Southwest Chicken Bean and Rice Casserole

Submitted by *Parsley*

"A nice easy casserole. Serve with a dallop of light sour cream on top; if desired. Sometimes I add some corn to the chicken mixture."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 3 cups cooked rice
• 1 -2 tablespoon butter
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 14 1⁄2 ounces diced tomatoes with green pepper and onion, undrained
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, DIVIDED
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 cup chopped sweet onion
• 5 cups diced cooked chicken
• 19 ounces enchilada sauce
• 29 ounces black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon adobo seasoning
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon cilantro
• 2 3⁄4 ounces sliced black olives (optional)
• 2 teaspoons cilantro

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray a 13" x 9" baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter; add rice, salt and diced tomatoes w/ pepper/onion. Heat through and pour into bottom of prepared baking pan. Sprinkle 1 cup of the cheese over top.
3. In same skillet, over med-high heat, sautee onion in the oil until translucent. Add diced cooked chicken, enchilada sauce, black beans, pepper, salt, adobo, cumin and 1 tbsp cilantro. Stir and heat through. Pour over top of mixture already in the baking pan.
4. Sprinkle remaining 1 cup cheddar cheese over top. (then scatter optional sliced black olives over cheese, if using them). Sprinkle with 2 tsp cilantro.
5. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.

Reviews

[Prana Princess]

Very easy and tastes good, too. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Nasseh]

I just realized as I was writing this review that I forgot to add in the diced tomatoes with chilis. OOPS! I did halved the recipe & left out the olives. Very tasty & none was left when dinner was over. I guess that means it was a big success! Made for Went to the Market Tag

 

[tiger28]

very good---we really enjoyed this, i had planned to make enchiladas and realized i didnt have any tortillas so i was excited to find this recipe. my can of enchilada sauce was bigger (29oz) and i served it with sour cream. next time will serve with tortilla chips also- thank you!

 

[Lorrie Sagnimeni]

Very tasty southwestern-style dish.

 

[mommaj]

I used the Louis Rich grilled chicken strips from the deli aisle, the adobo sauce leftover from a recipe the night before and salsa instead of the diced tomatoes. This recipe was incredibly easy and very tasty. My notoriously picky husband gave it a 5-star! I served with some cornbread and a salad.