Green Chili Casserole

  4.5 – 88 reviews  

Making this casserole with fresh long green chilies is also fantastic. Excellent for brunch, but we also eat it for lunch pretty frequently.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

  1. 2 (7 ounce) cans whole green chile peppers, drained
  2. 1 ½ cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
  3. ⅓ cup milk
  4. 4 eggs, lightly beaten
  5. salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8×12 inch baking dish.
  2. Line the bottom of dish with green chiles. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup shredded cheese. Repeat layers twice more. In a medium bowl, whisk together milk and eggs. Season with salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture over chiles and cheese.
  3. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until filling is set. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 137 kcal
Carbohydrate 3 g
Cholesterol 116 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 9 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Sodium 746 mg
Sugars 2 g
Fat 10 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Miss Jessica Whitaker
This was nice and easy but by using canned whole green chilies it came out a little watery and there wasn’t enough cheese it tasted ok but it was like eating a ate of just chilies I wouldn’t make this again
Kevin Haynes
I lost this recipe. So happy to have it again. I do all kinds of things with it. Try putting green enchilada sauce on the bottom, layer of corn tortillas, Layer of green chiles, another layer of tortillas, layer of cooked chicken, (I like to cook mine on a smoker), Layer of cheese. Use 6 eggs and 1/2 cup of milk beat together and pour over all. Add more cheese on top. Bake at 350 until top starts to brown. The thing with this recipe is you can try many different things. Oh, use bigger pan like a 13×9. Its so easy to cut a square out and microwave for a light snack .
Katherine Lewis
I love this recipe. It only feeds the 4 of us even with the increase because we like it so much. If there are any left overs it makes great filling for tacos or breakfast burritos. It’s very adjustable too. I make it with 6 to 8 eggs and 1/2 cup milk, mild whole green chiles (not hot) and I use pre-shredded Mexican blend cheese. I do add garlic powder and cumin to spice it up a bit. Very quick and simple and can be mixed ahead and just popped in the oven for about 40 minutes. Yum! Thank you for posting the recipe.
Brittany Nunez
I used diced green Chili’s and mixed the ingredients in a large a large bowl, then poured into a glass pan. It was gone in seconds!!!
Abigail Edwards
Delicious! We loved it! I will definitely make again.
Vernon Small
I am absolutely no cook and even I can make this yummy casserole dish! It’s a hit at office potlucks. I’m always asked to bring it. (Tried to upload a photo but the photo requirements are too strict.)
Russell Porter
I used an 8×8 pan as I like it thicker and only 2 layers. I had frozen hatch chilis in the fall so used them but did not have enough so 1 layer was hatch and second layer was combination of whole hatch and some canned chopped. I had some 1/2 and 1/2 so I used it in place of the milk. Was delish.
Catherine Willis
Very simple, and altho I didn’t take a picture, mine looked just like this one! It was wonderful! I served it with a dab of sour cream and salsa, yum!
Steven Davis
This was an easy recipe to make and delicious. I will definitely make it again especially when dinner preparation time is limited.
Michael Taylor
I added some bacon crumbles and some fresh, seeded dice jalapenos to give it a little kick. And I used more cheese than it called for but it was awesome. Take it out of oven before its super firm, so its nice and moist.
Timothy Thomas
i have made this for years but i called it chile reano piea and I put chiles on the bottom after spraying the dish with Pam.
Patrick Wagner
I used two 4 ounce cans of green chilies and one 4 ounce can of diced jalapeños (I like it hot)! I also used six eggs instead of four, along with extra cheese. SO good!!
Brittany Meadows
Love this recipe!
Frank Garcia
A great casserole-have made it as a side dish as is-served with other Tex-Mex dishes! My favorite is to add cooked chicken in the middle of 2 layers-yum. Also good reheated the next day for lunch!
Mitchell George
This was soso easy & soso delish!!! I could only find diced chilies, but other than that, I made a portion of the recipe exactly. I made about 2/3 of the casserole adding a few of my favorite omelet ingredients, chopped thinly and already sautéed: onion, bell pepper and mushroom, and also some browned ham (I just heat it up in a saucepan to brown it a bit). I added all of the “omelet ingredients” in 1/3, just some ham in the middle, and left the other 1/3 just as is, as already noted. I put the “toppings” in before covering the entire casserole w/ the egg mixture, baked it for 20 mins., and WOWZA! It was SO tasty. I liked ALL three versions, and having the variety was great! Thanks so much for the recipe! Definitely a keeper! Also, I used cooking spray to avoid stick (not sure if it was really needed or not). And I’m not sure what one of the reviewers is talking about. My best friend hates spicy, and she’s the one who introduced me to canned chili peppers. They are really, really mild. They have a lot of flavor and are great in trillions of recipes, even for those of us who don’t like too much heat. Maybe they bought jalapeño peppers accidently? Now those are spicy!
Michele Bailey
So simple and absolutely delicious!!! I of course had to add my own twist….. I added shredded chicken Breast from a store bought roasted chicken and scallions to the layers. Instead of four eggs, I doubled the eggs and milk. Before putting in the oven, I added a handful of black olives distributed evenly over the top. Cooking time was extended til the middle came out clean with a tooth pick. It wasn’t only beautiful, but delicious!!! A must try!!!
Corey Campbell
I love the combination of eggs and green chilis!!!
Tiffany Golden
I enjoyed it. Also, it was so quick which was a plus!!!
Kelly Garcia MD
Not much to it but very easy and quick. I may add bacon or something next time.
Casey Peters
very good dish. easy and quick.
Michelle Barrett
People need to pay more attention when writing recipes. Says serves 8? HA!! 8 toddlers maybe. Was barely enough for 4 adults. Also cook time was off took out of oven after 30 mins and was still runny inside had to cook it for another 10 mins which helped but still was a bit damp. I think maybe because of the chilis. The recipe needs to specify to drain the chilis. Easily could be a 5 star recipe as the flavour was all there. Just double the recipe cook longer and drain the chilis and youre golden.

 

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