green chili and chicken mock tamale pie
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Lost for ideas and not much in the house, I had to depend upon my culinary education to come up with this in a pinch. The kids came to the table and asked what was for dinner and I told them I did not know, I just threw it together. To my amazement, they loved it! I hope that you will like it just as much. Feel free to tweak it and make it better, but please do share with me. :)
yield
6 serving(s)
prep time
30 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For green chili and chicken mock tamale pie
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2 - 3chicken breasts, boneless and skinless; cooked and cubed
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1 cancream of mushroom soup; save can for milk measurement
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3/4 canmilk
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white corn tortillas shells; uncooked
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1 boxmexican style rice-a-roni; prepared just to thickening (will finish in oven)
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1 canfire roasted whole green chilies; undrained
How To Make green chili and chicken mock tamale pie
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1Prepare Rice-A-Roni per directions; however, simmer until just set. It will finish cooking in the oven.
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2Boil chicken until done. Remove from water and let rest about 5 minutes. Cube into bite sized pieces. Put into a medium sized mixing bowl.
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3Add Cream of Mushroom soup in with the chicken.
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4Pour some oil from chilies into a medium sized baking dish; coating the bottom.
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5Pour the remaining chili oil in with the chicken.
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6Measure the milk in the Cream of Mushroom can to 3/4 can. This also gets all the soup out for you. :) Add milk in with the chicken mixture and stir.
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7Place a layer of corn tortilla shells on the bottom of the baking dish.
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8Pour Mexican Rice-A-Roni on the first layer of tortillas.
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9Add another layer of corn tortilla shells.
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10Pour the chicken mixture on the second layer of tortillas.
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11Open the Chilies and cut one side to lay flat. Lay each of them to cover the chicken mixture.
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12I did not have cheese, but this would be a good place to add some. I had a little to much liquid with my chicken, so I added some left over Jasmin rice pilaf I had left from an earlier meal. If you have this problem, you can use unprepared/lightly prepared Minute Rice in a pinch (easy, a little goes a long way).
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13Bake in a 375 oven for about 40 minutes, or until heated through. Remove and let stand about 10 minutes.
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
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