King Ranch Casserole from Scratch

Name: King Ranch Casserole from Scratch
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter; 1 yellow onion, chopped; 1 red bell pepper, chopped; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1/2 teaspoon chili powder; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 1 cup all-purpose or Wondra flour; 3 cups chicken stock (use 1/2 cup more if using corn tortillas instead of flour); 1/2 cup heavy cream; 4 ounce can diced green chiles; 1 ten-ounce can Ro-Tel tomatoes (I used mild); 10-12 flour tortillas (may substitute corn tortillas if desired. Dip them in chicken broth briefly to soften); 1 cooked chicken (poached or roasted), meat shredded; 1+ cup shredded Jack cheese; 1+ cup shredded cheddar

"This King Ranch Casserole from Scratch takes an old classic and eliminates the canned soups. Much as I loved the original version, reducing the sodium load, and nixing the processed soup made this Tex-Mex casserole even better!..."

INGREDIENTS

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1/2 cup butter

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1 yellow onion, chopped

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1 red bell pepper, chopped

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4 cloves garlic, minced

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1/2 teaspoon chili powder

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1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

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1 teaspoon salt

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1/2 teaspoon black pepper

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1 cup all-purpose or Wondra flour

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3 cups chicken stock (use 1/2 cup more if using corn tortillas instead of flour)

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1/2 cup heavy cream

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4 ounce can diced green chiles

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1 ten-ounce can Ro-Tel tomatoes (I used mild)

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10-12 flour tortillas (may substitute corn tortillas if desired. Dip them in chicken broth briefly to soften)

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1 cooked chicken (poached or roasted), meat shredded

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1+ cup shredded Jack cheese

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1+ cup shredded cheddar

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