Chicken Enchilada Casserole

"This is something I made when I was in the mood for enchiladas but didn't want to go to all the trouble, had some leftover chicken to use up, and also wanted a somewhat low-cal but filling dinner. It gets a big thumbs up from my whole family, and the leftovers are usually gone very quickly."
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Pour 1/2 of the can of enchilada sauce in the bottom of an 11 by 7 inch pan.
  • Take 6 tortillas and tear or cut 4 of them in half, then dip all of the tortillas (cut and not cut) into the sauce, coating both sides. Arrange the 4 cut tortillas along the edges of the pan, so that the straight cut side faces to the outside, and layering them. Place the two whole tortillas in the center of the pan, to completely cover the bottom of the pan.
  • Mix together the filling: Chicken, Sour Cream, Salsa, Diced Green Chiles, Pinto beans, Hominy (or corn).
  • Spread half of the filling over the tortillas in the pan.
  • Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the cheese over the filling.
  • Spread the rest of the filling over the cheese.
  • Tear/cut 4 more tortillas in half and arrange around the edges. Place the last two tortillas over the top to completely cover the filling. Pour and spread the last half of the enchilada sauce over the top of the tortillas and sprinkle the last 1/4 cup of cheese over the top.
  • Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes.

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Reviews

  1. We really enjoyed this super easy casserole which used ingredients that I wanted to use up! I skipped the corn (out of) but followed the recipe as written using a medium salsa and used it with more salsa and sour cream. Delicious! Thanks for sharing this keeper!
     
  2. I reduced the recipe by half and made a few adjustments based on ingredients on hand. I used 1/2 a can of Rotel tomatoes, black beans and a mixture of shredded pepper jack and cheddar cheese. Even with half a recipe, I used the full amount of enchilada sauce plus I layered the first layers of tortillas a little heavy and needed 2 additional tortillas to cover the top. This makes a great casserole to throw together, refrigerate and slip into the oven after getting home. It cooks while you relax. Make a salad and dinner is on the table in no time.
     
  3. I thought this was very tasty and I loved how simple it was. I made a couple minor changes: used homemade salsa (because I had some cherry tomatoes I needed to use) and flour tortillas (personal preference). Also used sharp cheddar cheese as I had it on hand. I think I might like to try it without the chicken but otherwise it was good. Served with some additional sour cream on top. Thanks for the recipe!
     
  4. This was very easy to put together, but unfortunately we didn't really care for it. I can't really put my finger on why though. Maybe I will try again with different salsa and different enchilada sauce and see if that makes a difference.
     
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I live in Los Angeles County. Married 25 years. 3 kids ages 24, 21 and 12. I'm a math professor and a computer tech. The picture above is me running in the Los Angeles Marathon (the first time I did it) on March 4, 2007. I'm smiling because the picture was taken at mile 3. I wasn't smiling by the end. LOL. I've since done the Long Beach Marathon in Oct. 2007 and I did L.A. again in March 2008. The third time was the trick. I finally had a good race and I qualified to run the Boston Marathon which I did in April 2009. Now I'm into triathlon, since summer 2009. Besides cooking/baking I've recently started knitting again (Jan. 2008) and can be found at Ravelry.com most days. <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/projects/200_PACpic.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/projects/pacbanner.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> <img src="http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e347/Saturn6666/KiwiDutch/3chefstag1.jpg">
 
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