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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jl2008

posted:8/2/2011

Made this the other night. SOOO good! Will make it again!

a cook

posted:7/15/2011

This dish was not as good as I expected it to be. It tasted really "commercial". The salsa flavor really took over the whole dish. Don't think I will be making this again.

dpbaxter

posted:7/7/2011

This is really good! I used a black bean and corn salsa, and I added some extra frozen corn. That made it a little sweeter. I also used a light green pepper (don't know what kind) instead of a bell pepper since bell peppers have a bit of a bitter taste to me. This was delicious, quick and easy.

a cook

posted:6/27/2011

I enjoyed this recipe, but my husband isn't a green pepper or black bean fan, so he wasn't real impressed. It might be better for him without the green pepper and corn instead.

amollan

posted:5/23/2011

Great dish! Easy to make and my family loved it!

vorsthn

posted:4/12/2011

I make all kinds of mexican casseroles all the time. Mostly by experiments and this time I followed the recipe. It is tied with my all time favorite!

stacywampler

posted:4/2/2011

@ the person who was lookin for the serving size it is on the right of the picture

slkparsons

posted:3/20/2011

Very good dish!