
Easy and Cheesy- Green Chile, Chicken and Rice Casserole
Prep10 min
Cook35 min
Total45 min
Servings6
Difficultyeasy
Ingredients
- 2 tbspOlive Oil
- 1 smallOnion, minced
- 1Yellow Bell Peppers, chopped
- 0.5 cupMilk
- 1Eggs
- 0.5 cupSour Cream
- 24 oz cans green chiles, well, diced drained
- 10 ozpre- chicken, diced cooked
- pinchGround Cayenne Pepper
- 1 tbspcumin
- Plenty of salt and pepper
- 2 cupcheese (I used a combo of white cheddar and pepper jack, but Monterey Jack is really good too.), shredded
- 4 cuprice, cooked
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. rub olive oil on the sides and bottom of a large casserole dish.
- 2
In a large pan over medium-high heat, saute onions and bell peppers with olive oil until they begin to brown. Set aside.
- 3
Combine the rice, chicken, 1 1/2 cup of the cheese, green chilies, sour cream, cumin, cayenne, salt, pepper and onion mixture to the casserole dish and combine well. (Give the mixture a taste to make sure you have enough salt, pepper and cayenne.)
- 4
In a separate bowl, whisk together milk and egg. Add milk and egg to the rice mixture
- 5
Top the casserole with remaining shredded cheese and bake for 30 to 35 minutes.