Simple Way to Prepare Ultimate Mexican chicken and rice casserole

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mexican chicken and rice casserole. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mexican chicken and rice casserole is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Mexican chicken and rice casserole is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have mexican chicken and rice casserole using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mexican chicken and rice casserole:

1. Prepare uncooked rice
2. Make ready skinless, boneless, chicken breast halves
3. Take fajita (or taco) seasoning
4. Make ready chicken broth
5. Take condensed cream of mushroom soup (10.75 ounces)
6. Prepare condensed cream of chicken soup (10.75 ounces)
7. Get salsa
8. Get cayenne pepper (or to taste)
9. Make ready large onion, chopped
10. Prepare cheddar cheese, shredded
11. Get pepper jack cheese, shredded

Steps to make Mexican chicken and rice casserole:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
2. Boil the chicken halves for 12 minutes
3. Cook the rice on the stove, using the chicken broth in place of plain water
4. While waiting for the chicken and rice to cook, mix the chicken and mushroom soups, salsa, chopped onion, and cayenne pepper together in a large bowl. Mix well.
5. Mix the pepper jack and cheddar cheese together in a separate bowl.
6. Take the boiled chicken (after letting it cool enough to handle), and shred it into bite sized pieces. Then add the fajita/taco seasoning and toss to coat the chicken
7. Lightly grease a 9x13 Pyrex dish. Layer in the following order… 80% of the cooked rice, all of the chicken, all of the soup/salsa mixture, all of the cheese mixture, and the remaining rice on top (this adds a very nice crunch to the dish).
8. Bake for 30 minutes. Lots of ways to alter this recipe. My feelings won't be hurt by that… :-)

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