Mexican Casserole

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups of plain prepared stuffing
• 1 (24 ounce) jar chunky salsa (hot, medium or mild - depending on how spicy you like it)
• 2 cups of shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 4 -6 medium chicken breasts, not cooked,cut into bite size pieces
• 1 (12 ounce) jar jalapeno peppers (optional)
• 1 (6 ounce) can black olives (chopped or sliced) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 boil 1/2 cup of water.
• 2 mix with stuffing.
• 3 spoon some salsa into bottom of baking dish, then place stuffing on top.
• 4 cut uncooked chicken into bite size pieces.
• 5 spoon 3/4 of the jar of salsa on top of the stuffing.
• 6 place uncooked chicken pieces on top of salsa and stuffing.
• 7 add remaining salsa on top of chicken.
• 8 spread sharp cheddar on top of casserole.
• 9 add optional jalanpeno peppers and/or black olives on top of cheese if desired.
• 10 bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
• 11 *please note that the stuffing will soak up the extra juices, so you can omit the 1/2 cup of water and just put the dry stuffing in the baking dish.*
• 12 **keep in mind, the more salsa you use, the juicier the casserole will be.
• 13 **top with sour cream if desired**