King Ranch Casserole

Cazuela de Pollo King Ranch

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Preparation info
  • Servings:

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
My South Texas Kitchen: Traditional Recipes And Modern Tips

By Yvette Zuniga Jemison

Published 2022

  • About

When Texans are craving comfort food, particularly the type that comes in casserole form, they whip out their family’s recipe for King Ranch Casserole. It’s a cumin and chili powder infused chicken filling layered between crispy tortillas and gooey cheese. I have no problem occasionally using canned condensed soup especially in comfort food like this dish. Another shortcut is to debone a super market chicken to quickly render 4 cups of cooked chicken. When time allows, I boil a whole chicke