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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have king ranch chicken casserole using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make King Ranch Chicken Casserole:
- Prepare button mushrooms sliced
- Prepare stalks of celery sliced
- Prepare condensed cream of mushroom soup (10 3/4 oz)
- Take grated cheddar or fiesta mix cheese
- Take red pepper flakes (optional)
- Make ready Rotel brand tomatoes (10 oz, other tomatoes with chilies may be substituted)
- Get to 8 corn tortillas
- Take salt & pepper
- Get butter
- Prepare garlic mined (small or to taste)
- Get chicken thigh & leg quarter
- Prepare water
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Instructions to make King Ranch Chicken Casserole:
- Prep is 20 minutes, but you'll need 40 minutes to an hour for baking.
- Place the chicken into a sauce pan with enough water to cover it. Salt & pepper the water well. I like to add some garlic or onion too. Bring to a boil & cook for 15 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
- Set aside & let the chicken cool. Retain liquid in a bowl. When the chicken has cooled shred the meat off of the bone. Discard bones & skin.
- In a frying pan sauté the celery, mushrooms, & garlic in the butter until tender & fragrant. This can be done while the chicken cooks.
- Transfer the sautéed vegetables to a mixing bowl. Add the condensed soup undiluted, chicken, Rotel tomatoes, & red pepper flakes (optional). Fold the ingredients together.
- Prepare an 8x8 pan or similar baking dish. Preheat oven to 350°F Fahrenheit.
- Dip each corn tortilla into the broth reserved from the chicken. Then make a single layer in the pan. (As you would for lasagna) Then place 1/2 of the chicken mixture onto the tortillas, spread evenly. Repeat steps for another layer of tortillas & mixture.
- Cover with foil and bake for 20 to 30 minutes. Then remove foil, sprinkle with cheese & continue to bake for 20 to 30 more minutes or untli center is hot. Allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving.
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