Texas Trash Chicken
So I was planning out my recipes for the week and I was dreaming about Texas Trash Dip. You may or may not know this about me but I am 100,000% obsessed with Taco Bell bean burritos. It has always been my order and forever will be my order until either Taco Bell or myself ceases to exist. As I was meal planning and intermittent fasting I was starving and I came up with the best dinner of all time...of all time you ask? Yes. Of all time! There will be no better way to make chicken breasts from here on out once you make this dinner it is called Texas Trash Chicken and it has all of your favorite flavors from Texas Trash Dip in a full meal! Added bonus; it’s as easy as running through a Taco Bell drive-through! Your entire prep time will be no longer than 15 minutes and dinner will be served in 30 minutes after that. Now grab your apron and lets make it!
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts
- 1/2 tbsp + 1 tbsp taco seasoning divided
- 1 cup + 1 tbsp enchilada sauce divided
- 14 oz can refried beans
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup green onions chopped (separate the greens and whites)
- 4 oz can mild green chilis
- 8 oz freshly shredded colby jack divided
- ¼ of red onion chopped
- Rice, for serving
Instructions
- Pat your chicken dry of any moisture and allow to come to room temperature. Season both sides of the chicken breasts with a ½ tbsp of taco seasoning total.
- In a 9x13 baking dish, pour 1 cup of enchilada sauce in an even layer. Next, using a ice cream scoop or spoon add about 12 dollops (14 oz) of the refried beans over the enchilada sauce. Then place the three seasoned chicken breasts spaced out over the refried bean dollups.
- In a bowl, add in softened cream cheese, 1 tbsp taco seasoning, the whites of the chopped green onions, green chilis, 1 tbsp enchilada sauce, and 1 oz of the freshly shredded colby jack. Mix that together until fully combined.
- Divide the cream cheese mixture evenly over the three pieces of chicken and smooth it out to cover the entire piece. Sprinkle the chopped red onions around the chicken. Then, sprinkle the rest of the freshly shredded colby jack over the top of the chicken to cover the top.
- To garnish, shake a tiny bit of taco seasoning over the cheese and sprinkle over the greens of the chopped green onions.
- Place that in the oven and bake at 400°F for 30 minutes.
- Serve with rice and garnish with the sauce from the pan and some more green onions.
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Notes
- If the top starts to get too brown in the oven, put a piece of tin foil over it towards the end.
Nutrition
Calories: 478kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 39gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 146mgSodium: 1298mgPotassium: 556mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 1324IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 334mgIron: 2mg
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