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Recipe for King Ranch (chicken) casserole


			KING RANCH CASSEROLE

			1 large fryer chicken
			1 med onion chopped
			3/4 c chopped celery
			1 tspn salt
			1 can cream of chicken soup
			1 can cream of mushroom soup
			12 corn tortillas cut in pieces
			1 chopped green pepper
			1 can Ro-tel tomatoes
			1 c sharp cheddar cheese

Boil chicken, onion, celery & salt until chicken is tender
Remove chicken from broth and cool, remove bones, chop chicken
Boil broth down to 1 1/2 c & add soups & mix
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Arrange tortillas in pieces in bottom of buttered 8 x 12 in casserole 
  with tortillas pieces
Cover tortilla pieces with chicken chunks
Sprinkle with green peppers
Cover with Ro-tel tomatoes
Pour soup mixture over all of it
Cover with foil & bake 35 to 40 min.
Remove from oven and remove foil
Sprinkle with cheese, return to oven, cook til cheese is bubbly
Serve hot