Recipe #27: Chicken Tortilla Bake

Source:  http://homemakingchallenged.blogspot.com via Pinterest

Ingredients

2 10 3/4oz cans of cream of chicken

1 10oz can of dice tomatoes and green chilies 

12 6in corn tortillas

3 cups of cooked chicken

1 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Combine the 3 cans and mix them up, then set aside.

 

 

 

 

Chop up the tortillas into bite sized pieces.

Layer 1/3 of the tortillas onto the bottom of a 3 quart pan.

Place half of the chicken on top of the tortillas.

Then spoon 1/2 the soup mixture on top of the chicken.

Repeat layers and top with the rest of the tortilla strips.

 

 

 

 

Cover and bake for 40 minutes.

 

Top with cheese and bake an additional 5 minutes until the cheese melts.

 

 

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Important notes:  I did not have the diced tomatoes, so I substituted an equal amount of salsa.  Also, I used flour tortillas instead of corn.

I don't like to post recipes when I changed any of the ingredients.  It drives me crazy to find a recipe and then read all the comments when people say "This was not good, even though I changed this and this and this."  But I'm posting this anyway.

It was a little soupy for my taste, but I'm going to say that's because I used jarred salsa instead of the the (Rotel) tomatoes.  I would make this again, using the correct ingredients, because it really does incorporate things that I really like.

My husband and kids weren't home for dinner so it was just me.  I will see how it heats up tomorrow.  Maybe it would be less saucy.

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Ratings
Special Ingredients Needed:   None.
Ease of Preparation:  Easy.   
Taste:    Okay 
Overall:  7 out of 10

Recipe #26: Coca Cola Cake

Source:  http://mayflaum.com via Pinterest

Preheat oven to 350, and grease a 9×13 pan.

mix:
2cups flour
2cups sugar
1/2tsp salt
1tsp baking soda
1/2tsp cinnamon

In a saucepan over medium high heat stir this up good until it boils:
1 cup butter
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup coca-cola (from bottle is my preference!)
1/2 cup buttermilk

Now take off heat and add that to the flour mix & whisk until combined.

Then add:
2 eggs
1tsp vanilla extract

Mix, put in pan, bake it for about 30 minutes.

When cake is nearly done make the glaze by mixing in saucepan:
1/2cup butter
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup coca cola

Once that boils, remove and slowly stir in 4cups of confectioners’ sugar until nice and smooth. Then add in about a cup of chopped pecans, and give it a stir.

Once cake is done and out of oven (toothpick should come out clean), pour this warm glaze right over the top of the hot cake!

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Okay, a quick confession: I've actually made this cake twice before posting it here.  The first time, we were so impressed by how good this cake was.  We loved it.  Loved it so much, my husband took it to work in his lunch the next day. 

That's when his co-workers told him that their wives make this same cake with Dr. Pepper.

Dr. Pepper? I am a huge Dr. Pepper fan.  So I was all over that concept.

So earlier this week, I made this cake again, this time with Dr. Pepper.  I didn't notice much of a difference, I thought it was just as good the second time.

The glaze is delicious and really makes the cake.

Go make this cake.  No, seriously, go.  Now.

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Ratings
Special Ingredients Needed:   None.
Ease of Preparation:  Easy.   
Taste:    Excellent 
Overall:  10 out of 10