Tortilla-less Chicken Enchilada Bake {GF, Low Cal, Paleo}

This Tortilla-less Chicken Enchilada Bake has a rainbow of freshly chopped vegetables and is topped with an irresistible homemade enchilada sauce. A flavorful dinner that could not be more healthy or delicious. Serve over lettuce, rice or whatever your taste buds desire! Paleo + Gluten Free + Low Calorie

August is zipping by! Hard to believe summer's almost over. I was at Sam's this week and they had every Christmas decoration out you could imagine. While I'm certainly looking forward to cooler weather (anything less than 100 would be acceptable at this point), I'm certainly not ready for Christmas yet!

I'm thankful this month is almost over because dinner has been far and few between this month due to the massive boatload of school work I've had. I've either been too tired or have had zero energy to deal with cooking.

Finally last week I had enough of turkey burgers and eating my way through whatever leftovers I could scrounge up from the freezer. My body was craving fresh food and real nourishment, and while I may have looked ridiculous making dinner at 8 a.m. to avoid the heat this tortilla-less chicken enchilada was well worth it!

Funny story about this enchilada sauce.

When I was working in Mexico, the guys I worked with wanted me to make them a Mexican meal one night. At that time, my version of a Mexican meal was browning ground meat with one of those horrible store-bought Mexican spice packets and a can of enchilada sauce. They pretty much laughed at me, saying that was a Gringa's version of Mexican.

Later they showed me how easy it is to combine spices to get a delicious Mexican flavor and how to make a homemade enchilada sauce made with fresh ingredients. Let's just say after that, I never bought a can of enchilada sauce again.

So I took that enchilada sauce and turned it into a healthy tortilla-less chicken enchilada bake. The rainbow of freshly chopped bell peppers add just that bit of sweetness needed to balance out the spice in the sauce.

I served mine over a bed of lettuce for a Paleo version, but you could serve this over rice or in a gluten free tortilla too. Oh yeah, and you can't forget to add avocado, salsa and hot sauce. Necessary food accessories!

This tortilla-less chicken enchilada bake is a versatile, healthy and flavorful dish. If you love Mexican, then this healthy version is one you must try!

Tortilla-less Chicken Enchilada Bake

Megan Olson

This Tortilla-less Chicken Enchilada Bake has a rainbow of freshly chopped vegetables and is topped with an irresistible homemade enchilada sauce. A flavorful dinner that could not be more healthy or delicious. Serve over lettuce, rice or whatever your taste buds desire!

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine American

Servings 6 servings

Calories 118 kcal

Ingredients

 

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For the casserole:

• ▢ 2 chicken breasts diced into 1/2 inch pieces
• ▢ 1 green bell pepper diced
• ▢ 1 orange bell pepper diced
• ▢ 1 yellow bell pepper diced
• ▢ 1 red bell pepper diced
• ▢ 1/2 cup red onion diced

For the sauce:

• ▢ 2 medium tomatoes chopped roughly or 1 14 ounce can diced tomatoes, no salt added
• ▢ 1/2 cup water
• ▢ 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon cumin
• ▢ 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• ▢ 1 jalapeno pepper diced
• ▢ Salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 375 F. Prepare an 8x8 baking dish by lightly greasing.
• Add all ingredients for the sauce to a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the sauce to low and simmer 5 minutes.
• While the sauce cooks, layer the ingredients for the casserole in a large baking dish. Pour the enchilada sauce of the casserole.
• Bake at 375 F 25 minutes uncovered. Remove from the oven and serve immediately.
• Serve on top of rice or lettuce and top with avocado, hot sauce and salsa as desired.

Notes

• 1 serving equals ~ 1 1/4 cup
• My Amazon shop has more products similar to those used for this recipe and that I recommend to my weight loss clients.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 118kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 17gFat: 2gCholesterol: 48mgSodium: 94mgPotassium: 489mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 1520IUVitamin C: 109.1mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 0.8mg

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About Megan

Megan is a certified nutrition practitioner, author, freelance food photographer and fitness instructor living in Phoenix, Arizona. On her blog, Skinny Fitalicious she shares EASY, gluten free recipes for weight loss. Follow Megan on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram for the latest updates.