Homemade King Ranch Chicken Casserole
Homemade King Ranch Chicken Casserole is a main course that serves 6. One portion of this dish contains approximately 35g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 552 calories. For $2.49 per serving, this recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It will be a hit at your Winter event. Many people made this recipe, and 9362 would say it hit the spot. If you have diced tomatoes with green chilis, cream of mushroom soup, jack cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by spoonacular user lora1794. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 5 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a good spoonacular score of 77%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Homemade King Ranch Chicken Casserole, Homemade King Ranch Chicken Casserole, and King Ranch Chicken Casserole.
Servings: 6
Preparation duration: 20 minutes
Cooking duration: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
¼ cup butter
2 cooked and cubed chicken breasts
1 (10.5oz) can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 (10.5oz) can Cream of Mushroom Soup
2 (10oz) cans Tomatoes and Green Chilis
1 (10 count) package flour tortillas (torn into bite sized pieces)
2 cup package Mexican Cheddar Jack shredded cheese
1 medium onion
Equipment:
oven
baking pan
Cooking instruction summary:
If you haven't already, cook your chicken breasts by boiling them in water for 20 minutes, or until juices run clear when cut into. Then cube and set aside.Preheat the oven to 350. Chop the onion into small pieces and saute in cup butter over medium heat for 5 minutes or until slightly translucent. Turn heat down to low and add both cans of soup, stirring until mixed well. Remove from heat and set aside.In a prepared 9 x 13 baking dish place a layer of tortillas to cover the bottom of the dish. Add a thin layer of tomatoes and green chilis, a thin layer of the soup mixture, a thin layer of chicken, and top with cheese. Add another thin layer of tortillas, tomatoes and green chilis, soup mixture, chicken, and cheese. Keep doing the layers until you run out of space, finally covering the dish with the remaining cheese.Bake in the preheated oven on 350 for 45 minutes, or until cheese is turned a golden brown. Allow to cool before serving.
Step by step:
1. If you haven't already, cook your chicken breasts by boiling them in water for 20 minutes, or until juices run clear when cut into. Then cube and set aside.Preheat the oven to 35
2. Chop the onion into small pieces and saute in cup butter over medium heat for 5 minutes or until slightly translucent. Turn heat down to low and add both cans of soup, stirring until mixed well.
3. Remove from heat and set aside.In a prepared 9 x 13 baking dish place a layer of tortillas to cover the bottom of the dish.
4. Add a thin layer of tomatoes and green chilis, a thin layer of the soup mixture, a thin layer of chicken, and top with cheese.
5. Add another thin layer of tortillas, tomatoes and green chilis, soup mixture, chicken, and cheese. Keep doing the layers until you run out of space, finally covering the dish with the remaining cheese.
6. Bake in the preheated oven on 350 for 45 minutes, or until cheese is turned a golden brown. Allow to cool before serving.
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