How To Make King Ranch Chicken Casserole (Doritos Casserole)

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.

Boil chicken breast in water with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder until fully cooked.

Chop half a cup of onions and half a cup of bell peppers.

Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a skillet and sauté the chopped onions and bell peppers.

Add chicken broth to the skillet to help speed up the cooking of the vegetables.

Once the vegetables are ready, add cream of chicken soup and cream of mushroom soup to the skillet and mix well.

Crush a bag of nacho cheese Doritos into small pieces.

Layer some of the crushed Doritos in the bottom of a baking dish.

Add a layer of the chicken mixture over the Doritos.

Continue layering with more crushed Doritos and chicken mixture.

Top the final layer with shredded chicken and sprinkle mild cheddar cheese on top.

Preheat the oven and place the casserole on a cookie sheet to catch any overflow.

Bake in the oven for about 10 to 12 minutes until the cheese is melted and bubbly.

Let the casserole sit for a while before serving to make it easier to cut.

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