big difference. To make a less spicy sauce, use only ancho chiles. I seriously bring a Skinnytaste recipe almost everyday.

Make the enchilada sauce: Heat oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. To up the veggie quotient, I added sone cooked spaghetti squash, zoodles would work too. About ¼ of a whole cinnamon stick. The recipe builder is the only tool you should use for recipes.

Place the hydrated chiles in a blender along with 2 cups water. Then I’d do the sweet potatoes in the oven. Love the sweet and savory aspect to this. Yummy. Depending on how long you’re doing this for, this could severely undercook your chicken. Season the chicken with salt and garlic powder and place on one end of the slow cooker, cover with 1/4 cup enchilada sauce. Spoon it over enchiladas, burritos and spicy casseroles. Add crumbled queso fresco. I love the Buffalo Chicken sweet potatoes from One & Done. Because we are only 2 I halved the recipe. Of course, if you don’t have a large enough crockpot, you can always bake the sweet potatoes. You need enough room to cook four potatoes and chicken breasts. , Dinner tonight! All of our enchilada sauces are Gluten free and made from local northwest tomatoes and tomatillos. I threw that in the loaded baked potato soup recipe (also from Skinnytaste), and that was super good! Can you just put potatoes in slow cooker without the foil. Remove the stems and seeds from the chiles. Add the arrowroot flour, chili, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and cumin and stir together over the heat constantly for 1 minute. More Red Enchilada Sauce Recipes: This is the sauce I use now for all our recipes that call for red enchilada sauce: One Skillet Enchilada Casserole; Sweet Potato Enchiladas; Bean and Cheese Smothered Enchiladas; Enchilada Soup; It is the best enchilada sauce you’ll ever have! Oh no, I’m short on time. The hubs is not a fan of sweet potatoes so do you think it’d be okay if I did russet potatoes AND sweet potatoes? Is this supposed to say 6 hours on High? You use all the chicken. Hope this feedback helps! It cuts down on cook time, but is still very easy to throw together! These are absolutely delicious a family hit!!

Hubs thought chicken would be good over polenta or rice or in a corn tortilla (Texans). What do you do with the other 1/3 of enchilada chicken? Top with more queso fresco and sliced onions. This homemade enchilada sauce recipe is made with simple pantry ingredients and takes less time to make than running to the grocery store! Easy to make and very filling and satisfying. I got a bit of a late start so cooked in crock pot for 2 hours on high and 3 on low. Hi, I’m Gina Homolka, a busy mom of two girls, author and recipe developer here at Skinnytaste.com. Wash and dry the sweet potatoes. (No kidding!). Its a keeper! Serve it over enchiladas, burritos, or grab a straw! Gradually whisk in broth. Just had the loaded sweet potatoes from Fast & Slow for lunch last week and love those too! What about the homemade enchilada sauce. Very filling and delicious.I have made it twice in the past ten days. @Gail Did you use the calculator or recipe builder.

Add another 1/3 cup of the sauce to the bottom of the baking dish and spread it out with a spoon. Thanks for another great recipe idea! Could I use roast cooked chicken  for this recipe? However I was short on time, so I cooked on high for 4 hours and the potatoes weren’t quite done. How long would you cook this in the instant pot?

Also added black beans (microwaved separately and added before the chicken).

My husband added green salsa to his. Spoon it over enchiladas, burritos and spicy casseroles.

Immediately turn off heat and let sit for 5 minutes. I have all your cookbooks! Thanks Gina! Of course it helps that I am also a fan of her chicken enchiladas. Add 1 tablet of Mexican chocolate, salt, and sugar to the stock pot.