Creamy Dreamy Easy Mexican Chicken Casserole Recipes

CREAMY DREAMY EASY MEXICAN CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Pull apart chicken into bits and/or tiny strips into a large bowl.
• Over medium heat sauté onions to desired texture.
• Mix together chicken, taco seasoning, refried beans and Rotel tomatoes (with juices) and onions.
• Mix together Southwest style condensed soup & sour cream in medium bowl.
• In a medium casserole dish spread half the sour cream mixture on the bottom.
• Then tear 1 tortilla into pieces on top of sour cream mixture.
• Add 1/2 chicken mixture on top of that & then a layer of cheese.
• Repeat layers and sprinkle cheese on top.(For an extra crunchy top, add an extra layer of torn tortilla between 2 cheese layers).
• Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes or until heated through.
• Both the chicken mixture & sour cream mixture can be mixed ahead of time & stored in the fridge.

CREAMY DREAMY CHICKEN AND SPIRALS CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly spray a 9x13-inch pan with cooking spray and set aside. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour a tablespoon at a time and stir until smooth. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to a low boil, and cook for one minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in cheddar cheese until melted. Stir in cream cheese and until melted. Add wine, and season with mustard, nutmeg and salt.
• Pour cooked noodles in pan. Layer chicken pieces over the noodles. Pour sauce over the chicken. In a small bowl, mix the cracker crumbs, parmesan cheese and butter, and sprinkle over the sauce.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until edges of casserole are bubbling. Remove from oven, and stir to thoroughly coat pasta and chicken and to keep top of casserole from hardening. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving.

EASY MEXICAN CHICKEN CASSEROLE RECIPE - (3.6/5)

Steps:

• Cook and chop/shred the chicken or use Traditional rotisserie chicken. (*I pan cooked 7 chicken tenders). Lightly grease or spray a 2-qt. baking dish. (I used an 11x7") Set aside. Preheat oven to 350° F. In a medium skillet or saucepan, combine the soup, Rotel tomatoes, sour cream, green chiles, and taco seasoning and heat on medium setting just until mixture is heated through (not bubbling). Stir in the chicken and 1 cup of the cheese until melted. Put a generous layer of tortilla chips in the bottom of the baking dish, overlapping the edges. Spoon half the chicken mixture over the chips. Repeat layers one more time, ending with chicken mixture on top. Sprinkle top with the remaining 1 cup cheese. Bake for 15-20 minutes, just until heated through and cheese is melted. Serve hot over Mexican rice and additional sour cream, taco sauce, and green onions on top, if desired. *Notes I pan cooked 7 frozen (thawed) chicken tenders by spraying them lightly with cooking oil and seasoning with a little homemade chili seasoning (recipe follows) then cooked, covered, about 3 minutes on each side. Then removed from skillet and roughly chopped. To the little pan drippings left in the skillet, I added the other ingredients as stated above and proceeded with the recipe. I used cheddar cheese on one casserole and Mexican Blend on the other one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Homemade Chili Seasoning 2 Tbls. plus 1 tsp. paprika 2 tsp. ground oregano 2 tsp. ground cumin 1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1 1/4 tsp. onion salt (or 3/4 tsp. onion powder plus 1/2 tsp. salt) 1/4 t. ground hot pepper, optional Stir all ingredients together and store in an airtight bottle.

CREAMY MEXICAN CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Cook and stir chicken in large nonstick skillet on medium heat 2 min. Add green peppers; cook 2 min., stirring occasionally. Add salsa, cumin and black pepper; stir. Cook 2 min., stirring frequently. Add Neufchatel; cook and stir 2 min. or until melted. Stir in beans and tomatoes.
• Spread 1/3 of chicken mixture onto bottom of 8-inch square baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; cover with 1 tortilla and half each of the remaining chicken mixture and shredded cheese. Top with remaining tortilla and chicken mixture; cover.
• Bake 20 min. or until heated through. Sprinkle with remaining shredded cheese, then cilantro; bake, uncovered, 5 min. or until cheese is melted.