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The classic King Ranch chicken casserole is bursting with cheese, chicken, and pepper goodness. King Ranch chicken is a popular Tex-Mex casserole. Its name comes from King Ranch, one of the largest ranches in the United States, although the actual history of the dish is unknown and there is no direct connection between the dish and the ranch. While the King Ranch Chicken recipe has roots in the Lone Star State, it's beloved by savvy home cooks around the South and beyond.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook king ranch chicken using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make King ranch chicken:

1. Make ready Boneless skinless chicken thighs trimmed of fat and cubed
2. Make ready 6 Celery stalks ends cut and quarted
3. Make ready 6 Green onion ends cut and halved
4. Take to taste Salt and pepper
5. Get 1 jar cheese wiz
6. Make ready 1 family size can of cream of mushroom
7. Make ready 1 family size of cream of chicken
8. Get 2 cans rotel tomatoes, completely drained
9. Make ready 4 cup shredded mild cheese
10. Take 12 taco sized flour tortillas
11. Prepare (Optional) 3/4 cup chicken broth (reserved from boiling chicken)

King Ranch Chicken is basically an enchilada casserole, but it's creamier than most. And yes, most recipes for it call for canned cream soup. This cheesy casserole is basically a Texan lasagna! Layers of crispy corn tortillas, cheese, and a creamy chicken mixture loaded with bell peppers, tomatoes, green chiles.

Steps to make King ranch chicken:

1. Boil chicken thighs with green onions, celery, and salt and pepper… remove celery and green onion, throw away, reserve chicken broth if desired (I found if you don't use the chicken broth it makes it less runny… sets it up firmer) drain water off chicken thigh pieces
2. Mix cheese wiz, both soups, and drained rotel together on a sauce pan and heat up…
3. Using a 5qt casserole dish (I use my removable crockpot dish) spray dish with non stick spray and place 2-3 tortillas on the bottom then layer as follows: chicken, soup mix, cheese… top with tortillas and then repeat process… do this til the chicken, soup, and cheese is used up… (usually 3 layers) finish off with tortillas on top… you can now top the casserole with the chicken broth or not… (purpose of the broth is to keep tortillas moist during baking*)
4. NOTE* I like mine firm… I leave the broth out… it makes the tortillas firm on top and the whole dish firm..
5. Cover with lid or aluminum foil bake 350°F for half hour or til the cheese is melted through…
6. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

This cheesy casserole is basically a Texan lasagna! Layers of crispy corn tortillas, cheese, and a creamy chicken mixture loaded with bell peppers, tomatoes, green chiles. This well-seasoned King Ranch chicken casserole is a big family favorite. You can put the tasty Tex-Mex casserole together earlier in the day, then cover and refrigerate until you're ready to bake. Boneless skinless chicken thighs trimmed of fat and cubed•Celery stalks ends cut and quarted•Green onion ends cut and halved•Salt and pepper•cheese wiz•family size can of.

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