Easy Dinner: Layered Chicken Enchilada Lasagna Recipe
A quick and easy dinner recipe for layered chicken enchilada lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 rotisserie chicken
- 1/2 medium yellow onion
- 1 bell pepper any color
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 15.5 oz can black beans
- 15.25 oz can whole kernel corn
- 4.5 oz can chopped green chiles
- 2x10 oz cans red enchilada sauce total two cans
- 12 6-inch corn tortillas
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup shredded nacho taco cheese
Optional Topping Ingredients
- avocado
- green onions
- sour cream
- fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Drain and rinse the black beans. Set aside.
- Drain the corn and green chiles. You can add them to the cleaned black beans.
- Remove the meat from a rotisserie chicken shredding it into pieces. I did that with my fingers but you can also use two forks. Put the chicken into a large bowl and set aside.
- Chop 1/2 a medium onion and 1 bell pepper.
- Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil on medium-high heat in a large skillet.
- Add the onion and pepper and cook until soft and the onions begin to become translucent. Do not let the onions brown.
- Pour in the black beans, corn, chiles, and chicken and stir to combine.
- Pour the red sauce over everything and stir. Cook on medium heat until warmed through, about 5 minutes.
- While the chicken mixture is heating, spray the casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- Begin to layer the tortillas in the dish. Put down the first tortilla and then place the second tortilla down with it slightly overlapping the first.
- Continue layering until six tortillas are on the bottom of the casserole dish.
- Pour half of the chicken mixture on top of the tortillas.
- Layer the remaining tortillas over the chicken mixture.
- Pour the remaining chicken mixture over the tortillas.
- Mix the two cheeses together and sprinkle them easily over the chicken and enchilada sauce mixture.
- Bake uncovered at 350 degrees until the cheese is melted and bubbly, about 20-25 minutes.
- Let the dish cool slightly before cutting to give the ingredients time to set.
- If desired, top with green onions, cubed avocado, a handful of chopped fresh cilantro, and/or sour cream before serving.