Mom's Mexican Chicken (Jennifer Sue Jacks Henley) |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Made by mom with love. Ingredients:
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, or more to taste |
1/4 cup butter |
1 onion, chopped |
2 jalapeno chile peppers, seeded and minced |
1 (10.75 ounce) can cream of chicken soup |
12 corn tortillas |
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, or as needed |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
2. Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Add chicken breasts, bring back to a boil, and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 15 minutes. Drain chicken and reserve 1 cup of chicken water. Shred chicken.
3. Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and jalapeno peppers in the melted butter until onion is softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Mix cream of chicken soup and reserved chicken water into onion mixture; stir well. Fold shredded chicken into mixture.
4. Line the bottom of the prepared casserole dish with tortillas; spoon chicken mixture over tortillas. Top with another row of tortillas. Repeat layering until all the chicken mixture and tortillas are used; top with Cheddar cheese.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
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