Doritos Cheesy Chicken Casserole – THE BEST Mexican casserole EVER! Chicken, sour cream cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, salsa, corn, cheese and Doritos! Everyone goes nuts over this casserole. Only takes a minute to assemble and it is ready to eat in 20 minutes. SO quick and easy. Great for a crowd – even picky eaters love this!
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Pin This RecipeThis recipe is from Plain Chicken reader, Diane Blake. She was kind enough to share her favorite recipe with me. I’ve never made a Doritos Cheesy Chicken Casserole, so we gave it a try. This is one of those dishes that isn’t pretty, but it tastes really good. We both really enjoyed this. I used some rotisserie chicken meat and this came together in no time. We both especially loved the Doritos! Chicken Legs topped his plate with extra Doritos because you can never have too many Doritos.
Doritos Cheesy Chicken Casserole
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 3 cups cooked chicken chopped (I used a rotisserie chicken)
- 8 oz sour cream
- 1 (10.5-oz) can Unsalted Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 1 (10.5-oz) can Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1½ cups salsa or 1 (10-oz) can diced tomatoes and green chiles
- 1 (11-oz) can of corn, drained
- 2 cups Mexican cheese shredded
- 1 (9.25-oz) bag of nacho cheese Doritos
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray.
- Crush the entire bag of Doritos and cover the bottom of the dish.
- Reserve one cup of cheese. Mix together remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Pour chicken mixture over the Doritos.
- Bake uncovered for 20 min. Top casserole with the remaining cheese and bake 5 additional minutes or until melted.
Notes:
- Our favorite store-bought salsas are Mateo’s, Kylito’s, Pace Picante Sauce, and Pace Restaurant Style Salsa.
- I suggest using Unsalted Cream of Chicken & Mushroom Soups in this dish to control the sodium.
- You can buy it by the case at Amazon:
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- Need Gluten-free soup? You can buy it here:
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- Cream of Mushroom: https://amzn.to/45WqyXY
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-cream-of-chicken-soup/
- Substitute mushroom bouillon to make cream of mushroom soup.
- You can buy it by the case at Amazon:
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I didn’t realize I don’t have sour cream. Can I use something else??
Greek yogurt
I love this recipe! I make it all the time for our family. I am trying to adapt it for a daycare. We aren’t allowed doritos. Is there anything we could use in it’s place?
You can use anything you like. Plain tortilla chips??
This was delicious! A family member doesn’t care for mushrooms, so I used 2 cans of cream of chicken. I also noted the comments about it being more like a dip than a casserole, so instead of putting all the chips at the bottom, I layered them like a lasagna, which evenly distributed them through the dish and made the texture perfect. It took about 50 min for mine to heat all the way through. Thanks for a terrific recipe!
I thought it was good. I added black beans, but I felt like it needed to cook longer. It wasn’t super hot coming out.
this looks delicious but it looks runny, can you add cooked rice with it? if so, how much do you recommend?
Make it however you want.
I make it as directed then serve over rice
Doritos come in so many different size bags. What size bag of Doritos are we talking here?
I have made this dish alot of the times but I use two cans of corn and alot of chesse
Yummy! I will make again…1 because it was soooo easy 2 it was fast and 3 it was yummy!
Can you make this ahead and freeze….what would be the baking time? Would you defrost before baking??
Can you Freeze this.
sure
What size bag of Doritos?
I used the standard size bag. You can use as many chips as you prefer.
Any idea how this freezes? Like as a make ahead meal planning? There’s not anything that seems freezer UNFRIENDLY but I didn’t know if anyone’s ever tried…Thank YOU!
Enjoyed it in our house. We would suggest more chicken than the recipe calls for, but that’s certainly a personal preference. I was thinking of how to add in some flavor – obviously anything you like on your tacos – green chilis or jalapenos, etc. I was even thinking about rice? Literally eating left-overs as I write this. Make sure to have extra Doritos on hand to give that crunch if warming up. 🙂
What size bag of Doritos do you use for this recipe?
Can this be frozen for later?
Can this be frozen? If so, before or after baking?
In the words of my 18yo. “That was the best thing I’ve tasted in a while. I was upset when someone ate the leftovers”. He wants me to make it again. My nephew also loved it. I am vegan but I’ll take their word for it. Thank You
SO glad they enjoyed it!!!