How to Make Ree's Chicken Tortilla Casserole | The Pioneer Woman | Food Network

[Music] the star of the show is a chicken tortilla casserole it's really hearty and just dripping with all the things my family loves i've just got some onions in the skillet with a little olive oil and i just threw them in to get them a little soft before i move forward i love this casserole it's really hearty it's actually a version of a casserole my friend pastor ryan used to make it was sort of a mexican lasagna it's just full of deliciousness all right the onions are already getting nice and soft so i'll add in some garlic several cloves and i just minced it really fine and then i'll add some spices a couple of teaspoons of chili powder a teaspoon of paprika beautiful color and a teaspoon of ground cumin which i love to put in so many of my tex-mex recipes now i'll just stir it and i want those spices to really coat the onions i don't want the tomatoes to completely fall apart that's why i wait until the onions have started to soften before i add them in now i'm just going to stir them around and let them cook for a couple of minutes now the tomato mixture could not look any more delicious and it smells divine i'm going to go ahead and get it out of the pan this adds such amazing flavor to the casserole i just love it now i'm gonna crank the heat up on the stove drizzle in a little olive oil and i'll move on with the next step there are a lot of steps and a lot of ingredients to this casserole but nothing is complicated at all i've got some boneless skinless chicken breasts and i just cut them into bite-sized pieces and i'm going to season them with the same seasonings i used for the onion mixture this chicken could not look any more glorious i'm gonna move forward and make a sauce out of this and all i need to do is add a little water [Music] and then i'll just stir the chicken around now the sauce just needs to bubble up and reduce a bit now to add to the chicken i've got some pinto beans and kidney beans i just drained them and rinsed them and they'll just make the filling of the casserole that much more hearty i'll just pour half of the jar of salsa verde all over the bottom of this casserole dish i'll start with a layer of six they'll overlap and cover the bottom of the pan just perfectly now i've just got some plain cooked rice just regular long grain white rice and i'm just putting it in a single layer on top of the tortillas nothing fancy about this now what makes it fancy is this delicious tomato mixture i made and i'll just sprinkle it over the rice this is such an easy recipe you can use frozen corn if that's what you got if you have a little extra time you can shave kernels off the corn and use fresh anything works all right now it's time for this delicious chicken and bean mixture it's been cooling and it looks so good this is adding all the protein to the dish i'll just sprinkle it on and spread it out and i'll just pour on a nice layer i'm gonna make sure it gets in the cracks and then i'll add the rest of the jar of salsa verde just kind of go in between oh i love this mix and then half of the cheese goes on i love putting all the cheese toward the top because as it bakes in the oven it just drips down into the cracks and makes it so gooey all right and then a second layer of corn tortillas these sort of hold the whole casserole together it has a base and a top [Music] now i'll end with a good layer of the homemade enchilada sauce i'm not going to use all of this for this casserole but this sauce keeps in a jar in the fridge and then the rest of the cheese [Music] you have got to have a hearty appetite when you eat this dish all right the casserole is all assembled now i'm just gonna cover it with foil and keep it in the fridge until i head home then tonight all i have to do is bake it at 375 degrees for 20 minutes take the foil off and cook it for another 15 to 20 minutes then when it's hot and bubbly it's done i'll let it sit a while so it'll hold up together when i serve it then everyone gets a great big helping with some sour cream on the side and a sprig of cilantro you

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Id: d0LV5pQ4CVk

Length: 5min 20sec (320 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 19 2018