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This Tex Mex Chicken Casserole requires items you probably already have on hand in your kitchen, and is a great way to spruce up dinner!
My friend (and amazing helper!) Shannon has been telling me forever about this Tex Mex Chicken Casserole recipe, and finally I took her advice and actually made it!Â
I looked through my fridge, freezer and pantry and had everything ready right there in the kitchen, so I was thrilled to make dinner without an extra trip to the grocery store.
It was so simple to put together, and definitely a hit. Because it was more than we really needed I split it into two smaller dishes and shared half with a friend – her family served it with chips ~ we had ours as a main dish with a salad ~ and we all had dinner done!
Here's what you'll need to get started . . .
Tex Mex Chicken Casserole
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts cooked
- 1 can cream of chicken soup I used their Healthy Request brand
- 4 oz sour cream I used light
- 8 oz. cream cheese softened (also used light) 🙂
- 1 can Rotel
- 1/2 cup red onion
- black beans optional - I left these out but think they would be delicious!
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Mix together cooked rice, chicken, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, softened cream cheese, Rotel, chili powder, red onion, black beans (optional) and 1 1/4 cups cheddar cheese.
- Pour into greased 9x13 baking dish or two smaller dishes.
- Bake at 325 for 20-25 minutes.
- Sprinkle additional 3/4 cups cheddar cheese over casserole.
- Bake another 5 minutes, until cheese is bubbly.
- Cool 10 minutes - Enjoy!
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If you aren't a fan of using the canned Cream of Chicken soup in this Tex Mex Chicken Casserole, you can try our Cream of Chicken soup substitute – it's SUPER easy and I think you'll love using it!
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Would this work as a Freezer meal?
This was soo good; big touchdown with my family!
My adjustments: Didn’t have regular rice on hand, so used 2 packages of Knorrs Mexican Rice, and omitted the beans (our teenage kids are picky). Also used a regular yellow onion (it’s what i had).
Anyway…Always a huge win when the kids say “Mom, this was awesome! Make it again!” Thank You!!!
Is 2 cups cooked rice equal to one cup uncooked?
Do you shred the chicken?
I think most Tex Mex Chicken Casserole recipes have you cube or dice the chicken Tracey, but you could probably shred it instead if you prefer! 🙂 Hope that helps!
How many servings does this make?
I’d say 6-8 Mary, hope that helps!
Palma Tahmizian- Garcia Its "light and healthy" LOL
Thanks
Rotel is diced tomatoes with green chiles.
I gained three pounds just reading the ingredients!
What is Rotel?
Hey Lynn! It’s tomatoes and green chilies. You can get it in Del Monte also. Rotel is a brand. Hope that helps. 🙂
I think this looks fabulous! I might add crushed Doritos to the top mixed with cheese!
I’m wondering if instead of Rotel if I could use salsa? Think that would work?
Hi Angela! I would think you could (especially if it’s a thicker salsa?) I think it’s got enough sour cream and cream cheese to thicken up just about anything, so it should work great. Let me know if you try it! 🙂
This is very delicious…I just made it tonight! 😀 Thanks for the recipe!
So glad you liked it! 🙂
Tried this tonight and really liked it. Next time I will cut back on the chili powder a little bit. It was just a little too spicy.
This sounds so yummy and looks delicious!
I have a recipe very similar to this one called Mexcian Chicken Casserole-it's a "staple" in my recipe rotation and I usually make it for all of my "potluck" invites. I will email it to you!