Mexican chicken and rice casserole
Mexican chicken and rice casserole

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Throw together this Mexican rice casserole in minutes, with chicken breasts under creamy soups, tortilla chips, and Mexican-style tomatoes. Add Mexican cheese blend and tortilla chips to casserole. Quick and easy Mexican chicken and rice casserole is a great weeknight family dinner recipe and is perfect served with creamy guacamole and salsa.

Mexican chicken and rice casserole is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Mexican chicken and rice casserole is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have mexican chicken and rice casserole using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mexican chicken and rice casserole:
  1. Take 1 2/3 cups uncooked rice
  2. Make ready 6 skinless, boneless, chicken breast halves
  3. Take 2 tbs fajita (or taco) seasoning
  4. Make ready 3 1/2 cups chicken broth
  5. Make ready 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup (10.75 ounces)
  6. Take 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup (10.75 ounces)
  7. Take 1 1/2 cups salsa
  8. Prepare 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper (or to taste)
  9. Make ready 1 large onion, chopped
  10. Prepare 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
  11. Take 2 cups pepper jack cheese, shredded

One Pot Mexican Chicken & Rice CasseroleFlavor Quotient. Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole - all the makings of a chicken enchilada but with rice. By now I'm sure you've figured out that I love my Chicken Enchiladas. It is in fact my favorite Mexican food and it usually is my dish of choice whenever I make it to a Mexican restaurant, which.

Steps to make Mexican chicken and rice casserole:
  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
  2. Boil the chicken halves for 12 minutes
  3. Cook the rice on the stove, using the chicken broth in place of plain water
  4. While waiting for the chicken and rice to cook, mix the chicken and mushroom soups, salsa, chopped onion, and cayenne pepper together in a large bowl. Mix well.
  5. Mix the pepper jack and cheddar cheese together in a separate bowl.
  6. Take the boiled chicken (after letting it cool enough to handle), and shred it into bite sized pieces. Then add the fajita/taco seasoning and toss to coat the chicken
  7. Lightly grease a 9x13 Pyrex dish. Layer in the following order… 80% of the cooked rice, all of the chicken, all of the soup/salsa mixture, all of the cheese mixture, and the remaining rice on top (this adds a very nice crunch to the dish).
  8. Bake for 30 minutes. Lots of ways to alter this recipe. My feelings won't be hurt by that… :-)

Dice chicken breasts into large pieces. This one-pot chicken Mexican rice casserole uses sweet potato for extra creaminess! Zesty Mexican spices liven up this loaded casserole of chicken, rice, beans, and broccoli—all topped with a layer of cheddar before baking. The dish is complete with crispy tortilla strips and a side of cooling sour cream for dolloping. Add chicken breast to skillet and cook until lightly browned on all sides.

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