This chicken casserole is sure to please the whole family. I’ve been making this for years, and people continue to ask for it.
Prep Time: | 20 mins |
Cook Time: | 1 hr 35 mins |
Additional Time: | 20 mins |
Total Time: | 2 hrs 15 mins |
Servings: | 8 |
Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 6 large bone-in chicken breast halves
- 1 (10 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 (10 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
- 1 (15 ounce) can chili, no beans
- 1 cup picante sauce
- ½ cup milk
- 1 small onion, chopped
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 12 corn tortillas, torn into strips
- 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place chicken in a baking dish. Cover and bake for 1 hour in preheated oven. Remove chicken from dish and allow to cool. Remove meat from bone and tear into small pieces.
- Meanwhile, mix the cream of mushroom soup, the cream of chicken soup, chili, picante sauce, milk, onion, cumin, and garlic powder in a large bowl.
- Spread half the shredded chicken into the bottom of a 9×13 inch baking dish. Cover the chicken with half of the tortilla pieces. Pour half of the sauce on top of the tortillas; sprinkle half the Cheddar cheese and Monterey Jack cheese evenly over the dish. Repeat the layers with the rest of the ingredients.
- Bake in preheated oven until all the cheese has melted and sauce mixture is bubbling, 35 to 40 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
Calories | 632 kcal |
Carbohydrate | 32 g |
Cholesterol | 164 mg |
Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
Protein | 57 g |
Saturated Fat | 15 g |
Sodium | 1350 mg |
Sugars | 4 g |
Fat | 30 g |
Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I love this stuff but decided to add about 1 and 1/2 cups cooked rice to make it go farther. I still tastes great.
I have been looking for this taste! Now I know about Sonora dishes. Awesome! This is going to be a regular meal on my list. I already had some shredded chicken in the freezer, so that was a big time saver. I cut the recipe in half and only used the can of cream of chicken soup. Slicing the tortillas into strips is a great idea. Doing this you don’t get an overwhelming amount of tortilla in each serving.
Changed a few things 1. 3 whole chicken breast feed 6 2. Chili beans only Came out out well. I paired it with a southwest salad kit, I also will add a layer of Fritos on top of the tortilla for a crunch texture. All in all it was great whole family loved it.
First of all you have to be a chicken lover to eat all that chicken in one dish! We like our chicken but we used four boneless skinless chicken breasts and even that was too much. The tortilla directions were very vague and we didn’t know how many to use. We ended up using too many and they were all still dry. There wasn’t enough sauce because it soaked into the chicken and that didn’t leave much for the tortillas. I will make this again, but I will use quite a few alterations and substitutes.
I did everything as the recipe called … except I used a rotisserie chicken and I added a little bit more garlic powder, cumin and decided to add a 1/2 teaspoon or a bit more chili power. I love this casserole! Easy and good.
Family favorite!
Delish and my 9 year old son is still eating it! I only substitute mushroom soup for sour cream because of alergies and mozarella and Mexican cheese since I didn’t have the cheese at hand. I made a full salad as a side dish.
took the advice of the reviewer who suggested using corn tortillas. The hubs loved it and the kid had seconds too so it’s a winner.
I have made this a few times, I make it with a side of rice and replace the no beans chilli with a jar of sloppy Joe sauce. It’s really good, also you only really need one package of cheese and I use 3-4 boneless breasts. I plan to try it with ground porc this weekend. Highly recommend this for an easy meal!!
My family complains that, I don’t cook, this was a home run!
This recipe was so good! I gave it 4 stars because I had to make a few changes because I didn’t have some of the items. I used boneless chicken breast and sprinkled garlic powder while cooking in the oven for about 35 minutes. Perfect! I didn’t have the picante sauce, so I used 3/4 cup of Herdez Salsa Verde and about 1/2 cup of petite diced tomatoes. I also used pepperjack cheese in place of the jack cheese. Followed the rest of the recipe and it was awesome! My family said this is a keeper!!
Oh wow this was bomb good! I just boiled boneless chicken breast chunked them up threw all ingredients in a big bowl stirred it up put it in casserole dish, topped with cheese!!!! Suoer easy, super good!!
Not good.
My in-laws have been making this for years and it’s a crowd pleaser. We use flour tortillas cut into 1″ strips and mild green chili instead of picante sauce. I tastes like a yummy burrito. It’s easy to double or triple to feed a large group. With salad and chips and salsa you can’t beat it.
Quick and easy. I would make a layer of corn tortillas on the bottom before the chicken also.
This was a HUGE hit with my family and I will definitely be making it again. The only change I made was accidentally buying chili WITH beans, and truth be told I think it added to the recipe. Definitely a keeper!
My husband almost ate the whole casserole in one sitting!! This is a great way to use leftover chicken and a great easy, filling, yummy weeknight dinner.
VERY GOOD!! I changed a few things… left out the can of chilli and mixed black beans and olives with the chickn layer. I also used three boneless skinless chicken breasts that I cooked by boiling instead of baking (deffinitely faster!). It filled my 9×13 glass pan to almost overflowing! I might try two next time, or halving the recipe. It was a BIG hit in our house though and I will be making it again soon!
I just made this and my husband is going to love it. Awesome recipe! Will surely make again!
This is very good. My husband loved it. I did not use the cream of mushroom and we still enjoyed it. I also halved the ingrediants- and it worked perfectly in an 8×8 dish.
This recipe was awesome!! The only change I made was I used “chili beans”, instead of the chili with no beans and it came out so good. Also the chicken breasts I used were huge so I was actually able to make 2-9×13 dishes (one layer each). This is so good, I’m thinking of making a big tray of this for an upcoming family get together! Thanks for sharing this recipe.