Salsa Verde chicken casserole

This is basically a Mexican lasagna. It's filling with the chicken and corn tortillas but the salsa gives it a fresh taste. This is best served with fresh guacamole, sour cream and some extra salsa on the side.

Ingredients:

1 chicken breast
5 tomatillos, husk peeled and rinsed
1 jalapeño or Serrano pepper
3 gloves of garlic
1/4 onion
A few sprigs of cilantro
Juice of 1/2 a lime
Corn tortillas
Shredded Monterey jack or pepper jack cheese
1 cup white rice
Adobo or all purpose seasoning
Oregano
Paprika
Salt and Pepper to taste

Place the tomatillos and jalapeños on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Drizzle some oil over the garlic cloves, wrap them in a small piece of aluminum foil and place that on the baking sheet too. Roast the veggies under the broiler in your oven until they get all splotchy and black. Turn them and roast the other side. This should only take a few minutes per side. Remove and let cool.

Rinse the rice, then cook as you usually would, but add a tbsp of oil, salt,  pepper, Adobo seasonings and oregano.

Drizzle some olive oil and sprinkle some salt, pepper, paprika and Adobo seasoning over the chicken breast, place it on a baking sheet and bake in the oven at 400 until cooked through. This should take about 10 minutes. Remove and let cool.

Put the roasted veggies in a food processor along with the onion, cilantro, lime juice, and some salt and blend, adjusting for salt as you go. Shred the cooked chicken breast by hand then put it in a bowl and add more Adobo, paprika, oregano, salt and pepper and mix.

Heat the corn tortillas in the oven, or over the stove for a few seconds just until warm. Rip them in half or quarters, dip them into the salsa Verde and arrange in a single layer on a baking dish (I used a 9x9). Add a layer of the shredded chicken, then rice, then Drizzle on some salsa Verde, then a layer of cheese. Repeat the layers of salsa coated tortilla, chicken, rice, salsa, and then cheese. Bake uncovered at 350 for about 10-15 minutes until the cheese is melted. Let sit for 5 minutes then serve.