It's Wednesday guys and the lovely 55º weather we had over the weekend has turned into snow and school closings (our district has already closed for tomorrow). It's not even the fun type of snow; it's the wet, slushy, heavy shit and it's going to cause major issues with the temperatures dropping below freezing tonight.
But whether the winter weather is troubling you, you want a quick easy dinner, or you are hosting a fiesta themed party here is an easy recipe for you. I present to you chicken enchilada casserole! This could obviously be made with a different filling so I implore you to expand your mind.
Cost effective: ¡SI, 345 pesos! (Spanish punctuation is accurate? I think?)
Easy to concoct: ¡SEGURO!
Head to the store and grab these items:
1½ pounds / 2 cups diced or shredded chicken (I used the Crock-Pot again)
3 cups shredded cheese
1 can of green chiles (4.5 oz, undrained)
flour or corn tortillas
1 16 oz can of refried beans
1 19 oz can of enchilada sauce (we used red)
*½ cup chopped medium green onion
*we also used white rice
1. Preheat your oven to 350ºF. Or if you're going to used shredded chicken from your Crock-Pot, you'll want to cook and shred it first!
2. Mix together your chicken, 1½ cups of cheese, and chiles in a bowl.
3. In your baking dish, add a thin layer of enchilada sauce.
4. Add in two tortillas to cover the bottom and the sides of the dish.
5. Here I substituted a layer of beans for a layer of white rice. Do whichever your hangry little heart desires.
6. Now you shall add a layer of your chicken mixture. I used half the mixture since I didn't think my dish could accommodate three complete layers.
7. The original recipe called to use half the enchilada sauce, but I just spooned an amount that I felt to be appropriate.
8. And time to repeat the process. For the second time around I did tortillas, refried beans, chicken mixture, enchilada sauce.
9. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
10. Cover in foil.. which I did not do because the video recipe didn't show it.. and bake for 45 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly.
11. Enjoy the chicken-y, cheese-y, enchilada-y goodness!
Seriously loved this. I half expected it to turn out too soggy to be enjoyable but it was great. I would totes love to spice it up more but with the little one's that's not always feasible. Le sigh. One thing that was not great about this recipe?
The bottom layer was completely baked on to the bottom. I'm assuming if you sprayed a little non-stick spray or used some butter the problem would be solved. Maybe next time I'll try this.
La cucaracha, la cucaracha, enchilada, blah blah blah.
Leia
*we also used white rice
1. Preheat your oven to 350ºF. Or if you're going to used shredded chicken from your Crock-Pot, you'll want to cook and shred it first!
2. Mix together your chicken, 1½ cups of cheese, and chiles in a bowl.
3. In your baking dish, add a thin layer of enchilada sauce.
4. Add in two tortillas to cover the bottom and the sides of the dish.
5. Here I substituted a layer of beans for a layer of white rice. Do whichever your hangry little heart desires.
6. Now you shall add a layer of your chicken mixture. I used half the mixture since I didn't think my dish could accommodate three complete layers.
7. The original recipe called to use half the enchilada sauce, but I just spooned an amount that I felt to be appropriate.
8. And time to repeat the process. For the second time around I did tortillas, refried beans, chicken mixture, enchilada sauce.
9. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
10. Cover in foil.. which I did not do because the video recipe didn't show it.. and bake for 45 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly.
11. Enjoy the chicken-y, cheese-y, enchilada-y goodness!
Seriously loved this. I half expected it to turn out too soggy to be enjoyable but it was great. I would totes love to spice it up more but with the little one's that's not always feasible. Le sigh. One thing that was not great about this recipe?
The bottom layer was completely baked on to the bottom. I'm assuming if you sprayed a little non-stick spray or used some butter the problem would be solved. Maybe next time I'll try this.
La cucaracha, la cucaracha, enchilada, blah blah blah.
Leia
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