Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Healthy Chicken Mexican Casserole

  • Olive oil cooking spray
  • 1 onion
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 2 cups cooked shredded chicken
  • handful chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 cups reduced fat cheese (I like the fiesta blend from Trader Joes)
  • 1 bottle of Herdez Verde Salsa (sold at WalMart in the Mexican food aisle)
  • 8 corn tortillas (remember to check the ingredients for only corn, water, and lime)
  • 1 1/2 C lite or ff sour cream
  • 1 can of drained chopped green chilies
Spray pan with olive oil and saute onion and garlic until they are translucent.  Add garlic, paprika, black pepper, salt, and chicken and heat thoroughly.  Remove from heat and stir in cilantro.

Preheat oven to 350F.
Using a square casserole dish, spray with olive oil and add 1/3 jar Verde salsa to cover bottom of the dish.  Put 4 tortillas on top.  Spread 1/2 sour cream over tortillas. Next spead another 1/3 of verde salsa, 1 cup of chicken, 1/2 of cheese, and 1/2 of green chilies.  Top this with 4 tortillas, then the remainder of sour cream, salsa, chicken, and  green chilies.  Top with the remainder of cheese.  Bake for 35 minutes or until bubbly.

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