Tex Mex Chicken Casserole

This Tex Mex Chicken Casserole takes less than 10 minutes to put together, and is perfect for an easy weeknight meal that feeds a crowd!

You know those times when you feel too tired to cook?

This is one of those recipes where I can always muster the energy to whip it together, even when I don’t feel like cooking.

It demands so little, and it’s easy, delicious, and full of texture.

Plus, you can make a big batch and heat up the leftovers for dinner on any other night of the week. I love leftovers.

You can think of this recipe as a big nacho bake, of sorts. But with less cheese, more salsa, and a casserole-like texture.

It won’t and is not supposed to have the crispness of a tray of nachos, but rather the nachos soak up the salsa and take on a more tortilla-like texture that makes for a hearty bite.

You also gets bits of corn, black beans, scallions, and gooey cheese to tie it all together, and a sprinkling of taco seasoning to enhance the tex mex flavors that go so well in dishes like this.

Let me show you how simple it is to put together this Mexican Chicken Casserole.

How to Make Tex Mex Chicken Casserole:

Start with a handful of crushed tortilla chips:

This is an instance where you want to use the thicker, more robust tortilla chips. Thin ones will get too soggy and flimsy.

Now we’re going to add a bunch of supporting ingredients.

Black beans….corn…

Diced chicken breast…

(I use my slow cooker to cook batches of chicken breast to be used for stuff like this. Here’s the post with instructions for Crockpot Chicken Breast)

Now add salsa, Mexican shredded cheese, scallions, taco seasoning…

Stir it all together:

Then put it in a casserole dish:

Cover it with foil and bake for 30 minutes:

Then you can serve it garnished with scallions, sour cream (a must), avocado slices, chopped fresh tomato, cilantro…whatever you’d like.

Mexican Rice, Mexican Street Corn Salad with Black Beans, and Chicken Fajitas are some of my other favorite recipes in this flavor profile. Enjoy!

More Favorite Dishes with Mexican Flavors:

• Steak Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing
• Carnitas
• Huevos Rancheros
• Slow Cooker Shredded Mexican Beef

Tex Mex Chicken Casserole

Servings: 8

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 40 mins

This Tex Mex Chicken Casserole only takes 10 minutes to put together, and is perfect for an easy weeknight meal!

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Ingredients

• 4 oz tortilla chips broken into large pieces (2 cups)
• 1 cup corn canned or frozen
• 15 oz can black beans drained and rinsed (can do pinto beans too)
• 3 cups cooked chicken breast diced
• 2 cups shredded Mexican-style cheese
• 3 cups your favorite salsa (I like Frontera)
• 1 bunch scallions sliced
• 2 tbsp taco seasoning
• sour cream for garnish (optional)
• avocado slices for garnish (optional)
• fresh chopped tomato for garnish (optional)

Instructions 

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine the tortilla chips, corn, black beans, diced chicken, cheese, salsa, scallions, and taco seasoning. Stir it all together very well, being careful not to crush the tortilla chips too much. Taste the mixture and adjust seasoning if necessary (and keep in mind this will taste wetter than when it comes out of the oven).
• Pour the entire mixture into an 8×12 or 9×13 casserole dish, and cover tightly with foil. Bake for 30 minutes, then serve with your favorite garnishes (like avocado slices, sour cream, fresh chopped tomatoes, scallions, etc). Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 487kcal, Carbohydrates: 50g, Protein: 37g, Fat: 16g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 73mg, Sodium: 458mg, Fiber: 10g, Sugar: 3g

Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Author: Joanne Ozug

Post updated in April 2019. Originally published February 2014.