Recipe: Delicious Spicy Lime Chicken and Quinoa Casserole

Spicy Lime Chicken and Quinoa Casserole.

To make Spicy Lime Chicken and Quinoa Casserole you need 20 ingredients and just 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients

1. You need of quinoa mixture.
2. Prepare of red quinoa.
3. You need of red onion.
4. You need of garlic cloves.
5. Prepare of butter.
6. Prepare of diced tomatoes with habanero.
7. Prepare of Chipotle powder.
8. Prepare of cayenne pepper.
9. You need of Lime Chicken.
10. Prepare of boneless chicken breasts.
11. You need of McCormick Grillmates Majito Lime seasoning.
12. It's of topping.
13. Prepare of Mexican cheese blend.
14. You need of black olive slices.
15. You need of jalapeño slices.
16. It's of grilled majito lime chicken.
17. You need of layer.
18. Prepare of black beans.
19. You need of small white tortillas.
20. You need of quinoa mixture.

Spicy Lime Chicken and Quinoa Casserole directions

1. Mix Majito Lime seasoning according to the envelope. Marinade chicken for at least 24 hours..
2. Cook quinoa according to package, then transfer to a large mixing bowl. Add 4 tablespoons of butter so that it doesn't clump. Stir together..
3. Chop onion and garlic and add to the quinoa. Stir together..
4. Add 2 cans of diced tomatoes with habanero, drained to quinoa mix. Add cayenne pepper and Chipotle powder as desired. Stir together..
5. Using a 10 inch frying pan or larger, on medium heat, melt 4 tablespoons of butter and add half of the quinoa mixture. Cook for approximately 10 minutes, while stirring occasionally..
6. Grill chicken, do not let it get dry. Let cool for about 5-10 minutes and chop into small chunks..
7. In a glass 9x13 baking pan, layer the pan with with 6 small tortillas..
8. Add quinoa mixture to baking pan. Spread evenly..
9. Add 1 can of black beans, drained to baking pan. Spread evenly. Layer 4 small tortillas..
10. Add approximately 1 pound of chicken to pan..
11. Add 8 ounces of jalapeño slices and olives to pan. Top off with 8 ounces of Mexican cheese..
12. Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes. Cut casserole into 8 sections..
13. Repeat steps 7-12 to make the second pan..