King Ranch Chicken

"In 'From a Southern Oven' by Jean Anderson"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 20mins
Ingredients:
16
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Spritz a 12 x 7 1/2 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
  • Melt butter in a large heavy skillet over medium heat; add onion and garlic, and cook, stirring occasionally, 2-3 minutes until limp and golden.
  • Add mushrooms, cayenne, and cumin and cook, stirring occasionally, 6-8 minutes until mushrooms release their juices and most of these evaporate.
  • Blend in flour and cook and stir 1 minute ; add broth, milk mixture, salt, and black pepper and cook, stirring constantly, about 3 minutes until thickened.
  • Cover bottom of baking dish with 4 tortillas, then layer remaining ingredients in dish this way, each time spreading to cover layer below: half diced chicken, one-third mushroom mixture, half salsa, half cheese, then half remaining mushroom mixture, the remaining tortillas, chicken, salsa, cheese, and finish with remaining mushroom mixture.
  • Slide onto the middle oven rack and bake uncovered, 30-35 minutes until bubbling and tipped with brown.
  • Serve at once with a tartly dressed green salad; or spinach bacon salad.

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  1. Easy and flavorful. Will make again.
     
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