January 18

Black Bean Chicken Fajita Layered Dish

This is easy to make and great for a gathering of any kind, as an appetizer, or potluck entrée …just sayin…

I baked this and took it hot to a potluck. It was consumed an hour later at room temp, served along with blue corn tortilla chips, large scoop/dipper corn chips, and picante sauce.

#eathealthy …  You can “lighten” a few calories and use low fat versions of cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, shredded cheese, and baked tortilla chips…

 

Ingredients

  • 12- 16 oz chopped purchased pre-made grilled chicken fajita meat* 
  • 7 oz can diced Green Chiles
  • 2Tbsp taco seasoning mix
  • 2 8 – ounce packages cream cheese (Neufchatel), softened
  • 1 30 oz can Bush’s Frijoles Negros Machacados (seasoned smashed black beans)
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 3 avocados, halved, seeded, peeled and mashed
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 cups shredded mexi blend cheeses (fancy / thin shredded)
  • 1/4 cup chopped green onion
  • 1 each red and yellow sweet peppers, in chopped 1 inch slices
  • variety of Tortilla chips (Blue Corn or Scoops or Dippers)
  • picante sauce

Directions

  1. Spread cream cheese into the bottom of no larger than 13x9x2-inch baking dish or smaller. (I used 11 x 7 and did not use all of cream cheese and beans). Spread refried beans over cream cheese.
  2. Stir the lemon juice into the mashed avocado and spread over refried beans. In a small bowl, stir together sour cream, mayonnaise and taco seasoning mix. Spread sour cream mixture on top of the avocado layer. Top with chopped chicken fajita meat, chopped green chilies, then sprinkle top with shredded cheeses.
  3. Bake, uncovered, in a 325 degrees oven about 25-30 minutes or until heated through and cheese is melted. Top with chopped peppers and green onion.

*can substitute chopped rotisserie chicken breast meat.

 


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Posted January 18, 2016 by Kathy in category ""Easy Recipes"", ""Make-Ahead" Recipes", "Chicken & Turkey", "Holidays