and today we are making the easiest,

Mexican-inspired chicken casserole

covered in a bubbly cheese sauce.

Everyone needs an easy chicken casserole recipe.

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This recipe moves fast so go ahead

and preheat your oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit

and butter a nine by 13 casserole dish.

(laughs)

Next, you'll need two pounds of chicken breast.

I have four small chicken breasts here

and I've trimmed off any excess fat, cut those in half.

It is important not to use too much chicken

which will overload your casserole dish.

This recipe is easy to scale-up,

so if you do wanna double the recipe,

make sure to increase the sauce proportionally

and use a larger baking dish.

Season both sides of your sliced chicken

with salt and pepper.

Once the chicken is prepped, we can fire up the stove.

Place a large pan over medium heat

and add two tablespoons of oil.

Once the oil is hot, add the chicken in batches,

and cook for about three minutes per side

or until golden and cooked through.

Also, if you don't have one, I love this oil splatter guard

and I'll leave a link to it below,

but it keeps my stove and me clean and safe.

Also make sure you don't overcook the chicken.

Saute until it's just cooked through

or until it's reached a safe 165 degrees fahrenheit.

Repeat with the second batch of chicken,

adding more oil as needed.

Arrange your sauteed chicken in the buttered casserole

so they're laying flat

and overlapping as little as possible.

Now to make the super-easy three ingredients sauce.

In a medium mixing bowl,

add 14 ounces of diced, green chilies with their juice.

Next, add two cups of shredded Mexican cheese

and one cup of full-fat sour cream.

Stir those together until they are well combined.

Pour and spread the sauce evenly over the chicken.

And last but not least, sprinkle the top evenly

with one cup of shredded Mexican cheese.

Then bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees fahrenheit

for abour 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted

and the sauce is bubbling at the edges.

(laughs) All right, hot, cheesy, creamy perfection.

And I am ready for this taste test, who's with me?

(laughs)

All right, and then I love to garnish this

the same way you would enchiladas.

So I've got some freshly diced tomatoes,

some avocado and of course cilantro.

So we're gonna top that generously.

Right, and avocado goes on everything I can put avocado on.

(laughs) Where are my avocado fans?

Lots of avocado.

And then, last but not least, fresh cilantro.

Mm, doesn't that look tempting?

I'm excited. (laughs)

Okay, and now the moment I've been waiting for,

the taste test, so here we go, dive right in here.

Oh, oh, oh, this is so saucy and creamy.

Yum, mm.

And, the taste test.

Mm, the chicken is tender,

got that cheese pull going. (laughs)

Mm, and it smells really good.

(satisfied moan)

I love how those diced green chilies

give this really good Mexican flavor.

Totally satisfies the craving for Mexican food. (laughs)

And can you believe how easy this is?

Everybody needs a good, easy chicken bake.

And this was actually a recipe

that was shared by one of our readers, Judy.

So thank you so much, Judy, for sharing it with us.

It became an instant hit. (laughs)

And I hope you all love it too.

And if you guys have any recipe ideas,

I love trying your favorite recipes.

So please leave them in a comment below

and thanks so much for watching.

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