I woke up this morning craving comfort food. Our life has been really busy lately and we were just planning on staying home all day today and resting. I couldn't think of a better reason to cook something warm and "homey" for dinner. Unfortunately, many of the comfort foods I enjoy our really fattening and high in calories which is fine to have every once in awhile, but considering our Fourth of July cookout yesterday I knew I had to be good the rest of the week. I came across this recipe for a healthier version of King Ranch Casserole. I hope you enjoy!
Two cups of chopped up chicken breast (I bought a rotisserie chicken and pulled the skin off and chopped up the meat)
4 corn tortillas (we had leftover baked tortilla chips from our cookout yesterday that I used instead)
1 10 ounce can Rotel
1 fat free can of Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 fat free can of Cream of Chicken Soup
1 green bell pepper
1 yellow onion
1 tsp of garlic powder
1 tsp of chili powder
1 block of reduced fat chedder cheese (grated)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Spray a casserole pan with non stick cooking spray. In a nonstick skillet sprayed with spray, cook chopped up onion and bell pepper together until onion is translucent (about 5 minutes). Next, add both cans of soup, rotel, garlic powder and chili powder. Stir together until bubbly and then remove from heat. In the bottom of the casserole pan place either 1/3 tortilla chips or 1/3 torn up corn tortillas on the bottom. Next, layer a third of the chicken mixture on top of that and then place 1/3 of grated cheese on top of that. Continue to layer chips/tortillas, chicken mixture, and cheese until gone. Cook in oven for approx. 30 minutes or until mixture begins to bubble. Let cool and then serve! We each had a half of a buckwheat rosemary hamburger bun leftover from our cookout yesterday with it. Enjoy!
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