Chicken Chilaquiles Casserole

This Chicken Chilaquiles Casserole takes “comfort food” to a new level. My friend, Lynne, made this, and I knew I had to share her family recipe with you.  There are chunks of chicken breast smothered in a green salsa/cream of chicken soup mixture in between layers of tortilla chips. Are you kidding me?!

Some Assembly Required

First of all, the chicken needs to be cooked. I boiled mine in a pot for about an hour, but you could also buy a precooked chicken and use that instead of skinless boneless breasts. You’d probably spend some time skinning a precooked chicken and then pulling it off the bones so it seems easier to me to boil it.

While the chicken is cooking, I cut up my onion into large chunks and put them in a large bowl.

Once the chicken is cooked, I roughly chop it into large chunks and put it into a separate large bowl.

Once the chicken and onion are chopped, most everything else is simply opening a can or jar.

I dump all the canned/jarred ingredients (soups, milk, broth, salsa, chilies, and black olives) in with the onions and stir with a soup ladle.

Set up your work station

Finally time to open that bag of chips, or did you already?

So now you should have a bowl of chicken, a bowl with all of your wet ingredients, and your bag of chips.

Time to grab your 9 x 13 and 5 x 8 dishes and start layering per recipe instructions.

Here is what mine looks like:

You make the Chicken Chilaquiles Casserole the day before you cook it to blend the flavors. As a result, your refrigerator smells wonderful every time you open it.

Baking it with the cheese already on the top makes the top slightly crispy. Feel free to add more cheese 5 minutes before taking it out of the oven to give it that cheesy melted top we all love to dive into.

I sure hope you love this Chicken Chilaquiles Casserole as much as I do.

For a great appetizer that would compliment this meal, try my Mexican Bruschetta.

Special thanks to Lynne for sharing her family recipe. Have a blessed day and happy cooking.

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