Today I’m sharing a family recipe that’s been around
for a while. My great aunt used to make this for every Thanksgiving, Christmas,
and New Year’s. Don’t ask me why this dish went with all of those foods, but it
did. It’s so good and might seem a little out of place when lined up next to
turkey and ham at holiday dinners, but if Mexican Chicken Casserole wasn’t there it just
didn’t seem right. To this day it has a standing invitation at these holidays.
Here is what you need to make Mexican Chicken Casserole:
1 whole chicken, cooked, boned, and chopped
1 onion, chopped
½ bell pepper, chopped
1 can Ro-Tel
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
2 cups Mexican cheese
1 package taco-flavored Doritos (I couldn’t find these
so I used enchilada flavored instead.)
1 ½ cups chicken broth
First, cook chicken. You can do this a couple of ways:
roast it, boil it, or slow cook it. I slow cooked mine in the crock pot all
day. Reserve 1 ½ cups of the broth.
Next, sauté onion and bell pepper until tender.
Mix soups, Ro-Tel, chicken broth, chicken, onions and
peppers.
Spray bottom of a 13 x 9 inch casserole dish. Crumble
up about half of the chips and cover bottom of the dish.
Place half of chicken mixture on top.
Sprinkle with half of the cheese.
Crumble up the last half of the chips and sprinkle on
top of cheese.
Layer the rest of the chicken mixture and the cheese.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
While my great aunt passed away a few years ago, this
dish always makes me think of her. It’s so delicious that I don’t save it just
for the holidays, but we eat it throughout the year.
Mexican
Chicken Casserole
1
whole chicken, cooked, boned, and chopped
1
onion, chopped
½
bell pepper, chopped
1
can Ro-Tel
1
can cream of chicken soup
1
can cream of mushroom soup
2
cups Mexican cheese
1
package taco-flavored Doritos
1
½ cups chicken broth
Cook chicken. Reserve 1 ½ cups of the broth. Sauté
onion and bell pepper until tender. Mix soups, Ro-Tel, chicken broth, chicken,
onions and peppers. Spray bottom of a 13 x 9 inch casserole dish. Crumble up
about half of the chips to cover the bottom of the dish. Place half of chicken
mixture on top. Sprinkle with half of the cheese. Crumble up the last half of
the chips and sprinkle on top of cheese. Layer the rest of the chicken mixture
and the cheese. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
Great Aunt Lenora lives on in the tree house,
Chelli
