(Post edited on Sept. 7, 2009 to add a new photo.)
Wow, it has been a long time since my last blog update! What can I say? I’ve been a busy girl, and have been making pretty un-blogworthy food lately. This dinner, however, had to be added. This meal is one of the first things I learned to make on my own when I was teaching myself to cook. My dad got it out of our local newspaper and made it while I was growing up. Then when I moved out I started making it on my own, and made a few changes to make it even better.
This meal is Ben’s absolute favorite. No matter how good I get at cooking or whatever else I learn to make, we both know nothing will replace these enchiladas as his number one. Whenever I make a new menu for the coming weeks and I ask him what he would like, he always starts with, “Enchiladas!” Any special occasion coming up – I ask him what he wants, and it is, “Enchiladas!” He doesn’t care that these are probably the least authentic enchiladas ever, he LOVES them. I enjoy them too, although I don’t understand the obsession. When I made them this past weekend, he said I just had to add them to the blog, and not only that, I should call them “Benchiladas”. It gave me a pretty good laugh and I think now it may just stick 
This recipe really makes a varying amount of enchiladas depending on how big the chicken breasts are that I use and how much meat I put in each one. I don’t have exact measurements for most of the ingredients because it is really just to taste. This makes a lot of food and is enough to feed several people or to feed two for multiple meals. I recommend reheating leftovers in the oven at 350° until heated through (about 10-12 minutes).
Cheesy Chicken “Benchiladas”
Ingredients:
4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
8 oz. reduced fat sour cream
8 oz. Ranch salad dressing
flour tortillas (10-15) – we like Azteca, packs of 10
jar of salsa
shredded mexican cheese (I usually use close to 4 cups, I love cheese!)
Directions:
Cook chicken breasts by preferred cooking method until cooked through. Set aside to cool a bit.
While chicken is cooling, mix up the sauce. In a large mixing bowl, combine half of the sour cream and half of the Ranch dressing. In a small bowl, combine the rest of the sour cream and Ranch dressing. Stir both until well combined. Shred or chop the cooked chicken and add to the large mixing bowl. Mix well with sauce.
Preheat the oven to 375°. Grease a 9 x 13″ pan (and possibly another, smaller pan if needed). Take one tortilla and top with a little less than 1 tbsp. of the sauce from the small bowl. Spread over the tortilla in an even layer. Add some of the chicken mixture to the center of the tortilla. Top with salsa to taste. Sprinkle with shredded cheese, to taste. Roll up tortilla and place, seam side down, in the prepared baking dish. Repeat with remaining ingredients (usually makes 10-15 enchiladas).
Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes (30 for a crispier tortilla). Allow to cool a few minutes before serving.
benchiladas – LOL! great name
i’d never heard of ranch in one before, i’ll have to try these! 
Yum, I love enchiladas!
These looks good!
Benchiladas are quick and easy to prepare so perfect for those busy weeknights!
So glad you’re “back”!
We’ve missed your recipes!
This one looks tasty…
Your “Benchiladas” look and sound awesome!! Welcome back, I hope to see more posts from you soon.
lol@ benchiladas! my husband is also ben and his favorite thing that i cook are enchiladas. yours look great!
Annie,
I love your recipes, but I won’t use your photos ever again and I did remove those two pics. I will continue to site you as a source.
Hanging my head in shame,
Amy
Those look so easy and good! I love your blog and your recipes.
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Sounds like I’ll be adding this to my meal plan this week. My Ben requested enchilda’s for this week, so I remembered your Benchilada’s…how perfect!
I made these last night, and they were absolutely delicious! My husband and my 11 month old loved them! Thanks for posting all of the wonderful recipes.
Hi Annie!
I have some leftover chicken from these, can I freeze it? I wasn’t sure being that it contains sour cream.
Thanks!
Hi Lorie,
Annie
I have never frozen these myself, or the filling, so I’m not sure how well it would work. I know that in general sour cream doesn’t freeze well because it separates – but that may not matter so much in this capacity. I suppose it couldn’t hurt to try!
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We do a similar easy enchiladas with a different sauce (more like the red, chili based sauce from a restaurant); I freeze the sauce in a quart ziplock freezer back and the filling in a gallon ziplock freezer bag. If you freeze left overs, they can be chopped and microwaved but will lose texture and taste more like those “mexican pizza” type casseroles that people often serve. Our filling is just cheese + diced onion +shredded chicken; that freezes great and thaws quickly.
Annie–sorry, Rachel gave me the link to your blog and now I’m obsessed. I think internship + kids has driven me to a whole new level of figuring out how to cook great things at home, seems like leaving the house is impossible!
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made these tonight……awwwwwwesome…..I added some chopped cilantro to the chicken mixture along with a clove of grated garlic ….what a hit!!! I usually make enchiladas but with mole sauce which as you know can be quite spicy and heavy…..these were a welcome change and easy peasy….thanks Annie…..you are the bomb girl!
These were amazing! My husband and three toddlers (one is not mine!) ate every bite. They are definitely going into our regular rotation. Thank you so much I have been looking for an easy delicious enchilada recipe and this perfectly fits the bill.
These look amazing…question on the ranch dressing. Powder mix or ranch dressing out of the bottle?
Hi Cindy,
Regular Ranch dressing (not the mix).