Mexican Chicken Casserole

photo by:kraft

Fresh veggies team up with lots of delicious stuff: hearty black beans, succulent chicken, whole wheat tortillas and melty cheese. Because eating right shouldn't be boring.

time

prep:

25 min

total:

45 min

servings

total:

4 servings

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What You Need

3/4

lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces

tsp. ground cumin

green pepper, chopped

1-1/2

cups TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Thick 'N Chunky Salsa

oz. (1/4 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, cubed

can (15 oz.) no-salt-added black beans, rinsed

tomato, chopped

whole wheat tortillas (6 inch)

1/2

cup KRAFT Mexican Style 2% Milk Finely Shredded Four Cheese, divided

Make It

HEAT oven to 375ºF.

COOK and stir chicken and cumin in nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium heat 2 min. Add peppers; cook 2 min., stirring occasionally. Stir in salsa; cook 2 min. Add Neufchatel; cook 2 min. or until melted. Stir in beans and tomatoes.

SPREAD 1/3 of the chicken mixture onto bottom of 8-inch square baking dish; cover with 1 tortilla and half each of the remaining chicken mixture and shredded cheese. Top with remaining tortilla and chicken mixture; cover.

BAKE 20 min. or until heated through. Sprinkle with remaining shredded cheese; bake, uncovered, 5 min. or until melted.

TACO BELL® and HOME ORIGINALS® are trademarks owned and licensed by Taco Bell Corp.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Special Extra

Garnish with 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro just before serving.

Serving Suggestion

Serve with a crisp mixed green salad to round out the meal.

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preston1181140

posted:3/31/2013

added a couple of twist 2 mine ! only 1 layer of tortillas then on top crumbled white corn chips-- also added a can of whole kernel corn--while simmering sprinkled a little chili powder 4 extra heat/spice

LUVLINESS14

posted:3/7/2013

Oh WOW!!!!!! All I can say is this dish was AWESOME everyone loved it had 2 plates a piece so that says something....Only thing I did different was I used diced up tomatoes with green chilies and also added some onion to the bell pepper It turned out great....Thank you Kraft I love this website so far

ItsMeDG

posted:11/14/2012

Delicious!! I usually have leftovers, but my casserole dish was EMPTY. My husband and kids absolutely loved it. I will make this again. But I double the recipe.

symrice

posted:11/7/2012

This was wonderful! I took the first bite and was so excited with the taste. I will definitely make this again!

Elisamelon

posted:10/21/2012

So delicious! Creamy, with a little bit of spice! And easy to make! Will definitely make again!

Jeanne893

posted:10/12/2012

Excellent. Have made this several times.

newlyweds12

posted:8/20/2012

This was very good and we will make it again!

mamajess21

posted:8/20/2012

This will be really good once i do a little adjusting. The flavor is great and really easy, but I am not sure about the texture with the tortillas being kind of soggy. I will make again.

a cook

posted:8/2/2012

My daughter made this for supper tonight. Was very good. She did tweek the recipe some though. Instead of the green pepper she used lil sweeties (red, yellow, orange peppers) and only used 1/2 can of black beans and used 1/2 kidney beans. Would definately make it again!

kjenns6483

posted:7/3/2012

OMG~ I've made it for my co-workers twice and then for my friends and they all LOVED it! It has now become my signature dish replacing my breakfast casserole!