King Ranch Chicken

By kjs1010

Ingredients

• 1 cut up chicken or 3 whole chicken breasts
• 1 medium green pepper, chopped
• 1 medium red pepper,chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 Tbs butter
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
• 1 can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
• 1 Tbs chilli powder
• 1-2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp oregano
• 1-10oz can diced tomatoes with green chilies (Rotel)
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 2 Tbs sour cream
• 4 Tbs picante sauce (hot)
• 1 dozen corn tortillas
• 3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Simmer chicken in salted water for 1/2 hour. Reserve stock. Bone and dice chicken, set aside. Saute green and red pepper and onion in butter, about 2 min. Remove from heat and add mushroom soup, chicken soup, diced tomatoes, chicken broth, sour cream, cumin, chili powder, tomatoes, picante sauce and oregano. Mix well. Dip 1/2 of the tortillas in the reserved stock, and line the bottom and sides of a 3-quart casserole. Next layer 1/2 of the diced chicken and 1/2 of the soup mixture. Repeat layers and top with the grated cheese. Bake in preheated 350 oven for 45 minutes. Serve immediately with additional picante sauce.