Not Mexican Chicken

[sairalinde.livejournal.com]

This is one of my recipes from my cooking column I write for the local newspaper:



Not Mexican Chicken
1-1/2 pounds ground beef
1 can Ro-Tel
1 can of Cream of Onion soup
1 can of Cream of Mushroom soup
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese or cheddar and Monterey jack cheese blend
13-ounce bag of nacho flavored tortilla chips (Doritos) crushed coarsely (not fine)

Preheat oven to 350. Using a large skillet brown the ground beef, you may wish to flavor the meat as you brown it with a dash of salt and pepper or even season salt. Once the meat is browned, drain off the fat. Turn off the heat to the skillet. Mix in the can of undrained Ro-Tel and the two cream soups until well blended. Crush half a bag of chips and cover the bottom of a 13x9 baking pan with crushed chips. Pour your meat mixture over it evenly, spread out until flat. Top with cheese. Place in the oven for 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

Comments

[nienna-weeper.livejournal.com]

Ole! Sounds yummeh!

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

I used to have a recipe similar to this and am glad to see this one... we shall be trying it soon!

[sairalinde.livejournal.com]

Originally it was a Mexican chicken recipe, thus the name, but I changed it because I didn't have time to deal with boiling a chicken, deboning and all that jazz. We like it better with the hamburger meat.

Oh and if you can't find cream of onion soup another cream soup flavor will do or use cream of mushroom with roasted garlic, the flavor comes close but its better with cream of onion.

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

We tried it last night and it was yummy. I don't think I put enough chips on the bottom but it was still very good. I may try it with Chicken. Several companies have already cooked and flavored chicken strips... they might be good.

[sairalinde.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it :) Chicken is good too, I just hate all the trouble with boiling a chicken....using the precooked I hadn't tried though. My husband loves it either way but I'm partial to the beef myself, I'm not a huge chicken eater.

[sairalinde.livejournal.com]

oh and my picture of it isn't accurate really, when its served it comes out a gloopy mess and not all pretty like the picture I did for the newspaper :P That was after it was refrigerated and cut cleanly and all pretty for the photo. hehe It's still good all in a gloopy mess though. :P

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

It was but good! :)

[silver-trails.livejournal.com]

Hi, what is Ro Tel?

Can this be done in the microwave?

[sairalinde.livejournal.com]

Ro Tel is a brand of canned diced tomatoes with peppers, you can probably get away with can canned salsa or another brand of tomatoes and peppers.

No this cannot be made properly in the microwave. Hamburger meat in my experience comes out tasting like rubber.

[silver-trails.livejournal.com]

Okay. Thanks!

And yes, you are right about that. I have never used my new kitchen oven, so it might be a good reason to try it.