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Piece of Ground Chicken taco casserole on plate with sour cream drizzled on top and diced tomatoes and scallion on top. What could be better than tacos? A Taco Casserole that's made with healthier lean ground chicken and can be made ahead for your busy schedule. This Taco Casserole has corn tortillas layered with browned ground chicken seasoned with smokey mexican spices, black beans, tomatoes, and cheese, and then more cheese.

Ground Chicken Taco Casserole Recipe with Black Beans

This Ground Chicken Taco Casserole Recipe is seriously the best because it's utterly delicious, uses healthier ingredient, and it's convenient make-ahead dinner that can feed the entire family and still have leftovers! This Taco Casserole has corn tortillas layered with browned ground chicken seasoned with smokey mexican spices, black beans, tomatoes, and cheese! #tacos #mexican #casserole #healthy #healthyrecipes #healthydinner #easydinner #dinner #familydinner #comfortfood #chicken

Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword casserole, ground chicken, healthy recipes, taco
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 677 kcal
Author Carrie Tyler

Ingredients

Ground Chicken and Beans

  • 1 lb Ground Chicken
  • 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 15 oz Black Beans
  • 15 oz Canned Diced Tomatoes
  • 4 oz Canned Green Chilis
  • 1 tablespoon Chili Powder
  • 1 tablespoon Cumin
  • 2 teaspoon Oregano
  • 1 teaspoon Salt

Tomato Sauce

  • 8 oz tomato sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Chili Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin
  • ½ teaspoon Salt

Make Casserole

  • 12 Corn Tortillas, 6"
  • 3 Scallions (green onions)
  • 12 oz Shredded Cheese Cheddar or Taco Blend
  • ½ cup Sour Cream
  • 1 Tomato, large
  • ½ cup Fresh Cilantro, chopped Optional

Instructions

Prep-Ahead Steps

  1. This entire casserole can be made on Sunday and then cooked in the oven for 30 minutes on Monday or Tuesday.  Then reheat again on Wednesday or Thursday.

  2. Thin Slice the scallions. Most will be used in the casserole, but save some of the greens for garnish.

  3. Preheat a large skillet on high.  Add the olive oil to coat bottom and then add the ground chicken.  Break it up, but let it sit to sear and cook for about 5 minutes.  Then mix so that all sides of the chicken cook for another 5 minutes.  

  4. Add diced tomatoes, green chilis, chili powder, cumin, and oregano. 

  5. Open the can of black beans and before adding them, smash them a bit in the can using a fork.  Then add them to the chicken.  Stir to combine and let simmer for 10 minutes to cook down.

  6. Mix the tomato sauce with the Chili Powder, Cumin, and Salt.

Assemble the Taco Casserole - You will need a 9x9 or 10x10 casserole dish.

  1. There will be 3 layers of tortillas, so make sure that you have about 4 tortillas per layer.  To start the first layer, cover the bottom of the casserole dish with 4 tortillas.

  2. Next add ½ of the meat mixture on top of the tortillas.  Sprinkle with ¼ of the Scallions.

  3. Then top with ⅓ of the shredded cheese.  Repeat!  Cover with tortillas, then meat mixture, scallions, and cheese.  

  4. Then the final layer of tortillas and then cover with tomato sauce and the remaining cheese and ¼ of the scallions.  The remaining scallions are for garnish.

Bake your Casserole

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees. 

  2. Bake the casserole covered for 30 minutes until hot all the way through.  While the casserole is cooking, dice the tomato.

  3. Plate, drizzle with sour cream, sprinkle with diced tomatoes, and garnish with scallions.

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

  1. You can use ground chicken, ground turkey, or ground pork in this Taco Casserole.
  2. You can use shredded chicken instead of ground chicken in this Taco Casserole recipe. Add about 3-4 cups shredded chicken to the frying pan and then immediately move on to Step 4 since it’s already cooked.
  3. You can substitute the sour cream in this Taco Casserole recipe with light sour cream or even plain greek yogurt.
  4. In addition to the sour cream, tomatoes, and scallions, you can add crushed tortilla chips or black olives or jalapeno slices.