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Green Chilli Chicken Recipe

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Spice up your dinner with our Mexican chicken rice casserole. Packed with Hatch Green Chile, Chicken and black beans, it’s our take on comfort food with a spicy twist. Make it ahead and have an amazing dinner ready in minutes. Let’s cook up some Mexican kitchen magic with this easy green chilli chicken recipe tonight.  It’s from our list of hatch green chile recipes and sometimes it’s called a Chicken and Black Bean Casserole.  These Hatch chili recipes really rock our world. 

 
Green Chilli Chicken Recipe

 

Mexican Chicken Rice Casserole – a dish that combines convenience with taste. Drawing its flavorful profile from our Hatch Green Chilli Chicken Recipe, this casserole promises to elevate your weeknight dinners. With its easy preparation and make-ahead convenience, this casserole is designed for busy people who don’t want to compromise on taste. Infused with the festive flavors of Mexican cuisine, our recipe is a surefire way to bring a fiesta to your dinner table.

This Green Chilli Chicken Recipe came from one of our hatch chili recipes and was originally made with pork.   We exchanged the pork for chicken and added rice to make it into a Mexican chicken rice casserole that can also be an easy make-ahead dinner idea.

 

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Chicken and Black Bean Casserole

 
It’s always nice to have a recipe on hand that can be assembled ahead of time and popped into the oven for an easy weeknight dinner. And other than the chicken breast, everything comes out of a can.   All the ingredients for this Green Chilli Chicken Casserole are cooked and then poured into a casserole dish that can be refrigerated until ready to bake.  (Be sure to remove this Mexican chicken casserole dish from the fridge and allow it to come to room temperature prior to baking.)
 
We used cans of black beans, chopped tomatoes, green chiles, salsa, and brown rice.  We even used Uncle Ben’s Brown Ready Rice that is cooked in the microwave for 90 seconds.   I tell you Mexican chicken rice casserole is an easy-peasy recipe that is hearty and loaded with Mexican flavors is one of our easiest hatch green chile recipes.
 

Green Chilli Chicken Recipe:

  • 1 1/2lb of chicken breast cut into bite-size pieces
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 package of brown ready rice or 1 1/2 cups of brown rice cooked according to package directions
  • 10.5 oz can cream of chicken soup
  • 15 oz can of black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes with juice
  • 8 oz of chopped green chile 
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 Tbsp ground cumin
  • 1 cup of grated cheddar cheese
  • corn tortillas, optional

 

Equipment Needed:

  • Dutch Oven
  • 2.5 Quart Baking Dish

 

How to make this Mexican chicken rice casserole:

 

Mexican chicken rice casserole

 
Heat your oven to 400 degrees.   Then over medium-high heat in a dutch oven, brown chicken pieces in the olive oil until done and no longer pink.   Remove the chicken and drain the oil if needed.  
 
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Cook the rice according to package instructions and then return the chicken to the dutch oven and add all the ingredients except the cheese, tortillas.
 
Chicken and Black Bean Casserole
 
Gently blend and bring the mixture to a boil and simmer 15 minutes. Meanwhile, spray a 2.5-quart baking dish with a cooking spray.
 
Green Chilli Chicken Recipe one of our best hatch chili recipes
 
Pour the mixture into the baking dish.  *Note: At this point, the dish can be covered and refrigerated. Prior to baking remove from the fridge and let come to room temp. and bake for an additional 10 minutes making it a total of 20 minutes, adding cheese last 5 minutes of baking. 
If baking immediately,  bake for about 10 minutes until the ingredients are bubbling.  Sprinkle the cheese on top of this Chicken and Black Bean Casserole and bake for 5-10 more minutes until the cheese is melted. 
 
 
 
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Serve with tortillas on the side and extra cheese if needed or wanted.  Also, you might wish to set the scene by covering our dinner table with an authentic Mexican serape tablecloth along with Mexican style napkins.   Also, it’s fun to serve this  Chicken and Black Bean Casserole with margaritas or sangrias.
 
We hope you indeed do spice up your weeknights with this Easy-Peasy Mexican Chicken Rice Casserole.  It’s hearty, packed with Mexican flavors, and a cinch to make and it’s a meal your family will devour and ask for seconds.

 

 

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Green Chile Chicken Casserole

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Mexican chicken rice casserole with a Green Chilli Chicken Recipe from our hatch green chile recipes. Chicken and Black Bean Casserole -Hatch chili recipes
Evelyn Osborn
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4
Calories 428 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 lb Chicken Breast cut into bite-size pieces
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 package Uncle Bens Ready Brown Rice (or 1 1/2 cups of brown rice) cooked according to package directions
  • 1 10.5 oz can cream of chicken soup
  • 1 15 oz can black beans rinsed and drained
  • 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes with juice
  • 8 oz can green chile chopped
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons ground cumin
  • 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
  • corn or flour tortillas

Instructions
 

  • Heat your oven to 400 degrees.   Then over medium-high heat in a dutch oven, brown chicken pieces in the olive oil until done and no longer pink.   Remove the chicken and drain the oil if needed.  
  • Cook the rice according to package instructions and then return the chicken to the dutch oven and add all the ingredients except the cheese, tortillas.
  • Gently blend and bring the mixture to a boil and simmer 15 minutes. Meanwhile, spray a 2.5-quart baking dish with a cooking spray.
  • Pour the mixture into the baking dish. *See Note Sprinkle the cheese on top of this Chicken and Black Bean Casserole and bake for 5-10 more minutes until the cheese is melted. 
  • Spray a 2.5-quart baking dish with a cooking spray and pour the mixture into the baking dish.
  • *Note: At this point, the dish can be covered and refrigerated. Prior to baking remove from fridge and let come to room temp. (and bake for an additional 10 minutes making it a total of 20 minutes, adding cheese last 5 minutes of baking)
  • Serve with tortillas on the side and extra cheese if needed or wanted.

Notes

*Note:  After the ingredients are placed into the casserole dish, it can be covered and refrigerated. Prior to baking remove from the fridge and let come to room temp. and bake for an additional 10 minutes making it a total of 20 minutes, adding cheese last 5 minutes of baking. 

Nutrition

Calories: 428kcalCarbohydrates: 5.62gProtein: 43.72gFat: 24.96gSaturated Fat: 8.42gCholesterol: 138.54mgSodium: 569.7mgPotassium: 710.68mgFiber: 2.19gSugar: 2.11gVitamin A: 372.19IUVitamin C: 9.07mgCalcium: 240.12mgIron: 2.87mg
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    19 Comments

    2. I can see why this is one of your favorites. Tasty combo of flavors and easy enough for a weeknight. Gotta try this!
      Thanks

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    12. Yes, M'AM, I'll have a big ol' helping of this, please! All my favorite ingredients in this dish! Thank you for bringing this to Treasure Box Tuesday- pinned and sharing on Facebook! ♥

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    14. Hi Evelyn,
      We will really enjoy your chicken and Green Chile Casserole, it looks like our kind of food! Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday today, it is great to have you at the party. Hope you have a very special week and come back soon!
      Miz Helen

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