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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- Cream of Mushroom: https://amzn.to/3SkpNVv
- Need Gluten-free soup? You can buy it here:
- Cream of Chicken: https://amzn.to/3MtqQ1s
- 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:
Steph
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Thanks so much for the advice, Stephanie! Love your site, all the best!!
Thanks so much for the advice, Stephanie! Love your site, all the best!!
glutenfree – I usually use the Healthy Request soups – they have lower sodium. My casserole wasn't watery. It will just depend on they type of salsa you use. Try a chunky salsa next time.
Thank you for the recipe! But is it suppose to be semi-watery? And the can soup kinda made it a little too salty, what can I do to make it less?
Mine turned out just a tad bit soupy… Would you have drained the Rotel? Otherwise, DELICIOUS!! 🙂
I add cold rice. Maybe a cup and a half.
I made this tonight because I had a bag of organic "doritos" that needed to be used – funny how they make organic doritos. LOL
Anyway, I used homemade cream-of soups and it turned out great! Thanks for a fabulous recipe. 🙂
~Stacy @ Stacy Makes Cents
Love love love! We did as the recipe reads, using rotel mild, and putting some of the dorritos on top, and it was delicous! I am a pretty picky eater, but this will definately be added to my recipe book!
Love this recipe! I keep this dish in rotation minus the corn lol
redtinarn – I used a Mexican cheese blend of cheddar/jack
What exactly is Mexican cheese? Velveeta or some type of hard cheese? At the store now buying the ingredients!
While visiting my family in the south my step-mother made a dish very similar to this one and I have been searching for the recipe for years. Hope this is it!
Eryn Ann – the chips didn't get soggy when I made this dish. If you try the chips on the top, let us know how it turns out!
Don't the chips get soggy on the bottom? This recipe sounds good, but I would think it would work better to put the chips on top so they would stay crispier?
I made this tonight! It is in the oven as of right now 🙂 The only thing i did differently was add some onions; I also layered it by putting the Doritos then chicken mixture then Doritos until i reached the top. Hope it turns out yummy 🙂 Thanks for the great recipe!
Steph,
I think this is a pretty recipe. Add some green onions and chopped tomatoes to the top would make it even prettier.
You can make this ahead and freeze it. I would add the chips right before baking rather than freeze them.