Southwest Chicken and Rice Casserole
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Cooking:
20 min.
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Servings per container:
10
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Ingredients for - Southwest Chicken and Rice Casserole

1. Nonstick cooking spray -
2. Cooked rotisserie chicken, meat removed from bones and chopped - 1 (3 pound)
3. Uncooked white rice - 1 ½ cups
4. Black beans, rinsed and drained - 1 (19 ounce) can
5. Whole kernel corn, drained - 1 (12 ounce) can
6. Tomato sauce - 2 ¾ cups
7. Chicken broth - 2 cups
8. Sour cream - 1 cup
9. Chili powder - 1 tablespoon
10. Salt - 1 teaspoon
11. Ground cumin - ½ teaspoon
12. Ground ancho chile pepper - ½ teaspoon
13. Ground white pepper - ½ teaspoon
14. Chicken broth - ½ cup
15. Grated aged Cheddar cheese - 1 ½ cups

How to cook deliciously - Southwest Chicken and Rice Casserole

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. Stage

Spray a 4-quart casserole dish with nonstick spray. Add chicken, uncooked rice, black beans, and corn and stir until combined. Set aside.

3. Stage

Mix tomato sauce, 2 cups chicken broth, sour cream, chili powder, salt, cumin, ancho chile pepper, and white pepper together in a large bowl. Pour into the casserole dish and mix well; contents should be fairly soupy. Cover with foil.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Remove from the oven, uncover, and stir.

5. Stage

Add the remaining 1/2 cup chicken broth if the casserole is too dry or beginning to stick. Cover again and return to the oven until rice is soft, about 40 more minutes.

6. Stage

Remove foil, stir contents, and sprinkle with grated Cheddar cheese. Return to the oven until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.