Homemade King Ranch Chicken Casserole

Homemade King Ranch Chicken Casserole is a main course that serves 6. One portion of this dish contains approximately 35g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 552 calories. For $2.49 per serving, this recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It will be a hit at your Winter event. Many people made this recipe, and 9362 would say it hit the spot. If you have diced tomatoes with green chilis, cream of mushroom soup, jack cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by spoonacular user lora1794. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 5 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a good spoonacular score of 77%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Homemade King Ranch Chicken Casserole, Homemade King Ranch Chicken Casserole, and King Ranch Chicken Casserole.

Servings: 6

Preparation duration: 20 minutes

Cooking duration: 45 minutes

 

Ingredients:

¼ cup butter

2 cooked and cubed chicken breasts

1 (10.5oz) can Cream of Chicken Soup

1 (10.5oz) can Cream of Mushroom Soup

2 (10oz) cans Tomatoes and Green Chilis

1 (10 count) package flour tortillas (torn into bite sized pieces)

2 cup package Mexican Cheddar Jack shredded cheese

1 medium onion

Equipment:

oven

baking pan

Cooking instruction summary:

If you haven't already, cook your chicken breasts by boiling them in water for 20 minutes, or until juices run clear when cut into. Then cube and set aside.Preheat the oven to 350. Chop the onion into small pieces and saute in cup butter over medium heat for 5 minutes or until slightly translucent. Turn heat down to low and add both cans of soup, stirring until mixed well. Remove from heat and set aside.In a prepared 9 x 13 baking dish place a layer of tortillas to cover the bottom of the dish. Add a thin layer of tomatoes and green chilis, a thin layer of the soup mixture, a thin layer of chicken, and top with cheese. Add another thin layer of tortillas, tomatoes and green chilis, soup mixture, chicken, and cheese. Keep doing the layers until you run out of space, finally covering the dish with the remaining cheese.Bake in the preheated oven on 350 for 45 minutes, or until cheese is turned a golden brown. Allow to cool before serving.

 

Step by step:


1. If you haven't already, cook your chicken breasts by boiling them in water for 20 minutes, or until juices run clear when cut into. Then cube and set aside.Preheat the oven to 35

2. Chop the onion into small pieces and saute in cup butter over medium heat for 5 minutes or until slightly translucent. Turn heat down to low and add both cans of soup, stirring until mixed well.

3. Remove from heat and set aside.In a prepared 9 x 13 baking dish place a layer of tortillas to cover the bottom of the dish.

4. Add a thin layer of tomatoes and green chilis, a thin layer of the soup mixture, a thin layer of chicken, and top with cheese.

5. Add another thin layer of tortillas, tomatoes and green chilis, soup mixture, chicken, and cheese. Keep doing the layers until you run out of space, finally covering the dish with the remaining cheese.

6. Bake in the preheated oven on 350 for 45 minutes, or until cheese is turned a golden brown. Allow to cool before serving.


Nutrition Information:

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551k Calories
35g Protein
28g Total Fat
37g Carbs
13% Health Score
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Calories
551k
28%

Fat
28g
44%

  Saturated Fat
14g
93%

Carbohydrates
37g
13%

  Sugar
5g
6%

Cholesterol
109mg
36%

Sodium
1365mg
59%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
35g
71%

Vitamin B3
11mg
55%

Selenium
34µg
49%

Phosphorus
448mg
45%

Calcium
387mg
39%

Vitamin B6
0.55mg
27%

Manganese
0.54mg
27%

Iron
4mg
24%

Vitamin B1
0.36mg
24%

Vitamin B2
0.39mg
23%

Folate
86µg
22%

Zinc
2mg
19%

Copper
0.33mg
17%

Potassium
547mg
16%

Vitamin A
739IU
15%

Magnesium
54mg
14%

Vitamin C
10mg
12%

Vitamin B5
1mg
10%

Vitamin B12
0.6µg
10%

Fiber
2g
10%

Vitamin E
1mg
10%

Vitamin K
8µg
8%

Vitamin D
0.43µg
3%

covered percent of daily need
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