Best King Ranch Chicken Casserole Recipes

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. Saute onion, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper in hot oil until warmed through, about 2 minutes.
• Combine onion-pepper mixture, cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup, diced tomatoes, chicken broth, sour cream, cumin, ancho chile powder, oregano, and chipotle chile powder together in a large bowl and stir until sauce is well-combined.
• Spread a few tablespoons of the sauce in the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Spread 1/2 the chicken over the sauce. Spread about half the sauce over the chicken and top with 1/3 the cheese. Spread a layer of tortillas over the cheese. Spread remaining 1/2 the chicken over the tortillas, and top with almost all of the remaining sauce, reserving 1/2 cup sauce. Top with 1/3 the cheese, remaining tortillas, the reserved 1/2 cup sauce, and remaining 1/3 cheese.
• Bake casserole in the preheated oven until bubbling, about 40 minutes. Increase the oven temperature to broil. Broil the casserole until top is golden, 2 to 3 minutes more.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C.)
• Layer the chips in a 9x13 inch casserole dish.
• Combine the tomatoes, chicken soup, mushroom soup and onion. Pour half of mixture over chips. Layer the chicken pieces, half of the cheese and the remaining soup mixture.
• Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 20 minutes. Top with the remaining cheese and return to the oven until the cheese is melted.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine the chicken soup, mushroom soup, broth and tomatoes with chiles. Set aside.
• Lightly grease a shallow 3 quart casserole dish. Layer 1/2 the tortillas, 1/2 the chicken, 1/2 the onion, 1/2 the bell pepper and 1/2 the cheese in the casserole dish. Pour 1/2 of the soup mixture over the layers. Repeat the layers of tortillas, chicken, onion and bell pepper; pour the remaining soup mixture over the top, then top with the remaining cheese. Sprinkle with chili powder and garlic salt and bake for 30 to 45 minutes.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir together chicken, seasoning blend, soups, tomatoes, chili powder and garlic salt.
• Layer one-third of the tortilla pieces in baking dish. Top with one-third of the chicken mixture and 2/3 cup of the cheese. Repeat layers twice.
• Bake uncovered 32 to 35 minutes or until bubbly.

EASY KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Cook frozen vegetables in butter 4 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. In medium bowl, mix cooked vegetables, soup, tomatoes and 1 teaspoon taco seasoning mix (from dinner kit).
• Break taco shells (from dinner kit) into pieces. Layer 1 1/2 cups of the chicken in baking dish. Top with half of the soup mixture and 1 cup of the cheese. Top with half of the tortilla pieces. Repeat layers once. Top with remaining 1 cup cheese.
• Bake uncovered 25 to 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Garnish with cilantro, sour cream and lime wedges.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F
• In large saucepan, saute the onion and pepper in the butter until tender (about 5 minutes).
• Add soups, tomatoes, and broth.
• Stir to combine.
• Fold in the chicken until well blended.
• Lightly grease a 9 x 13" baking dish.
• Layer with 1/3 the tortillas, 1/3 the chicken mixture, and 1/3 the cheese.
• Repeat layers twice more.
• Bake for 40 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
• About ten minutes before removing from the oven, sprinkle shredded cheese over the top; replace in oven until cheese is melted.
• Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes before serving.

TEXAS LASAGNA (KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE)

Steps:

• Boil the chicken with 1/2 cup onion and the salt and pepper until meat falls off the bones (about 1 hour), save the chicken stock for use later. Let the chicken cool, then slice the into 1/4 to 1/2 inch cubes.
• Mix 1/2 cup of the chicken stock with all the other remaining ingredients except the cheese and tortillas.
• Mix the three cheeses together.
• Dip tortillas into remaining reserved chicken stock and put a double layer of tortillas in two 8 inch x 8 inch pans (I use two 2 quart Pyrex glass ones), a layer of the soup, vegetables and chicken mixture, a layer of 1/3 of the cheese, then repeat these layers two more times.
• Cover with tinfoil and bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour.
• Let the dish set for 10 minutes before serving. This recipe results in a mildly hot dish. If you would like it hotter, increase the three peppers, or just serve with a jar of ground cayenne pepper, so each person can adjust the heat as they like.

SUPER EASY KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray shallow casserole or pie plate with cooking spray.
• In the pan- mix soup, water, garlic powder, and diced chicken.
• Stir in tortilla strips.
• Top with shredded cheese.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

OLD-SCHOOL KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Combine soups, broth, Ro-Tel tomatoes and chile powder; blend until smooth. 3. Place a layer of chicken in a greased casserole dish. 4. Add layers of tortillas, onion, bell peppers, cheese and sauce. 5. Repeat layers, ending with cheese. 6. Bake uncovered for half an hour or until brown and bubbling.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place chicken breasts in a pot of boiling water. Cook until meat shreds easily with a fork, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from water, and cool slightly. Remove meat and skin from bones, and shred.
• In a medium bowl, combine the cream of mushroom soup and canned tomatoes and mix together.
• Lightly coat a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray. In dish begin layering: 1/3 of the chicken, 1/3 of the soup mixture, then crumble tortilla chips on top. Repeat layers twice, ending with tortilla chips and a sprinkle of cheese on top. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes, until bubbly. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
• Top casserole with lettuce, chopped tomato, olives, a couple of dollops of sour cream and a sprinkling of chives. Serve.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. If applicable, remove giblets from chicken, and reserve for another use. Rinse chicken. 2. Place chicken, celery, carrots, and salt in a large Dutch oven with water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 50 minutes to 1 hour or until chicken is done. Remove from heat. Remove chicken from broth; cool 30 minutes. Remove and reserve 3/4 cup cooking liquid. Strain any remaining cooking liquid, and reserve for another use. 3. Preheat oven to 350°. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, and sauté 6 to 7 minutes or until tender. Add bell pepper and garlic, and sauté 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in reserved 3/4 cup cooking liquid, cream of mushroom soup, and next 5 ingredients. Cook, stirring occasionally, 8 minutes. 4. Skin and bone chicken; shred meat into bite-size pieces. Layer half of chicken in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Top with half of soup mixture and 1 cup Cheddar cheese. Cover with half of corn tortilla strips. Repeat layers once. Top with remaining 1-cup cheese. 5. Bake at 350° for 55 minutes to 1 hour or until bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

SHERRI'S CHICKEN KING RANCH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and spray a 9 x 13" baking dish w/ Pam.
• Saute the onion and bell pepper in butter in a large sauce pan over medium-high heat, about 5 minutes, until tender.
• Add the soups, tomatoes, garlic, and half the cheese and blend well. Stir in the chicken and remove from heat.
• Place one layer of tortilla pieces in bottom of dish. Top with one-third of chicken mixture and repeat layers twice, ending w/ the tortillas.
• Sprinkle rest of cheese on top and cook covered 30 minutes; then uncover and cook additional 15 minutes or until bubbly. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE (OAMC)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix soup, picante sauce, sour cream, chili powder, tomatoes (or Rotel), and chicken.
• In 2-quart shallow baking dish, spread 1/2 of the tortilla pieces to cover the bottom. Top with 1/2 the chicken mixture.
• Repeat layers.
• Sprinkle with cheese and onions.
• Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes or until hot.
• If desired, serve with additional picante sauce, sour cream, onions, black olives, shredded cheese.
• TO FREEZE: Freeze chicken mixture in Ziploc bags uncooked.
• TO SERVE: Defrost chicken mixture. Arrange corn tortillas and chicken mixture according to above directions and bake.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Poach, not boil the chicken with carrot, onion and celery till done. Cool and cut up.
• 2. Combine tomatoes, soups, chili powder, tobasco sauce and reserved chicken broth in small bowl.
• 3. In 9x13 dish, layer in order: tortilla pieces, chicken, soup mixture, green onions, cheese. (I usually end up with three layers). Bake @ 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Let cool a few minutes before serving to let the cheese set up.
• 4. NOTE: Adjust heat for your particular taste by either adding more green chili's or using tomatoes without chili's. To save time you could also use a rotisserie chicken from your local deli.

MEXICAN KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In a large skillet saute the onion and the bell pepper in hot oil over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until tender. Add the diced chicken to the onion and the bell pepper mixture.
• Add the cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, tomatoes and green chilies, chili powder, garlic powder, salt, and the black pepper.
• Line a greased 9-inch x 13-inch baking dish; layer one-third of the corn tortillas pieces in the dish.
• Top with one-third of the chicken mixture.Top the chicken mixture with one-third of the cheddar cheese.
• Repeat the layers twice.
• Bake for 1 hour in a 350 degrees Fahrenheit oven.

ZESTY KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400°. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add frozen vegetables, and sauté 4 to 5 minutes or until tender. Transfer to a medium bowl; stir in soup, diced tomatoes, and chili powder. 2. Layer half of chicken in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Top with half of soup mixture and 1 cup Cheddar cheese. Sprinkle with 1 1/2 cups tortilla chips. Repeat layers once. Top with remaining 1 cup cheese. 3. Bake at 400° for 25 to 30 minutes or until bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Garnish, if desired. *1 teaspoon chili powder and 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper may be substituted.

BIRDIE'S KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Brown onion in oil.
• Combine with soup, broth, chilies and chicken.
• Heat through.
• In large greased casserole dish, layer tortillas, chicken mixture, cheese.
• Repeat layers until casserole is filled.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 30-40 minute.

SLIGHTLY FANCY-PANTS KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Season the chicken with the 2 teaspoons of the lime juice, 2 teaspoons of the ancho chile powder, and a dash of salt and pepper. In a skillet heated on medium, cook the chicken in the olive oil on each side for about 10 minutes. When the chicken is done (after about 20 minutes), shred it with two forks. Taste and see if it needs more salt and pepper. There should be about 3 cups of chicken.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan on medium low, and add the onions, red bell pepper and poblano pepper. Cook for 10 minutes or until the onion and peppers are soft and fragrant. Add the garlic and cook for 30 more seconds. Stir in the flour, cumin, cayenne pepper and the remaining 2 teaspoons of ancho chile powder, and cook for 1 more minute.
• Pour in the chicken broth and cook on low until the mixture is thickened, a few minutes. Stir in the half-and-half and Ro-Tel cover the pot, and simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Uncover the pot, and add the sour cream, the remaining 2 teaspoons of lime juice, and the cilantro, and add salt and pepper to taste. Turn off the heat.
• Preheat the oven to 350° F and have ready a 9x13 baking dish.
• To heat up the tortillas, add about 1 teaspoon of oil to a large skillet heated on medium-high, and add the tortillas, one at a time, cooking about 30 seconds per side or until softened. Add more oil as needed.
• To assemble the casserole, ladle 1/2 cup of the sauce onto the bottom of the baking dish. Layer half the tortillas along the bottom of the pan (on top of the sauce). To make sure entire pan is evenly covered, you can rip some of the tortillas into strips to fill any gaps. Add half the chicken, half the remaining sauce, half the remaining cilantro and 1 1/2 cups of grated cheese.
• Repeat the layering, leaving the cheese layer on top. Cook uncovered for 30 minutes or until brown and bubbling. If you like, top with additional sour cream and cilantro for serving.

FAMILY FAVORITE KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• If applicable, remove giblets from chicken, and reserve for another use. Rinse chicken.
• Place chicken, celery, carrots, and salt in a large Dutch oven with water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 50 minutes to 1 hour or until chicken is done. Remove from heat. Remove chicken from broth; cool 30 minutes. Remove and reserve 3/4 cup cooking liquid. Strain any remaining cooking liquid, and reserve for another use.
• Preheat oven to 350°. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, and sauté 6 to 7 minutes or until tender. Add bell pepper and garlic, and sauté 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in reserved 3/4 cup cooking liquid, cream of mushroom soup, and next 5 ingredients. Cook, stirring occasionally, 8 minutes.
• Skin and bone chicken; shred meat into bite-size pieces. Layer half of chicken in a lightly greased 9x13-inch baking dish. Top with half of soup mixture and 1 cup Cheddar cheese. Cover with half of corn tortilla strips. Repeat layers once. Top with remaining 1 cup cheese.
• Bake at 350° for 55 minutes to 1 hour or until bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. You'll want to make extra because it truly is even better the next day.
• Chili Powder Note: 1 teaspoons chili powder and 1/8 teaspoons ground red pepper.

KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a saucepan, combine chopped onion, celery and bell pepper with 1 cup of water. (If using boneless,skinless chicken breasts, cut into bitesized pieces and add to veggie mixture. Add a little extra water and cook until chicken is done and veggies are tender.) Drain off the liquid.
• Grease a 2 qt. casserole dish, or a 9 X 13 inch glass baking dish. Arrange half of the fried tortilla chips in the bottom of casserole dish. Then add the veggie/chicken mixture, spreading around evenly. Don't stir it up...just layer it.
• In a medium sized bowl, combine the 2 cans of soup. Mix together well, then spoon the soup mixture over the casserole dish, spreading it out evenly over all. Spread out half of the shredded cheese. Arrange on top of this the remaining tortilla chips. Over this, pour on the Ro-Tel tomatoes, spreading it out evenly. **At this point, if desired, you may use a small can of diced mild green chilies for a little extra flavor.
• Bake uncovered in 375 degree oven for 40-45 minutes. Remove from oven and top with remaining cheese and black olive slices. Return to the oven and bake an additional 20 to 25 minutes. The cheese should shart to look brown and the casserole bubbly.
• Helpful Tips: If you want fewer calories and less fat, use the Healthy Choice soups or select soups with less sodium. Lowfat shredded cheese is okay... And if you are in a hurry, you could use "Doritos" tortilla chips instead of frying the tortilla strips, but beware of the added salt! I prefer to fry the tortilla chips because it gives the dish a more authentic flavor. If you like it a little spicy, you can use medium or hot diced chilies or Ro-Tel tomatoes. To garnish, sprinkle on top a small handfull of fresh cilantro leaves! This dish freezes well. Bon Apetit' y'all!!