Tex Mex
King Ranch Chicken Casserole
King Ranch Chicken Casserole is Tex Mex home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 4 cups cooked shredded chicken
- 10 corn tortillas
- 1 10.5 oz can condensed cream of chicken soup
- 1 10.5 oz can condensed cream of mushroom soup
- 10 oz diced tomatoes with green chiles
- 1 onion
- 1 green bell pepper
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 2 cups shredded cheddar
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Heat the oven to 350F and grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
- Warm the olive oil in a skillet and cook the onion, bell pepper, and garlic until soft, about 6 minutes.
- Stir in both condensed soups, the diced tomatoes with green chiles, broth, cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper, then fold in the shredded chicken.
- Tear the tortillas into strips and layer a third of them in the dish, followed by a third of the chicken mixture and a handful of cheddar.
- Repeat the layers twice, finishing with a generous topping of cheddar.
- Bake until bubbling and golden, about 35 minutes, then rest 10 minutes before serving.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. King Ranch Chicken Casserole carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Burrito Bowl |
| Gluten | Yes | Beef Enchiladas |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish, Grains, Dairy, and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
King Ranch Chicken Casserole takes about 65 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on chicken, tortilla, and cheese.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Cook this with your whole family
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