King Ranch Casserole Recipe | Casserole Recipe Ideas | Chicken Casserole Recipe

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: canned chicken

Turkey is leaner; canned chicken is budget-friendly.

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Reduced-fat cheese has fewer calories; processed cheese is often cheaper.

Chop one poblano pepper, one pint of button mushrooms, one onion, and three roma tomatoes.

Saute the mushrooms until they are nice and brown.

Add the chopped onions and poblano peppers to the mushrooms and continue sauteing.

Cut the roma tomatoes in half, remove the seeds, and dice them, then set aside.

Add four tablespoons of unsalted butter to the pan and melt it.

Add one teaspoon of garlic powder, one teaspoon of onion powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of cracked black pepper to the butter and mix.

Add one and a half tablespoons of granulated chicken bouillon and mix well.

Stir in four tablespoons of all-purpose flour and cook for about a minute.

Gradually add three and a half cups of whole milk to the mixture to create a cream sauce.

Once the cream sauce is done, stir in one cup (8 ounces) of sour cream, if desired.

Add the shredded chicken (about 2 to 2.5 pounds) and the diced tomatoes to the cream sauce and mix well.

Taste the mixture for salt and adjust if necessary.

Spread some of the cream chicken sauce at the bottom of a 9 by 13 baking dish.

Layer the casserole with 18 corn tortillas.

Continue layering with the cream sauce and shredded cheddar cheese (about 3 to 4 cups total).

Once assembled, allow the casserole to set for 15 minutes before serving.

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