Mexican Chicken Casserole

Chicken Breast - Meat and Poultry

Chicken casserole with a Mexican twist. This casserole can be served as a main dish or an only dish. Leftovers are great. Very similar to Ro-tel® chicken. Tortillas can be substituted for Doritos® or corn tortillas, but flour tortillas seem to work best.

Brief

Prep 15 mins

Cook: 40 mins

Total: 55 mins

Servings: 8

Yield: 8 servings

Mexican Chicken Casserole

Ingredients

3 skinless

boneless chicken breast halves

1 pound processed cheese food (such as Velveeta®)

torn into 4 pieces

1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers (such as RO*TEL®)

1 (10.5 ounce) can cream of chicken soup

1 (10.75 ounce) cancream of mushroom soup

1 (10 ounce) package large flour tortillas

2 teaspoons chili powder

or to taste

Meat and Poultry

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Bring a saucepan of salted water to a boil. Boil chicken breasts until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear about 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove chicken breasts to a cutting board to cool. Reserve and cool chicken broth.

Step 3

Shred the cooled chicken breasts and put into a large bowl; add cheese cubes diced tomatoes with green chile peppers cream of chicken soup and cream of mushroom soup and stir.

Step 4

Individually dip about half the tortillas into the cooled liquid from poaching the chicken; arrange into the bottom of a large baking dish.

Step 5

Spread the chicken mixture over the tortillas.

Step 6

Individually dip the remaining tortillas into the water and arrange atop the chicken mixture. Sprinkle chili powder over the tortillas.

Step 7

Bake in preheated oven until the top layer of tortillas begin to turn golden brown and crunchy 30 to 45 minutes.

Nutritional Information

Mexican Chicken Casserole

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 414

% Daily Value *

Protein: 23.5g 47%

Carbohydrates: 29.5g 10%

Dietary Fiber: 1.7g 7%

Sugars: 5.7g

Fat: 22.4g 35%

Saturated Fat: 10.5g 53%

Cholesterol: 70.3mg 23%

Vitamin A Iu: 848.9IU 17%

Niacin Equivalents: 9.4mg 72%

Vitamin B6: 0.2mg 13%

Vitamin C: 2.6mg 4%

Folate: 46.9mcg 12%

Calcium: 391.4mg 39%

Iron: 2.8mg 15%

Magnesium: 40.2mg 14%

Potassium: 365.3mg 10%

Sodium: 1597.9mg 64%

Thiamin: 0.2mg 23%

Calories From Fat: 201.9

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.