
Chicken Enchilada Casserole Recipe: Make-Ahead, Protein & Fiber
October 17, 2019This top-rated Chicken Enchilada Casserole Recipe is too good to be true with the layers of southwestern seasoned chicken, black beans, enchilada sauce, and tortillas, topped with melted cheese to create a scrumptious make-ahead dish.
Chicken Enchilada Casserole Recipe
Recipe by: Holly Clegg
Makes 8 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups of shredded cooked chicken breast rotisserie
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 can black beans rinsed and drained, 15-ounce
- 1 can diced green chilies 4.5 ounce
- 1 can red enchilada sauce 10-ounce
- 8 corn tortillas quartered, 6-inch
- 2 cups shredded reduced-fat Mexican blend cheese divided
- 2/3 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
Directions
- Preheat oven 350 F°. Coat an 11 x 7x 2-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a bowl, combine chicken, chili powder, cumin, cilantro, black beans, and green chilies
- Spread half of the enchilada sauce over the bottom of a baking dish. Place four quartered tortillas over the sauce, overlapping.
- Spoon half the chicken mixture over tortillas, and sprinkle with 1 cup cheese and dollop the yogurt on top. Next, spoon the remaining enchilada sauce, and make another layer of tortillas, and remaining chicken mixture.
- Cover dish with foil. Bake 25-30 minutes. Remove foil and sprinkle with remaining 1 cup cheese. Return to oven 5 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Nutritional Info Per Serving
Calories 235; Carbohydrates 18 grams; Fat 8 grams; Protein 23 grams
![]() | ABOUT THE AUTHOR With over 1 million cookbooks sold, Holly Clegg was a culinary expert on easy and healthy recipes. She appeared on Fox & Friends, NBC Weekend Today, QVC, The 700 Club, USA Today, Cooking Light Magazine, Web MD, & Huff Post. She consulted for Walmart, Teflon, Coca-Cola Company, & U.S. hospitals. Team Holly has the privilege to continue to share Holly's passion for healthy cooking with her Trim and Terrific recipes & to keep her legacy going for gastric cancer awareness. See more recipes by Holly! |
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