Mexican Chicken

Here is a recipe that I have adapted for cooking without canned soup. See the notes at the end for substituting back in the soup, if you prefer, as well as a few other "tips". For the standard substitute for canned soup see the entry with that title. In this recipe I increased the amount of white sauce to make the recipe more creamy. 

Mexican Chicken 

3 cups cooked, de-boned chicken, cut up in small pieces no larger than 1 inch by 1 inch 

4 cups milk 

3/4 cup flour (either plain white or whole wheat/whole meal or “Atta”) 

2 Knorr bouillon cubes 

1/2 cup butter 

2 cups onion -- diced 

1 cup chicken stock 

1 can green chilies 

4 cups grated cheese (1 pound) 

5 cups tortilla chips, crushed 

 1. Sauté onions in butter. 

2. Make white sauce with milk, flour, and bouillon cubes. Whisk flour into cold milk. Cook over medium heat. When milk is hot, add bouillon cubes. Bring to a boil.  Once boiling cook for at least two minutes until thick.  

3. After preparing white sauce, mix with chicken, sautéed onions, chicken broth and green chilies. 

4. Layer 3 cups crushed chips on bottom of a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish. Next layer 3 cups of the chicken mixture onto top of chips. Then add 2 cups cheese Next, layer 2 cups crushed chips, rest of chicken mixture, and 2 cup cheese. 

5. Bake for 30 min. at 350. 

 NOTES : Three cans cream of Chicken Soup may be substituted for the white sauce (4 cups milk, flour, and bouillon cubes). It's quicker to use the bought soup, but the homemade white sauce tastes much better. 

If whole wheat or Atta is used in making the white sauce, it will not be as thick as when you use plain flour. However, it still makes a nice creamy sauce and works fine in the recipe. 

Home made flour tortillas (either white or whole wheat) can be sliced and toasted and substituted for the corn chips. I cut the amount slightly on the amount of “chips” when using flour tortillas. 

For Gluten Free - substitute corn starch as the thickener instead of flour.  Use half the amount of corn starch as flour.  In this recipe use 1/4 cup + 2 TBSP corn starch.  Use the cornstarch in the place of the flour and follow recipe above.