Mexican chicken lasagna


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 12
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 387.1
  • Total Fat: 10.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 67.7 mg
  • Sodium: 1,196.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 45.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 7.7 g
  • Protein: 31.4 g

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Introduction

Mexican style lasagna Mexican style lasagna
Number of Servings: 12

Ingredients

    1 spray olive oil cooking spray
    2 pounds uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast
    30oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
    16oz fat free sour cream
    8 oz reduced fat sour cream
    2 cups 2% shredded mexican cheese
    2 cans chopped green chiles (optional)
    2 tsp ground cumin
    1/2 tsp black pepper
    12 medium whole wheat tortillas, cut in strips
    1 cup salsa (at your desired heat level)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350. Coat lasagna pan with cooking spray.

Place chicken in medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to boil over high heat, reduce heat to medium and simmer until cooked through, about 10 minutes; drain. When cool enough to handle, cut into 1-inch pieces.

Transfer chicken to large bowl and add beans, sour cream, 1 cup shredded cheese, chilies, cumin and pepper; mix well and set aside.

Arrange half of tortillas in bottom of prepared lasagna pan, overlapping pieces to cover surface. Top with half chicken mixture, layer with remaining tortillas and then remaining chicken mixture. Sprinkle with remaining cup of cheese.

Bake until filling is bubbly and cheese is melted, about 30 minutes. let stand 5 minutes before slicing into 12 pieces. Serve with salsa on the side.

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LYZ219.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Incredible!
    I had to switch the sour cream for a mixture of plain yogurt and cottage cheese since that was all I had. Plus the whole wheat tortillas (only had 4!) got supplemented with corn tortillas. Otherwise I followed the recipe and it is great! - 1/9/10