King Ranch Chicken Casserole

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King Ranch Chicken Casserole

Course Main Dish
Cuisine American, Mexican
Author Catherine’s Plates

Equipment

  • 9 x 13 baking dish

Ingredients

  • 8-10 medium tortillas (white flour or corn) cut into 1/4 or 1/2 inch strips
  • 1 TBS butter
  • 2 bell peppers, diced (use any colors like red, orange, yellow or green)
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 1 (10oz) can cream of celery soup
  • 1 (10oz) can cream of chicken soup
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 (10oz) can rotel tomatoes
  • 3 TBS homemade taco seasoning or 1 packet
  • 2 cups cooked chicken shredded or chopped (I used rotisserie chicken)
  • 1 (14oz) can whole kernel corn, drained
  • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Saute bell peppers and onions until softened. Add garlic and cook one (1) additional minute.
  • Stir in both cream of soups, broth, rotel tomatoes, taco seasoning, cooked chicken and corn. Cook for 5 minutes until mixture is heated through and turn off burner.
    HINT: I like to use rotisserie chicken. But you can certainly use your boiled or baked chicken.
  • Spread 1/4 of the chicken mixture into bottom of 9 x 13 baking dish evenly. Layer 1/2 of the tortilla strips over the chicken mixture. Spread 1/2 of what's left of the chicken mixture over the tortilla strips evenly. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the cheese. Layer rest of the tortilla strips over cheese evenly. Place rest of chicken mixture over tortilla strips. Sprinkle rest of cheese over chicken mixture.
  • Cover baking dish with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 5-10 minutes until cheese is melted and mixture is bubbly. Let sit for 5-10 minutes before serving. Enjoy.
  • HINT: Spray bottom of foil before covering dish so the cheese doesn't stick to foil.
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3 thoughts on “King Ranch Chicken Casserole”

  • Was excellent…I did add a can of black beans and oh so good!!

    I do have a question: Have you ever made Brownie cookies with caramel and pecans? I had picked up a box from Kroger and they are absolutely delicious…heavy and moist like a brownie. I would love to make these if you could think of a “Catherine” fix to make them it would be awesome!!
    thank you…..

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