# Texas Trash Chicken Casserole

A Texas Trash Chicken Casserole is a hearty and flavorful dish made with chicken thighs, refried beans, enchilada sauce, cream cheese, green chilies, cheese, and taco seasoning, baked to bubbly perfection and served with Spanish rice.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 can enchilada sauce
- 1 can refried beans
- 8 chicken thighs
- 1 tablespoon taco seasoning
- 1 block cream cheese
- 1 can diced green chilies
- 1 cup shredded cheese
- 0.25 cup jarred salsa
- 1 handful green onions
- 1 bowl homemade spanish rice

## Instructions

1. Cover the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish with enchilada sauce.
2. Add scoops of refried beans into the enchilada sauce.
3. Add a chicken thigh on top of each scoop of beans.
4. Season the chicken thighs with taco seasoning.
5. In a mixing bowl, combine softened cream cheese, diced green chilies, shredded cheese, and salsa or enchilada sauce.
6. Add taco seasoning to the cream cheese mixture and mix well.
7. Place a scoop of the cream cheese mixture on top of each chicken thigh.
8. Spread the cream cheese mixture to completely cover the chicken.
9. Bake at 350°F for about 30 minutes.
10. Add a handful of cheese and bake for a couple of minutes to melt the cheese and cook the chicken.
11. Garnish with green onions, if desired.
12. Serve with a bowl of homemade Spanish rice, topping each chicken thigh with rice and sauce.

## Equipment

- 9x13 baking dish
- scooping device
- mixing bowl

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj1s3t7M/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/031ab7bf-e91b-4e8e-9b55-a3c1d5365226
- Extracted: 2025-04-08

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