Mexican Chicken Casserole

Posted by Amy | Filed under Food, Main Dishes

Here is a yummy recipe for you to try. It’s one of my favorites!

• 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
• 3 Chicken Breasts
• 1/2 Cup Diced Onion
• 10 oz. Can Enchilada Sauce
• 10.5 oz Can 98% Fat Free Cream of Chicken Soup
• 1 Can Diced Tomatoes & Green Chiles (Rotel)
• Corn or Flour Tortillas (I like corn, hubby likes flour. I do half and half)
• 1 Bag of Shredded Cheddar Cheese
• Handful of Crushed Tortilla Chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. Heat 1/2 tablespoon of oil in pan and cook chicken
3. Remove chicken from pan
4. Add the remaining oil to pan and cook onions 1 minute.
5. Stir in enchilada sauce and soup
6. Fill empty soup can half full of water and stir that in too.
7. Add Rotel, stir the mixture and let stand on low heat.
8. Shred the chicken with two forks while the mix is warming up.
9. Add shredded chicken to pan and stir.
10. Coat a 13 x 9 baking dish with cooking spray.
11. Rip up small pieces of tortillas for your bottom layer in the dish.
12. Add a layer of chicken mixture, Repeat this twice.
13. Sprinkle the top with cheese and crushed tortilla chips.
14. Cover with foil and bake for 12-15 minutes.
15. Remove foil and bake another few minutes until cheese is melted and it’s bubbling.

Download and print the recipe to put into a 3 ring binder:

Tags: casserole, cheese, chicken, cooking, easy, Food, mexican, Recipe, tortillas

Permalink | Comments (10) | June 26, 2009

10 Responses to “Mexican Chicken Casserole”

1. Keely Says:
   June 26th, 2009 at 8:16 am

   Yum. This sounds so good. I have a similar mexican chicken casserole, but I am going to try yours this weekend. Thanks.

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2. Rebekah Says:
   June 26th, 2009 at 9:06 am

   Mmm… that sounds yummy!!

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3. teresa Says:
   June 26th, 2009 at 10:00 am

   Thanks Amy- I really appreciate all the recipes you share-

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4. Amy K Says:
   June 26th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

   Yum- this looks great! You should put it in the smae cute format as the cookie recipes, I am starting a new cookbook with them!

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5. Amy Says:
   June 26th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

   Hey folks. I have this in a pdf file… but can’t get it to load today. Blog tech problems:-(

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6. Pam D Says:
   June 26th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

   YUM! I have a whole chicken in the fridge, waiting to be cooked. I know you said to use only chicken breast, but I may cook the whole chicken and use that. I needed something to do with it, and I have all of the ingredients here already. Thanks for solving my dinner dilemma…

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7. theArthurClan Says:
   June 27th, 2009 at 11:27 pm

   I’m going to show this to Bill right now so that he can make it for us soon. Yum!

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8. Tidymom Says:
   June 28th, 2009 at 9:30 am

   oooh Thanks Amy! This sounds delicious!!

   ~TidyMom

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