Food Wishes Recipes - King Ranch Chicken Casserole Recipe - How to Make King Ranch Chicken

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.

Cut corn tortillas into quarters.

Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan over high heat.

Sauté the green pepper, red pepper, and white onion for 2 minutes to take the edge off.

In a bowl, combine the sautéed vegetables with chicken stock, cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, diced tomatoes, oregano, cumin, ancho chili powder, and Chipotle chili powder. Stir well with a whisk.

Start building the casserole by placing a little sauce at the bottom of the baking dish.

Add half of the chicken mixture on top of the sauce.

Add almost half of the sauce (save about half a cup for the top) over the chicken.

Sprinkle 1/3 of the cheddar cheese over the sauce.

Layer tortillas on top, covering the layer without needing to overlap them.

Add the other half of the chicken mixture on top of the tortillas.

Spread almost the rest of the sauce over this layer, leaving some for the top.

Sprinkle another 1/3 of the cheddar cheese over the sauce.

Add the last layer of tortillas on top.

Spread the remaining sauce over the top layer of tortillas to ensure they don't get crispy and burnt.

Sprinkle the last 1/3 of cheddar cheese on top.

Bake in a 350°F oven for 40 minutes or until bubbly.

If the top is not browned, use the broiler for a couple of minutes to brown it.

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