King Ranch Casserole

A Carolina mountain recipe for King Ranch Casserole.

SouthernChickenEasy45 min

Ingredients

Servings
4
  • 1 whole chicken
  • 3/4 cup Chopped celery
  • 1 can Cream of chicken soup
  • 1 can Cream of mushroom soup
  • 12 Tortillas cut in pieces
  • 1 Chopped green pepper
  • 1 can Ro-tel tomatoes
  • 1 cup Sharp cheddar cheese

Instructions

  1. 1

    Boil chicken, onion, celery & salt until chicken is tender. Remove chicken from broth and cool, remove bones, chop chicken.

  2. 2

    Boil broth down to 1-1/2 cup & add soups & mix.

  3. 3

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  4. 4

    Arrange tortillas in pieces in bottom of buttered 8 x 12 inch casserole with tortillas pieces.

  5. 5

    Cover tortilla pieces with chicken chunks.

  6. 6

    Sprinkle with green peppers.

  7. 7

    Cover with Ro-tel tomatoes.

  8. 8

    Pour soup mixture over all of it.

  9. 9

    Cover with foil & bake 35 to 40 min.

  10. 10

    Remove from oven and remove foil.

  11. 11

    Sprinkle with cheese, return to oven, cook til cheese is bubbly

  12. 12

    Serve hot.

Tags

southernamericancarolinas-cooking

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