Chicken Taco Casserole

Another hit from Six Sister's Stuff. This is their chicken taco casserole recipe. If soggy taco chips are not your thing, you can easily omit them and add them fresh to your dish/plate at the end (although, some of the chips managed to keep their crunch even after baking in the oven, FYI). You can also switch things up by adding or omitting anything you like. For example, I would add olives and possibly corn while topping with sour cream and lettuce. Chris would leave out the beans. You could also use hamburger taco meat instead of chicken. So make it the way you like it. See the original recipe here:

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Chicken Taco Casserole Recipe

Ingredients:

• 21.5 ounces cream of chicken soup 2 (10.75 oz cans)
• 1½ cups sour cream
• 14 ounces diced tomatoes with green chilis 1 can, (we used Ro-tel)
• 15 ounces black beans 1 can (rinsed and drained)
• 1 ounce taco seasoning 1 packet
• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cooked and shredded
• 13 ounces tortilla chips 1 bag
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese divided

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease a 9 x 13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the chicken soup, sour cream, diced tomatoes, black beans, taco seasoning and chicken. Set aside.
• Crush chips (I just crush them with my hands) and spread half of them on the bottom of the pan
• Spread half of the chicken mixture over the tortillas.  
• Top with 1 cup of cheese. Repeat layers.
• Bake for 30 minutes, until bubbly and cheese is starting to brown.

Marsha's Notes:

It was super easy to crush the chips in the bag once you open it just a touch to let the air out. I also think I prefer, if using chicken, to have it shredded. We tried small chunks because that was what I had leftover from another recipe and it was fine, but not as good I think as if it had been shredded. Also, I looked it up, and I believe 1 oz. taco seasoning is about 2 Tbl if you are using loose stuff. If you leave the chips out, I think this would make a pretty good dip or spread that you could either put on a bed of freshly crushed chips on your place and eat with a fork, or you could put the casserole directly on the plate and dip into it with intact chips.