MealBudgetChicken Enchilada Casserole
Layers of corn tortillas, shredded chicken, beans and enchilada sauce baked under melted cheese.
- Serves
- 4
- Total time
- 45 min
- Cost per serving (United States)
- $8.21
Ingredients
- 1 rotisserie chicken
- 19 oz canned red enchilada sauce
- 15 oz canned black beans
- 8 oz frozen sweet corn
- 12 corn tortillas
- 8 oz shredded mexican cheese blend
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 yellow onions
- 1/2 cup sour cream(optional)
Method
Heat the oven to 375F. Pull the meat off the rotisserie chicken and shred it, discarding skin and bones.
Mix the chicken with the drained beans, corn, finely diced onion, cumin and about half the enchilada sauce.
Spread a thin layer of sauce in a baking dish and cover with 4 tortillas, tearing them to fit.
Add half the chicken mixture and a third of the cheese, then repeat the tortilla and filling layers.
Top with the last tortillas, the remaining sauce and the rest of the cheese.
Bake 30 minutes until bubbling, rest 10 minutes, and serve with sour cream.
What this costs, country by country
Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.
| Country | Whole recipe | Per serving | Priced from |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | £17.23 | £4.31 | 8 of 8 ingredients |
| Australia | $50.39 | $12.60 | 8 of 8 ingredients |
| Mexico | $416.13 | $104.03 | 8 of 8 ingredients |
| United States | $32.82 | $8.21 | 7 of 8 ingredients |
| New Zealand | $58.21 | $14.55 | 7 of 8 ingredients |
| Greece | 28,34 € | 7,09 € | 7 of 8 ingredients |
| Spain | 20,56 € | 5,14 € | 7 of 8 ingredients |
| Egypt | ٦٤٥٫٦٠ ج.م. | ١٦١٫٤٠ ج.م. | 6 of 8 ingredients |
| Canada | $43.36 | $10.84 | 6 of 8 ingredients |
| Germany | 20,83 €* | 5,21 € | 5 of 8 ingredients |
| Austria | € 26,85* | € 6,71 | 5 of 8 ingredients |
* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.
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