King Ranch Casserole

This delicious Tex Mex Casserole is a family favorite dinner recipe. It has layers of corn tortillas, cheese, and a creamy chicken filling loaded with pepper, tomatoes and green chiles!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Mexican

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Servings

Calories 646kcal

Author Nichole

Ingredients

1 Tbsp olive oil
1 yellow onion peeled and diced
1 red bell pepper diced
1 green bell pepper diced
10.75 oz can condensed cream of mushroom soup
10.75 oz can condensed cream of chicken soup
10 oz can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chile powder
2 c. cooked and cubed chicken
2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
12 corn tortillas cut into quarters

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion, red and green peppers until softened about 7-10 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl combine the onion and pepper mixture, cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup, diced tomatoes, cumin, and chile powder Stir until completely combined. Reserve ¾ c. of sauce for later.
Spread ½ c. of sauce on the bottom of a greased 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Spread 1⁄2 of the chicken over the sauce. Top chicken with half of the remaining sauce and then ⅓ of the cheese. Spread a layer of corn tortillas (½ the tortillas) over the cheese. Spread remaining chicken over the tortillas, top with remaining sauce (except reserved sauce) then ⅓ of the cheese, remaining tortillas, and the reserved sauce and remaining cheese.
Bake in preheated oven for about 40 minutes or until bubbling and golden brown.

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