Mamas Kings Ranch Chicken Casserole Southeast Texas Style Recipes

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large skilled over medium-high heat, sauté bell pepper and onion 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in chicken and next 7 ingredients; remove from heat.
• Layer one-third of torn tortillas in bottom of a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Top with one-third of chicken mixture and 2/3 cup cheese. Repeat layers twice. Bake at 350°F for 30 to 35 minutes.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE (OAMC)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix soup, picante sauce, sour cream, chili powder, tomatoes (or Rotel), and chicken.
• In 2-quart shallow baking dish, spread 1/2 of the tortilla pieces to cover the bottom. Top with 1/2 the chicken mixture.
• Repeat layers.
• Sprinkle with cheese and onions.
• Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes or until hot.
• If desired, serve with additional picante sauce, sour cream, onions, black olives, shredded cheese.
• TO FREEZE: Freeze chicken mixture in Ziploc bags uncooked.
• TO SERVE: Defrost chicken mixture. Arrange corn tortillas and chicken mixture according to above directions and bake.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. Saute onion, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper in hot oil until warmed through, about 2 minutes.
• Combine onion-pepper mixture, cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup, diced tomatoes, chicken broth, sour cream, cumin, ancho chile powder, oregano, and chipotle chile powder together in a large bowl and stir until sauce is well-combined.
• Spread a few tablespoons of the sauce in the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Spread 1/2 the chicken over the sauce. Spread about half the sauce over the chicken and top with 1/3 the cheese. Spread a layer of tortillas over the cheese. Spread remaining 1/2 the chicken over the tortillas, and top with almost all of the remaining sauce, reserving 1/2 cup sauce. Top with 1/3 the cheese, remaining tortillas, the reserved 1/2 cup sauce, and remaining 1/3 cheese.
• Bake casserole in the preheated oven until bubbling, about 40 minutes. Increase the oven temperature to broil. Broil the casserole until top is golden, 2 to 3 minutes more.

MAMA'S KINGS RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE (SOUTHEAST TEXAS STYLE)

Steps:

• Add enough water to pot to cover chicken completely. Boil chicken until it is completely done( normally takes about 45 minutes).
• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, Rotel tomatoes and 1/2 to 3/4 a can of water. Mix well.
• In a 9X13 pan layer the ingredients starting with the Doritos, then the shredded chicken, cheese, and soup mixture on top. Repeat layering the ingredients in the same order until you get to the top of the pan or run out of ingredients.
• Place pan in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.