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Southwestern Chicken and Rice Casserole

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A Tex-Mex dinner all in one dish. It goes together quickly and the oven does all the work.

Ingredients

  • 1 can (15 Oz.) Black Beans, Drained And Rinsed
  • 1 can (10.75 Oz.) Cream Of Chicken Soup (I Use Low Fat, Low Sodium Cream Of Chicken Soup)
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 cup Thick And Chunky Salsa
  • ¾ cups Uncooked Long-grain White Rice
  • ½ teaspoons Onion Powder
  • 1 can (11 Oz.) Mexican-style Corn, Drained
  • 4 whole Skinless, Boneless Chicken-breast Halves
  • ½ packages (.7 Oz.) 40% Less Sodium Taco Seasoning Mix
  • ½ cups Shredded Mexican Cheese Blend (I Use Reduced Fat Mexican Cheese Blend)
  • ¾ cups Sliced Green Onions To Sprinkle Over Top (optional)

Preparation

Spray a 13x9x2-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Spread drained black beans over the bottom of the prepared baking dish.

Combine soup, water, salsa, rice, onion powder and corn in a bowl; pour over black beans.

Rub the dry taco seasoning mix into the chicken; lay chicken on top of soup mixture.

Cover and bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes or until chicken and rice are done. (It actually takes 1 hour, 15 minutes to cook in the casserole dish I use. I uncover the dish after 1 hour.)

When the casserole is fully cooked, sprinkle with cheese (I return the dish to the oven for about 5 minutes to let the cheese melt). Then remove from oven and sprinkle green onions over the top, if desired. Serve.

Makes 4 servings.

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Fabs on 9.22.2010

I’ve made this quite a few times now because its easy to throw together and my family loves it! I am wondering if it would work to make it ahead of time (like in the morning) and then have my daughter put it in the oven when she gets home from school? Any thoughts?

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Laura on 7.14.2010

I’m looking forward to trying this one. It looks great!

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scbusf on 3.1.2010

My whole family LOVES this!!!!! Plus, it’s soooo easy!

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scbusf on 2.26.2010

My whole family LOVED this!!!!!

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soonerone on 2.26.2010

My husband and I made this together last night. We loved it, plus it was easy to make! We used all the Taco seasoning mix and he cut the chicken up into bite size pieces rather than a whole chicken breast. We have enought for leftovers tonight

Thanks for the recipe! We’ll be making it again!

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Fabs on 9.24.2013

I’ve been making this for my family for a couple of years now, it’s in my rotation because everyone loves it and it makes enough to have leftovers!

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Natalie on 6.17.2012

Very good & super easy!

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indigogirl on 10.18.2011

This is excellent! I cut the chicken into bite size pieces before cooking & then we scoop it into tortillas to eat. Thumbs up from all three of my kids!

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CherylGarrett on 9.7.2011

This is super easy and absolutely delicious!! I used a whole packet of taco seasoning on the chicken and forgot completely to add the corn, but it was still really yummy!

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mowsquaz on 2.21.2011

I made this last night, and it was so easy, which is a plus with a 4-month-old in the house. I think next time I’ll use low-sodium products, as it was a little salty, which I think was the fault of the taco seasoning I used. Other than that, it was really yummy, and my husband said it was delicious, too. Thanks for the recipe!

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