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If you are looking for a super easy and wonderfully flavorful main dish, this Green Chile Chicken Casserole recipe is for you.
If you’d like to make something new that will work for Cinco de Mayo, this recipe is for you.
If you like a recipe that you can easily double, triple, quadruple (or more) to feed a crowd, this recipe is for you.
If you’re looking for a recipe that will please both adults and kids (most of them anyway), this recipe is for you.
If you need a gluten-free comfort food dish that will be loved by your family but also is fancy enough to serve to guests, this recipe is for you.
If you love naturally gluten-free recipes that don’t require expensive gluten-free specialty ingredients, this recipe is for you.
Even if you’re not gluten free, but just looking for a delicious recipe, this casserole is for you.
Now if you don’t come from the land of Mexico, New Mexico, or thereabouts, and are not a die-hard green chile fan, and you are balking because of the green chile factor, please don’t.
I used to have the same reservations, but green chiles add so much flavor and canned green chiles are actually very mild. Note that there are several brands on the market. One brand–probably the most well known name associated with green chiles by far—is shown below.
A single can of green chiles added to this recipe was perfect for our preferences, but those die-hard green chile fans will want fresh or frozen green chiles and probably the greater amount that’s shown in the recipe, too.
And, incidentally, do you say green chili? or green chiles? or green chilies? I’ve read so many different “opinions” on this subject!
As you can see above, the can says “chiles.” So we’ll go with that.
I served this dish with a small green salad and Tender Corny Almond Muffins. These muffins are a new recipe, which is based on my Honey-Sweetened Corn Muffins), and they were a great side bread for this casserole.
This Green Chile Chicken Casserole is also terrific served over rice. All that ooey gooey creamy cheesy sauce that you see turns the rice–and the whole meal—into something quite wonderful!
Plus, serving the casserole with rice will “stretch” the meal for hungrier folks and also allow you to serve more folks.
The same is true if you serve this casserole over gluten-free pasta or vegetable “noodles”—like zucchini noodles, aka zoodles. I love using my spiralizer to make such naturally gluten-free “pasta”!
Scroll to the bottom to get this Green Chile Chicken Casserole recipe. And also check out several more terrific green chile recipes from blogger friends below as well as some of the best gluten-free comfort food dishes here on gfe.
Gluten-Free Green Chile Chicken Casserole Recipe
Yield: 6 servings
Gluten-Free Green Chile Chicken Casserole
This Gluten-Free Green Chile Chicken Casserole is an easy-to-make, but flavorful and wonderful dish! It's easy enough that you can make it on a week night but special enough that you can serve it to company and/or for a celebration meal.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Inactive Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 boneless chicken breasts, cut in half lengthwise
- garlic powder] (or [garlic salt), to taste
- onion powder, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
- 1 small container (8 ounces) sour cream (either dairy or dairy free will work; Daisy brand is a good choice for a sour cream made from dairy as it is only cultured cream)
- 8 ounces (2 cups) shredded cheddar cheese] or [shredded cheese blend of choice (or dairy-free cheese)
- 1 – 2 cans green chiles (4 to 4.5 ounces) , drained (or 1 – 2 packages fresh green chiles, chopped; see notes)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Grease 9 x 13 baking dish.
- Place halved chicken breasts side by side in the baking dish.
- Sprinkle halved chicken breasts with garlic powder (or garlic salt), onion powder, and black pepper, all to taste.
- In largemixing bowl, mix sour cream, cheese, and chiles. Mixture will be thick; mix well. Spread mixture over halved chicken breasts. I used a spatula for this task, ensuring proper coverage and that I got every bit of the mixture out of the bowl. You should have just enough of the mixture to cover the chicken. (Once baked, there will ample sauce as you can see in the photos of the finished dish.)
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until chicken is done. Let sit a few minutes before serving.
Notes
Slightly adapted from my former co-worker/friend Tavie Glassmire's recipe. If using a larger amount of fresh green chiles, you might want to increase the amount of sour cream and cheese to ensure that you have a spreadable mixture of sour cream, cheese, and green chiles.
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More Gluten-Free Green Chile Recipes and Comfort Food Dishes
Here are some more gluten-free recipes that use Green Chiles. (Always verify gluten-free status of individual ingredients.)
~ Cheesy Hatch Chile Enchiladas
~ Easy and Good Gluten-Free Lasagna
~ Green Chile and Chicken Mock Enchilada Casserole
~ Instant Pot Green Chile Rice
~ Slow Cooker Green Chile Chicken
~Tasty Meatloaf Made in Your Microwave
~ Top 20 Gluten-Free Chicken Noodle Soup Recipes
Originally published April 30, 2013; updated March 5, 2024.
