Sonora Chicken

Chicken Breast - Meat and Poultry

This family pleaser is definitely not your ordinary chicken casserole. I started making this years ago and still get requests for it.

Brief

Prep 20 mins

Cook: 1hr35 mins

Additional: 20 mins

Total: 2hrs15 mins

Servings: 8

Yield: 8 servings

Sonora Chicken

Ingredients

6 large bone-in chicken breast halves

1 (10 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup

1 (10 ounce) can cream of chicken soup

1 (15 ounce) can chili

no beans

1 cup picante sauce

½ cup milk

1 small onion

chopped

½ teaspoon ground cumin

½ teaspoon garlic powder

12 corn tortillas

torn into strips

1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese

1 (8 ounce) package shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Meat and Poultry

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Place chicken in a baking dish. Cover and bake for 1 hour in preheated oven. Remove chicken from dish and allow to cool. Remove meat from bone and tear into small pieces.

Step 3

Meanwhile mix the cream of mushroom soup the cream of chicken soup chili picante sauce milk onion cumin and garlic powder in a large bowl.

Step 4

Spread half the shredded chicken into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Cover the chicken with half of the tortilla pieces. Pour half of the sauce on top of the tortillas; sprinkle half the Cheddar cheese and Monterey Jack cheese evenly over the dish. Repeat the layers with the rest of the ingredients.

Step 5

Bake in preheated oven until all the cheese has melted and sauce mixture is bubbling 35 to 40 minutes.

Nutritional Information

Sonora Chicken

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 632.4

% Daily Value *

Protein: 56.9g 114%

Carbohydrates: 32.4g 10%

Dietary Fiber: 5g 20%

Sugars: 4g

Fat: 30.4g 47%

Saturated Fat: 15.1g 75%

Cholesterol: 164.3mg 55%

Vitamin A Iu: 928.9IU 19%

Niacin Equivalents: 27.7mg 213%

Vitamin B6: 0.9mg 57%

Vitamin C: 3.3mg 6%

Folate: 32.2mcg 8%

Calcium: 519.1mg 52%

Iron: 4.8mg 27%

Magnesium: 106.3mg 38%

Potassium: 687.6mg 19%

Sodium: 1349.9mg 54%

Thiamin: 0.2mg 19%

Calories From Fat: 273.6

*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.