This was such a yummy casserole. My 3 year old ate 3 bowls of it. This recipe actually made 2 casseroles, which was probably good since we ate an entire casserole in one meal.
| Cheesy Chicken Mexican Casserole |
Recipe Type: Main Course
Author:
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 35 mins
Total time: 50 mins
Serves: 8
This is a delicious casserole that my kids loved!
Ingredients
- Tostito Chips – organic blue Tostito chips (In the picture, I think it looks like ground beef, but it is actually the chips.)
- 1 jar homemade Rotel
- 1 quart canned black beans (2 cans if you buy them in the store)
- 2 cups of brown rice cooked
- 3/4 c. shredded cheddar cheese for casserole, plus a handful to sprinkle on top
- 2 onions (I put these in the food processor until they were pureed so my kids would eat them.)
- 8 cloves of garlic (As usual, we love garlic, you might want to half this.)
- 1 jar canned chicken (equivalent of 1/4 fresh chicken) with 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 T cumin
- 1 T chili powder
- 1 T Lawry’s Seasoning salt
- 1 t black pepper
- 2 oz. pepper jack cheese shredded
- 1 c. sour cream
Instructions
- Crush enough chips to form a light layer on the bottom of the casserole dish.
- Mix together all other ingredients except chips and cheese to sprinkle on top.
- Pour ingredients into casserole dish.
- Mix more chips and handful of cheddar cheese.
- Sprinkle on top.
- Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
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Looks yummy!
I Love your recipe! Would you come over to Cast Party Wednesday tomorrow and share your tasty recipe with us?
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I hope to see you there!
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I am always looking for new things to cook for dinner. Great idea to puree the onions. :)
Hopping over from Around My Family Table- this looks yummy!
Nettie
this looks way to yummy. i love anything cheese and mexican! lol
Hi Rene,
This is a yummy looking Mexican Casserole. We just love a great casserole like this. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a great week and come back soon!
I love a good Mexican casserole!!! YUM! Thanks for sharing on Fancy This Fridays today!! :) LOVE all your recipes!
Sounds good!
OOOOOH!!! DINNER IS SERVED!!!
Yummy! Sounds great!
Oh yeah, definitely saving this one. I’m thinking tomorrow night. Thanks for the menu help :) and thanks for linking up to Motivated Monday at BeColorful
Pam
Mexican night is always a huge hit at my dinner table! Thanks for sharing at Church Supper. See you again next week.
This sounds delicious, and I like that it uses healthier brown rice. The tortilla chips would make it a real treat too! Thank you for sharing this post with Let’s Do Brunch.
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