Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Makes
8
Greta Podleski cooks up a delicious casserole topped with black beans and butternut squash!
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Ingredients
12 7-inch
corn or flour tortillas
4 cups chopped, cooked rotisserie chicken
chopped, cooked rotisserie chicken, (light and dark meat)
1 can (19 oz/540 mL)
no-salt-added black beans, drained and rinsed
2 cups
diced butternut squash
2 cups
shredded part-skim Tex-Mex cheese blend, (8 oz/227 g)
Sauce
1 tbsp
olive oil
1 cup
diced onions
2 tsp
minced garlic
1 can (23 oz/680 mL)
no-salt-added tomato sauce
1½ cups
reduced-sodium chicken broth
1½ tbsp.
chili powder
1 tsp
ground cumin
½ tsp
dried oregano
¼ tsp
sea salt
2 tbsp
minced fresh cilantro
Instructions
Heat olive oil in a medium pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic. Cook and stir until onions begin to soften, about 2 minutes. Stir in tomato sauce, broth, chili powder, cumin, oregano and salt. Mix well. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Remove sauce from heat and stir in cilantro.
Preheat oven to 375 F. Spray a deep, 9 x 13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray or lightly oil. Spoon about ¾ cup sauce over bottom of dish. Top with 3 tortillas, cutting as necessary to make them fit. Top tortillas with another ¾ cup sauce followed by 1/3 chicken, 1/3 beans, 1/3 squash and ¼ cheese. Repeat layering two more times: ¾ cup sauce, 1/3 chicken, 1/3 beans, 1/3 squash and ¼ cheese. Top with remaining 3 tortillas, followed by remaining sauce and cheese.
Spray foil with cooking spray (or lightly oil) and cover casserole dish. Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 10 minutes. Let casserole stand, uncovered, for 10 minutes before serving. Serve hot with any or all of the optional garnishes.