Mexican chicken and rice casserole
Mexican chicken and rice casserole

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, mexican chicken and rice casserole. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mexican chicken and rice casserole is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Mexican chicken and rice casserole is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mexican chicken and rice casserole using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Mexican chicken and rice casserole:
  1. Make ready 1 2/3 cups uncooked rice
  2. Get 6 skinless, boneless, chicken breast halves
  3. Prepare 2 tbs fajita (or taco) seasoning
  4. Make ready 3 1/2 cups chicken broth
  5. Prepare 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup (10.75 ounces)
  6. Make ready 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup (10.75 ounces)
  7. Prepare 1 1/2 cups salsa
  8. Prepare 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper (or to taste)
  9. Prepare 1 large onion, chopped
  10. Get 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
  11. Take 2 cups pepper jack cheese, shredded
Instructions to make Mexican chicken and rice casserole:
  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
  2. Boil the chicken halves for 12 minutes
  3. Cook the rice on the stove, using the chicken broth in place of plain water
  4. While waiting for the chicken and rice to cook, mix the chicken and mushroom soups, salsa, chopped onion, and cayenne pepper together in a large bowl. Mix well.
  5. Mix the pepper jack and cheddar cheese together in a separate bowl.
  6. Take the boiled chicken (after letting it cool enough to handle), and shred it into bite sized pieces. Then add the fajita/taco seasoning and toss to coat the chicken
  7. Lightly grease a 9x13 Pyrex dish. Layer in the following order… 80% of the cooked rice, all of the chicken, all of the soup/salsa mixture, all of the cheese mixture, and the remaining rice on top (this adds a very nice crunch to the dish).
  8. Bake for 30 minutes. Lots of ways to alter this recipe. My feelings won't be hurt by that… :-)

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