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Quick & Easy Chicken Chalupas Recipe | Simple Dinner Ideas

 
INGREDIENTS

1 fully cooked roasted chicken (about 2 pounds) 8 flour tortillas 2 cups reduced-fat shredded Cheddar cheese 1 cup mild green chili salsa 1 cup mild red salsa

PREPARATION:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 13X9-inch ovenproof dish with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Remove skin and bones from chicken; discard. Shred chicken meat.
  3. Place 2 tortillas in bottom of prepared dish, overlapping slightly. Layer tortillas with 1 cup chicken, 1/2 cup cheese and 1/4 cup of each salsa. Repeat layers, ending with cheese and salsas.
  4. Bake casserole 25 minutes or until bubbly and hot.
Tip Serve this easy main dish with some custom toppings on the side such as sour cream, chopped cilantro, sliced black olives (pre-sliced from a can, of course!), sliced green onions (from the salad bar) and sliced avocado. This recipe appears in: Mexican NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION: Serving Size: 1/6 of total recipe Fiber 3 g Carbohydrate 42 g Cholesterol 123 mg Saturated Fat 12 g Total Fat 34 g Calories from Fat 47 % Calories 646 Protein 42 g Sodium 948 mg DIETARY EXCHANGE: Fat 3 Meat 5 Starch 3