Enchilada Ranch Casserole

Submitted by 2SpiceItUp

"I made this one up when I was tired of the same old Enchilada Casserole, I thought it was alright, but my husband LOVED it. This makes a huge batch, so if you're a family of four, I would just make it in 2 9x9 baking dishes and freeze the other one."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8-12

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 64 inches flour tortillas
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
• 1 (15 ounce) can red enchilada sauce
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 3 cups medium sharp cheddar (shredded)
• 1 (1 ounce) package ranch dressing mix
• 1 (4 ounce) can green chilies (diced)
• cool ranch Doritos
• sour cream, Salsa, and Black Olives for garnish

directions

1. Place chicken breasts in boiling water until cooked through. Shred.
2. Cook Black Beans in saucepot 5-7 minutes, drain and rinse.
3. Combine soup mix, enchilada sauce, drained beans, green chiles, sour cream, and ranch dressing mix in large mixing bowl. Add shredded chicken.
4. Tear Tortillas into large pieces and layer 1/3 in bottome of sprayed 11x15 or 2-9x9 baking dishes. cover with 1/3 chicken mixture and 1/3 cheddar cheese. Repeat twice. Cover with foil and bake in preheated 350 degree oven 35-45 minutes or until heated through. Remove foil and top with 1 cup crushed Ranch Doritos and return to oven for 5-10 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly.
5. Serve on a bed of crushed Doritos and Garnish with a spoon of salsa, sour cream and top with olives.

Reviews

[patti o.]

This was really good, I didn't have exact ingredients so I subsituted but basically I was really close. I only had a 10 ounce can of enchilada sauce so I added a 10 ounce can of Rotel tomatoes with the sauce. I used Zesty Ranch Dressing and Refried black beans(all I had). It came out more like a dip than a casserole but with the added tortilla shells and putting it on a bed of Doritos it was perfect. Thank you!

 

[SarahBeth]

Ok -- here is what happened -- I saw this recipe and thought -- does not sound like I will love it, but DH most likely will (I don't like mexican chicken ANYTHING). He saw the recipe and thought, I really don't think I will like this... but I will give it a try. So last night, I made this casserole with a few slight changes -- I did not have ranch dressing mix (oops forgot it) so I added about 1/4 cup of lite ranch dressing to chicken mixture, I poached the chicken in a mixture of water and chicken broth with a pinch of salt and 3 hearty shakes of both cumin and cayenne pepper, and after the first layer of chicken mixture I added a thin coating (about 5 light shakes) of cayenne pepper (we LOVE spicy) and I added cheese on top before the crushed doritos. Sounds like a lot, but really very minor additions/subs and nothing that would change to overall taste. So, next thing I know, it smelled great coming out of the oven and it rocked our worlds -- this was so darn good! We ate a whole 9x9 pan just the two of us (froze another) there was one serving left and we fought over it for lunch today! Next time we are planning a mixture of ranch and spicy nacho cheese doritos! I can't wait to have this again!!! [Made for Potluck Tag]

 

[simplemom]

AMAZING recipe!! I made this a while back and forgot to review. This is one of the tastiest 'Zaar recipes that I've ever made. I wouldn't change a thing.

 

[Sydney Mike]

Made this for company (pretty much following the recipe) & it was a big hit! I used shredded chicken that I already had in the freezer! Now being sure what the ingredient "64 inches flour tortillas" meant, I used twelve 8" tortillas & that seemed to work just fine! Thanks for posting! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in the current Pick-A-Chef]