Mexican Casserole

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 cups crushed tortilla chips
• 1 lb shredded cooked chicken (i go the easy route and get a rotisserie chicken from sam's or costco)
• 2 (15 1/2 ounce) cans black beans, drained
• 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can corn, drained
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 cup prepared salsa
• 1 cup chopped red onion
• 1 green pepper, cut into 1/4 in dice
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• salt and pepper
• 12 ounces shredded mexican blend cheese
• chopped tomato
• sour cream
• chopped cilantro

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease a 13 x 9 inch casserole dish, then sprinkle the crushed chips on the bottom.
• 3 combine the chicken, beans, corn, tomato sauce, salsa, onion, bell pepper, cilantro, garlic and salt and pepper in a bowl.
• 4 place half the mixture evenly in the baking dish.
• 5 sprinkle half the cheese over the mixture.
• 6 cover with the remaining half of the chicken and bean mixture and sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top.
• 7 bake for 30 minutes.
• 8 let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
• 9 serve the garnishes in bowls on the side.