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Mexican Chicken Casserole With Green Enchilada Sauce

May 5, 2014 Sharon 1 Comment

Mexican Chicken Casserole with Green Enchilada Sauce

This year for Cinco de Mayo, I made this yummy Mexican Chicken Casserole. It’s a casserole made with layers of Mexican flavored shredded chicken, corn tortillas, a creamy chicken green enchilada sauce layer, corn, black beans and loads of cheese. It’s really delicious so give it a try!

3 cups cooked chicken, shredded
1-12 oz. can chicken broth
1-10 3/4 oz can cream of chicken soup
1-12 oz. can corn (Mexicorn)
1-12 oz. can black beans, drained
1-8 oz. bottle green taco sauce or 1 can green enchilada sauce
1/2 cup fresh salsa
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
15 corn tortillas
3 cups shredded cheddar cheese

In a large bowl, whisk together the soup and half the broth. Stir in the shredded chicken, green taco / enchilada sauce, corn, salsa, black beans, cilantro and 1 cup of cheese.

Layer 6 of the corn tortillas in the bottom of a 9’x13′ glass baking dish. Top with half of the chicken mixture. Repeat layers. Take the remaining tortillas and slice into rectangles. (I use a pizza cutter for this.) Sprinkle them on the top of the casserole. Top with the remaining cheese. Pour remaining chicken broth over the casserole.

Bake at 350º F for 20 – 30 minutes.

Serve with Salsa, Sour Cream, Guacamole, Jalapenos.

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Mexican Chicken Casserole

Sharon Springfield

Appetizers, Main Dish

Taco Cups

May 3, 2014 Sharon Leave a comment

Taco Cups

These double decker taco cups are a great hot appetizer for your next fiesta! Layers of wonton wrappers, refried beans, taco seasoned ground beef, cheese and all your favorite taco toppings all in one tasty bite. Ole’!

Serve these at your Cinco de Mayo celebration or any other Latin themed party.

INGREDIENTS

1 pound ground beef
1 (1.25 ounce) package of Old El Paso taco seasoning mix
36 wonton wrappers
1 (16 ounce) can Old El Paso refried beans
36 tortilla chips
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
sour optional toppings: cream, diced tomatoes, cilantro, onion

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spray 18 muffin cups with cooking spray.

Brown beef in a skillet and drain the fat. Add the taco seasoning mix and water called for on the package and simmer for 4-5 minutes. Set aside.

Place one wonton wrapper in the bottom of each muffin cup. Layer about 1 Tbsp of refried beans on top of each wonton. Crush one tortilla chip on top of the beans. Top with 1 Tbsp of taco meat and 1 Tbsp of shredded cheese. Repeat the layers again with a wonton wrapper, refried beans, tortilla chips, taco meat, and cheese.

Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown.

Remove cupcakes from tin and top with your favorite taco toppings (i.e. sour cream, diced tomatoes, onion, or cilantro)

Sharon Springfield

Double Decker Taco Cups

Appetizers, Cajun, Main Dish, Seafood, Shrimp

New Orleans Style BBQ Shrimp

April 28, 2014 Sharon Leave a comment

Ruth’s Chris New Orleans-Style BBQ Shrimp

Ingredients:

20 large (16/20) shrimp, peeled and de-veined
1 ounce canola oil
1 tablespoon plus 5 teaspoons green onions, chopped
2 ounces dry white wine
1 teaspoon fresh chopped garlic
4 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
1 teaspoon Tabasco
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 teaspoon paprika
8 ounces (2 sticks) salted butter

Directions:

Place a large cast iron skillet on a burner and heat over high heat. Add oil and cook shrimp until they are just done. It’s best to prepare shrimp in batches if you do not have large skillet. Remove shrimp and set aside on a large platter.

Add green onions to the oil in the skillet and cook for 1 minute. Add white wine and let simmer until it is reduced by half.

When the wine is reduced by half, add chopped garlic, Worcestershire, Tabasco. cayenne pepper and paprika. Shake the pan well and cook for 1 minute. Reduce the heat to low.

Cut butter into small chunks with the knife and slowly add into pan, shaking fast to melt butter.

Continue to add butter and shake until all butter is melted. Add shrimp back to pan and toss well to coat shrimp with butter and seasonings and to heat the shrimp.

Place shrimp on four plates and enjoy.

Sharon Springfield

New Orleans Style BBQ Shrimp Recipe

Fish, Main Dish, Pesto, Seafood

Pesto Parmesan Panko Fish

April 25, 2014 Sharon Leave a comment

Delicious fish prepared with a pesto-Parmesan topping, sprinkled with panko bread crumbs and baked until the top is crispy and the fish underneath is tender and flaky.

Ingredients:

Fish fillets (tilapia is shown above)
mayonnaise
pesto
Parmesan cheese
panko bread crumbs
lemon juice

Lightly sprinkle the bottom of your baking dish with lemon juice and lay the fish fillets in the baking dish.

Mix together the next 2 ingredients. How much depends on how much fish you are cooking. Per fish fillet, use 1 tablespoon mayonnaise and 1 teaspoon pesto. Spread about a tablespoon of this sauce on top of each fish fillet. Lightly sprinkle Parmesan cheese over each fish fillet and then sprinkle Panko bread crumbs on top.

Bake in a preheated 350ºF oven for approximately 15 minutes. Test the fish to make sure it’s cooked through. It should flake easily.

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Holidays, Main Dish, Sauces

Citrus Glazed Ham

April 24, 2014 Sharon 1 Comment

Citrus Glazed Ham

This zesty glaze makes a fully cooked spiral sliced ham sweet and sunny. Use the same glaze as for Citrus Glazed Yams.

1 cup orange juice
2 heaping tablespoons orange marmalade
2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Combine orange juice and next 5 ingredients in a small saucepan, stirring well. Bring to a boil. Boil until thickened, about a minute. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.

Place a fully cooked sliced ham in a baking dish. Pour the glaze over, fanning out the ham slices to get some glaze between the slices of ham.

Bake in a 350º F oven for about 40 minutes, just until the ham is heated all the way through and the glaze is bubbly and thickened.

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Tag Archives: main dish

Mexican Chicken Casserole With Green Enchilada Sauce

Mexican Chicken Casserole

Taco Cups

Double Decker Taco Cups

New Orleans Style BBQ Shrimp

New Orleans Style BBQ Shrimp Recipe

Pesto Parmesan Panko Fish

Pesto Parmesan Panko Fish

Citrus Glazed Ham

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