CHICKEN TACO CASSEROLE ⭐️🌮

A crowd pleasing casserole full of fiesta flavors. This Chicken Taco Casserole is hearty, cheesy, easy to make, and satisfies your Mexican food craving⭐️🌮.

Take all of your favorite taco night ingredients, combine them into one dish, top with shredded cheese and off to the oven it goes. The result is a hearty, delicious, and low carb casserole with bubbly cheese over top — the entire family is going to love it.

This Chicken Taco Bake is a great meal for a group (6 servings but can easily be scaled up), can be made in advance, and it's great for meal prep. It holds up very well for multiple days in the fridge and reheats to taste just as good the next day as it was out of the oven. So whether you're looking for easy recipes to bring to the dinner table for your family, or you're cooking for one, this easy chicken taco casserole is for you.

SUBSTITUTIONS AND VARIATIONS (ideas!)

This casserole is super customizable, so make it to your liking! Here are a few ideas for ingredient swaps:

⭐️ Meat: Use pulled chicken, ground beef, or additional black beans or pinto beans to make it vegetarian.

⭐️ Veggies: Add tomatoes, jalapeños, green chiles, mushrooms, black olives, zucchini, or cauliflower rice. This Chicken Taco Casserole dish is an easy way to sneak in extra veggies.

⭐️ Cheese: Instead of shredded cheddar try mozzarella, white cheddar, or crumbled cotija (a Mexican cheese similar to feta). Want it a little richer? Use softened cream cheese instead of sour cream.

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