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:
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- Cream of Mushroom: https://amzn.to/45WqyXY
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup:Â 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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I also make something similar. I don't use corn or CO Mushrooms. I Use Velveetta melted into homemade CO chicken. This so so good. My whole family loves it.
Could I add a little taco seasoning would that be good
Could I add a little taco seasoning would that be good
This stuff was even better reheated the next day.
I grew up eating this in the 80's and 90's how weird that it is on here haha.
I grew up eating this in the 80's and 90's how weird that it is on here haha.
Hi Stephanie,
I'm making this tonight but adding a few black olives & onions….I know this will be good! Thank you so much for this recipe. 🙂
sounds delicious!
I made this yesterday & it was pretty good. I substituted crushed tomatoes, which we like better than dice, but added an axtra cup of cheese, to try & firm it up. It didn't really work as far as setting it up better, but it was very good none the less. Iused a couple of chicken breasts, which I cut up & browned in a skillet. I have a few pics on my profile page. Good recipe.
I made this last night and we liked it for the most part. A few of us didn't like the spice of the Rotel (I used mild), so would try again with the salsa instead.
I was really excited about trying this. I made it tonight, and didn't change a thing. I didn't like it much. I think the cream of mushroom soup was too much. If I try making it again, I won't add it.
Dave – I put the Doritos on the bottom.
If you put the doritos on top they burn!
The only size bag at my grocer was 11 ounces. I hope it is the correct size.
I made this last night and my husband gobbled it down, who would of thought it would be soooooo good. Thank you for sharing its awesome…….
Michele – you can't taste the sour cream in this dish. You could substitute Greek yogurt if you didn't want to use sour cream.
My hubby doesn't like sour cream. I don't think he would taste it in this, but could I omit or sub this for something else?