King Ranch Casserole A New Family Favorite Food

FAMILY FAVORITE KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• If applicable, remove giblets from chicken, and reserve for another use. Rinse chicken.
• Place chicken, celery, carrots, and salt in a large Dutch oven with water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 50 minutes to 1 hour or until chicken is done. Remove from heat. Remove chicken from broth; cool 30 minutes. Remove and reserve 3/4 cup cooking liquid. Strain any remaining cooking liquid, and reserve for another use.
• Preheat oven to 350°. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, and sauté 6 to 7 minutes or until tender. Add bell pepper and garlic, and sauté 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in reserved 3/4 cup cooking liquid, cream of mushroom soup, and next 5 ingredients. Cook, stirring occasionally, 8 minutes.
• Skin and bone chicken; shred meat into bite-size pieces. Layer half of chicken in a lightly greased 9x13-inch baking dish. Top with half of soup mixture and 1 cup Cheddar cheese. Cover with half of corn tortilla strips. Repeat layers once. Top with remaining 1 cup cheese.
• Bake at 350° for 55 minutes to 1 hour or until bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. You'll want to make extra because it truly is even better the next day.
• Chili Powder Note: 1 teaspoons chili powder and 1/8 teaspoons ground red pepper.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large skilled over medium-high heat, sauté bell pepper and onion 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in chicken and next 7 ingredients; remove from heat.
• Layer one-third of torn tortillas in bottom of a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Top with one-third of chicken mixture and 2/3 cup cheese. Repeat layers twice. Bake at 350°F for 30 to 35 minutes.

KING RANCH CASSEROLE (A NEW FAMILY FAVORITE!)

Steps:

• Melt the butter or oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the onions and peppers and cook until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add the garlic, chile powder, cumin, salt, pepper and smoked paprika. Stir for 1 minute.
• Sprinkle the flour over the veggie mixture and cook stirring constantly for 1 minute. Slowly whisk in the stock and bring to a boil. Boil until mixture thickens, which could take 1 - 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in liquid smoke, drained tomatoes and sour cream. Add chicken and cilantro and stir until blended. (Feel free to make this the day before if you want to do this in stages.)
• Combine cheeses together in a large mixing cup.
• Spray corn tortillas with cooking spray and bake in a 400 degree oven for about 5 minutes. You will have to do this in two batches. (Or try buying tostada shells and let me know how they work!) when finished baking, turn the oven temperature down to 375.
• Grease the bottom of a 13 x 9 baking dish. Cover with 6 tortillas, overlapping slightly. Top with 1/2 the chicken mixture and 1/3 of the cheese mixture. Repeat the layers once, adding 6 more tortillas, the chicken and the cheese. Top with remaining tortillas and the cheese.
• Coat a sheet of aluminum foil with cooking spray or oil and cover the baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes.
• Uncover the casserole and bake for 10 to 15 minutes more or until golden and bubbly.
• Let casserole stand for 10 minutes to cool slightly. Garnish with more cilantro or pickled jalapenos!

BREAKFAST QUICHE

Steps:

• Combine flour and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Gradually add 3-5 tablespoons ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour., Preheat oven to 450°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to an 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake 5 minutes; remove foil. Bake 5 minutes longer; remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. Reduce heat to 375°., Sprinkle bacon, cheeses and onion over crust. Beat remaining ingredients until blended; pour over top. Bake until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

KING RANCH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Boil chicken until done and cut into small chunks. Be sure to save 1 cup broth when chicken has finished cooking or use canned broth.
• Mix cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, Rotel tomatoes and chicken broth; heat on stove.
• Layer 1/2 of chicken, 1/2 broth mix, 1/2 of chips, 1/2 of onion, 1/2 cheese and repeat above.
• Bake 35-40 minutes at 350 degrees in 9 1/2 x 13 inch greased pan.

EASY KING RANCH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Put chopped chicken, cream of mushroom soup, Ro-tel tomatoes, and chunks of Velveeta into a bowl; stir them together.
• Spray baking pan with Pam, and then cover the bottom of the pan with half of the tortilla triangles.
• Pour half of the mixture in your bowl on top of the tortillas and spread it around so that it covers all of the tortillas.
• Put remaining half of tortillas on top of the mixture.
• Pour the rest of the mixture from your bowl on top of the second layer of tortillas and once again spread it around onto all of the tortillas.
• Cover top of baking pan with foil and let the casserole cook for 30 minutes.

KING RANCH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large pan sprayed with cooking spray, saute onion, bell peppers, garlic and celery.
• Add soups, tomatoes, chiles, spices and chicken broth.
• Line bottom of 9x13 pan with tortilla strips.
• Spread half of chicken over tortillas and top with sauce, then half of cheese.
• Cover with another layer of tortillas, chicken, sauce and cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until bubbly.

KING RANCH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Slice mushroom and onions and saute with butter until onions are clear and mushrooms are begin to get soft. Add garlic and saute for 1 extra minute.
• Drain Rotel tomatoes and chilies and add into saute with 1 tsp chili powder.
• Stir in cream of chicken soup and rotisserie chicken and heat through. Line 13x9 inch casserole dish with corn tortillas. Pour half of the filling over and top with another layer of tortillas. Finish with the rest of the filling and cheeses.
• Cook at 350 for 20-30 minutes until bubbly.