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King Ranch Chicken Casserole

Sounds like an easy casserole, on my to cook list. Use the shortcuts for savings as well. Links to the shortcuts are listed in the Recipe Notes section.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 cups chicken, cooked, chopped
  • 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup, OR make from a shortcut
  • 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup, OR make from a shortcut
  • 1 can diced tomatoes, drained or diced tomatoes with green chili
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 12 corn tortillas, 6 inch size
  • 2 cups Cheddar cheese, shredded, divided

Instructions
 

  • For the chicken go with 750 grams to 1 kilo, quarters, breasts, what ever you like, boil or bake to cook, let cool enough to handle and debone if needed, remove skin if needed, and chop to get the cups needed.
  • Preheat your oven to 180 C. Lightly grease a 9x13 baking dish with butter.
  • Cook onion and bell pepper in hot oil in a large skillet over medium high heat, about 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in chicken and next 7 ingredients, remove from heat.
  • Tear tortillas into 1 inch pieces,layer 1/3 of tortilla pieces in bottom of the baking dish, top with 1/3 of the chicken mixture, then top with 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat these same layers 2 more times.
  • Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until just beginning to brown on the top.
  • Serve with a green salad for a complete meal.

Notes

Going with 1 kilo of quarters, 75 Baht/kilo and the cheese would be about 180 Baht for a 250 gram block, shredded. I cannot price the corn tortillas yet so I will update this when I locate those. For 8 servings, this is about 94 cents per serving, however, the tortillas, unless you make them yourself, will put this at fair value at least.
Variant: Substitute the condensed cream of chicken soup for 1 cup of sour cream.
Shortcuts: Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup, Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup.
Provided courtesy of good friend, Stephen Connell.
United States.