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aem > wrote:

> On Jul 22, 8:05*am, FERRANTE > wrote:
> > Featured Recipe
> > GREEN "ENCHILADA" CHICKEN CASSEROLE
> >
> > Ingredients
> > 4 cups cubed cooked chicken or turkey
> > 2 teaspoons Seasoning for Tacos
> > 8 ounces cream cheese
> > 1 tablespoon minced chives, optional
> > 7 ounce can Green Mexican Salsa
> > 4 ounce can chopped green chiles
> > 6 ounces Monterey jack cheese, shredded
> > 4 green onions, chopped
> >
> > Cooking Instructions
> > Grease an 11x7" baking pan. Put the chicken in the pan and toss with
> > the taco seasoning to coat. Soften the cream cheese and whisk well
> > with the chives and green sauce in a medium bowl. Stir in the chiles.
> > Pour the sauce evenly over chicken. You can mix it in if you like, but
> > it's not necessary. Top with the cheese. Bake at 350º 25 minutes,
> > until hot and bubbly. Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle
> > with the green onions.
> >
> This one hits a couple of pet peeves. [Rant Mode On] First is
> naming. It's called enchilada casserole, but then since it is
> obviously not enchiladas they put the word in quotes. What does that
> mean? Gosh, my lack of imagination extends not only to the recipe but
> to the name, too?

That's a bit weird. I would serve softened corn tortillas with this.
You could eat them out of hand, or spoon the casserole into them and eat
them that way.

> Secondly, every casserole ends with "top with grated cheese." Why?

Because it makes it taste better!

:-)

> It's often, as here, completely superfluous. A salsa verde baked
> chicken dish is pretty good; smothering it in cheese simply makes it
> taste like the other 40 casseroles you make. [Rant Mode Off] -aem

Looks good to me.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA