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Home » Appetizers » Chicken Enchilada Sheet Pan Nachos

Chicken Enchilada Sheet Pan Nachos

Created: September 5, 2017 Updated: April 20, 2023 by Lyuba Brooke 2 Comments *This post may contain affiliate links. Read More...

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These sheet pan nachos are guaranteed to knock your socks right off. Delicious hot nachos made in a large baking sheet and loaded with enchilada chicken, corn, cheese, and some more sauce drizzled on top.

nachos on a sheet pan with cheese and chicken.

Every year my husband has to remind me that it’s football season upon us and I always greet him with a very sarcastic “yay.” Not that I actually mind the football season because he is not a huge football fanatic. He mostly just follows the highlights on his team and I am very happy about that. I don’t think I’d be able to handle September and October if he was just as big of a football fan as he is a baseball fan. Spots would be on TV 24/7 and I need my HGTV and Food Network time!

If we talk about football, I’d probably have a deer in headlights look on my face most of the time. When I was a bartender, my regulars tried to teach me about football but they could only get as far as some basics. There is just TOO many rules, I get lost….or maybe, I just don’t care enough.

Now, if we start talking about food for football games and tailgating, that is the football topic I like. Appetizers, finger foods, bite-sized snacks, and desserts, are some of my favorite categories.

Holding a nacho from the sheet pan.

I know I’ve mentioned many, many times that I like making a whole meal out of appetizers. If we’re talking nachos, I regularly make them for lunch or dinner. Nachos and I have been best friends lately.

Can’t tell you how often I make myself some nachos for dinner or lunch because I forgot to cook for myself. If you have to eat gluten free like I do, you would understand very well that gluten free lifestyle comes with quite a bit of meal planning and cooking. Unless you just eat simple salads, you have to put a little time into preparing meals. After seeing nutritional information on most GF bread (and having a heart attack), I do not eat GF bread, so no quickie sandwiches.

I do make quickie nachos quite often though. Some baked tortilla chips topped with chicken, veggies, and cheese makes an awesome meal. Delicious sheet pan nachos make an even better snack for watching the game…any game!

horizonal photo of nachos on a sheet pan.
horizonal photo of nachos on a sheet pan.

Chicken Enchilada Sheet Pan Nachos

Delicious hot nachos made in a large baking sheet and loaded with enchilada chicken, corn, cheese, and some more sauce drizzled on top.
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Course: Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 704kcal
Author: Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

  • Chicken:
  • 2 medium chicken breasts
  • 8 oz. medium enchilada sauce use mild or hot according to personal taste
  • Salt
  • ½ tsp chipotle chili powder
  • 2 tsp minced cilantro – optional
  • Nachos:
  • 8 oz. tortilla chips
  • 8-10 oz. canned sweet corn drain all liquid
  • ½ white onion
  • 1 cup diced tomatoes
  • 8 oz. Mexican cheese mix
  • 1/3 cup leftover sauce from cooking chicken
  • 1 ½ tbsp. sour cream

Instructions

  • Slice chicken breasts in half, width-wise, as equally as you can. Preheat a medium cooking pan over medium heat, add a little bit of oil and add chicken breasts.
  • Mix enchilada sauce with salt, chipotle chili powder and cilantro. Add sauce to the chicken and cook until chicken is done.
  • Take chicken out onto the cutting board. (Save the sauce you cooked chicken in.)
  • Preheat the oven to 400 and grease a large sheet pan. (If your sheet pan is a little old, you may want to cover it with aluminum foil for ease of cleaning.)
  • Layer tortilla chips in one, even layer all over the sheet pan.
  • Dice chicken and spread it over the tortilla chips.
  • Spread corn, thinly sliced onions, and diced tomatoes over the chips as well.
  • Evenly spread cheese all over the top.
  • Mix 1/3 cup of leftover enchilada sauce from cooking the chicken with sour cream and drizzle half the sauce mixture over the cheese.
  • Bake for 7-9 minutes, until cheese is melted.
  • Take nachos out of the oven and drizzle some more sauce mixture over the top.
  • Enjoy right away!

Nutrition

Calories: 704kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 45g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 129mg | Sodium: 1166mg | Potassium: 838mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 1119IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 469mg | Iron: 3mg
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Holding a nacho in my hand with the sheet pan of nachos in the background.

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ABOUT LYUBA

I’m Lyuba Brooke, mother of 2, the cook, recipe developer, photographer, and author behind willcookforsmiles.com. I share many classic and original recipes, cooking tips, and tutorials. My passion is sharing delicious meals for everyone to try. Read more...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, Appetizers, Chicken, Cinco de Mayo, Gluten Free, Mexican and Tex-Mex, Snacks, Super Bowl Recipes

All images and text ©Lyubov Brooke for ©Will Cook For Smiles. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If using my posts in collections and features, please link back to this post for the recipe. Disclaimer: Nutrition information shown is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as most ingredients and brands have variations.

Comments

  1. Mandy says

    March 22, 2023 at 12:16 am

    5 stars
    I will be making these again they were really good!

    Reply
  2. Isadora Guidoni says

    September 21, 2017 at 8:24 am

    This looks so awesome… And I’m so hungry… Hmmm… *proceeds to purchase all ingredients and starts making it in less than 15 minutes*

    Reply

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