Ingredients:
• 1 packet – large flour tortillas
• 2 cups – chopped cooked Chicken
• 2 or 2 1/2 cups – Cojack cheese or mixture of medium cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses, divided
• 1 cup – sour cream, divided
• 1/2 cup – mild salsa, divided
• 3 sliced scallions (green onions)
• 1/4 cup – lightly packed fresh Cilantro leaves or 1 tsp – dried Cilantro
• 1 tsp – Garlic powder
• 1 tsp – salt
• 1/2 tsp – black pepper
• oil as required
Method:
- Preheat oven at 350 degrees C.
- Lightly grease a non-stick cooking pan with oil.
- Cut tortillas into eighths.
- Place on plate, cover with plastic wrap and set aside.
- Mix 1/4 cup of salsa with 1/4 cup sour cream.
- Line glass pan with this mixture.
- Set pan aside while mixing the meat and cheese filling.
- For meat and cheese filling:
- Combine all of the remaining ingredients, expect reserved 1/2 cup cheese.
- Stir to mix well. Place 1 layer of cut tortillas on top of the sauce in a pan.
- Cover with 1/3 of the meat and cheese filling.
- Continue layering in this way, ending with the meat and cheese.
- If there is not enough meat and cheese to completely cover the top, sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
- Cover with foil.
- Bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil.
- Continue baking for 10 minutes until cheese starts to bubble around the edges of pan.
- Remove from oven and serve with fresh in-season fruit, green vegetables such as broccoli, asparagus, green peas, etc., corn chips and salsa.