Chicken Taco Casserole

Ingredients

• Cheddar cheese

  2 cup, diced or 264g

• Chili powder

  Spices

  1 tbsp or 8g

• Salsa

  Sauce, ready-to-serve

  2 cup or 520g

• Lettuce

  Iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw

  1 cup shredded or 72g

• Green peppers

  Hot chili, raw

  ½ cup, chopped or diced or 75g

• Tortillas

  Ready-to-bake or -fry, flour

  2 tortilla, medium or 92g

• Sour cream

  Reduced fat, cultured

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Ground chicken

  Raw

  16 oz crumbled or 448g

• Tomatoes

  Red, ripe, raw, year round average

  1 cup, chopped or sliced or 180g

• Jalapeno peppers

  Raw

  ¼ cup, sliced or 23g

• Canned black beans

  Low sodium, drained

  ½ cup or 130g

Directions

1. Cook ground chicken in deep frying pan until golden brown. Add chili powder.
2. Add salsa, green peppers, jalapenos, and black beans to chicken in frying pan. Simmer for about 5 minutes or until heated thoroughly.
3. Place half the chicken mixture into a 8x8" baking dish (preferably round). Layer 1/2 cup of cheese on top, one tortilla shell, another tortilla shell, remaining chicken mixture, 1/2 cup of cheese, sour cream, 1 cup of cheese.
4. Place in oven at 350 °F (175 °C) until cheese has melted (about 20 minutes).
5. Add chopped tomatoes and lettuce. Serve!

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