Dorito Chicken and Cheese Casserole

69 thoughts on “Dorito Chicken and Cheese Casserole”

1. Made this tonight and it’s a big hit. My mom and I added a can of cream of mushroom soup, replaced the onion with green onions, and instead of salt and garlic powder used a tsp of garlic salt. Really delicious. Only complaint is the Doritos on top get a little burned.

   • I’ve had the same problem with dishes using cracker crumbs on top. I’ve solved it by covering the dish loosely with aluminum foil. You can remove the foil at the end to crisp them up a bit if needed.

     • How many does this feed about?

   • Hello Shelby,
     I tried your recipe with your substitution and they were perfect!!! I found that when cooking the last 10 minutes of cooking a dish I added the Doritos on top of the casserole and it was perfect.

2. I would also add a can of chopped chilies.

   • Good suggestion! Thanks, Peggy!!

3. I want to try this put i dont like sour cream.
   Can you taste the sour cream in it?

   • You can’t taste it, but if you want to replace it, use a cup of plain Greek yogurt. It gives the same creaminess and has no strong flavor at all in my opinion. (I hate Greek yogurt by itself btw.)

   • Puree cottage cheese in processor or blender

   • You could substitute the sour cream with some cream cheese to give it a really creamy texture.

   • I have subsituted cream cheese for sour cream with good results

   • Here’s something we don’t use often enough. There’s a pourable liquid (kinda) Mexican cheese called Crema or Crema Mexicana which is in most groceries. I think it would be a good replacement for the Sour Cream. It also makes a good dip all by itself, btw…

   • I usually substitute sour cream with plain Greek yogurt. You can’t tell the difference and it’s a healthier alternative!

4. I make this all the time! Big hit! I put in a can of rotel to spice it up some. To keep the Doritos from getting burned I cover with aluminum foil and you can take it off about 10 min before its done. Great recipe as listed above, I’m gonna try that way also!!

5. Sounds good

6. Did you serve it over anything? Noodles? Rice?

7. Also u can do chicken breast .velvetta cheese / cream of mushroom / rotelle dice tomatoes / and doretos very good topped with sour cream.

8. How would I make this with Hamburger what would I replace the cream of chicken with?

   • Katey, a lot of people have suggested cream of mushroom as a good substitution for the cream of chicken.

   • To do it with hamburger I mix cream of chicken cream of mushroom and can of rotel crush up doritos on bottom of pan then layer of hamburger and layer of soup mix keep going til all gone top with cheese and bake when done I like to add taco sauce and sour cream to mine

   • I make this with hamburger all the time. I put taco seasoning in it and add some salsa con queso. It is very good and before you eat it top with lettuce and other garnishments used for tacos and a little bit of taco sauce. It is always a huge hit with my family..

   • I would use cream of mushroom soup if u use hamburger . Still would be delish!! Good luck

   • Cream of mushroom.

9. I don’t recommend “1/4 CUP” of onion. Maybe a 1/4 of a small onion. My casserole now tastes like onion casserole

   • I used dry minced onion not fresh, my son does not like onion and seemed to not notice the minced in this dish.

   • 1/4 c of onion should not make taste like onion casserole. That isn’t too much onion for something like this.

10. Dorito casserole is awesome to which is 1lb hamburger meat chopped onions chopped green chilis cream of chicken cream of mushrooms can of pinto beans can of rotel and a jar of taco sauce. With shredded cheese

    • Rotel!

11. how many does it serve?

12. Love this recipe, also used cool ranch doritos.

13. So we cook chicken first, or does it cook while everything is mixed baking for the 30 min

    • Recipe calls for cooked rotisserie chicken

14. How many does it serve

    • Serves 4 – 6.

15. When i make Mexican Chicken i use one can of Rotel, one can cream of mushroom, and one can of cream of chicken and use a bit of the broth from the boiled chicken to keep the bottom chips from burning

16. How about if you add a bag of frozen shredded hashbrowns to it or rice? That would serve a lot more people

    • I was thinking it would be good with rice in it:)

17. Can this be done as a freezer meal?

18. Think I’ll try this and add some pasta. Make it “bigger” for the family.

19. It amazes me that people post a recipe., then people change it to something else !
    Just saying !!

    • I agree, Rose. By the time they get through with it, it doesn’t even resemble the original recipe! LOL!!! This sounds delicious!

20. I’ll use white rice with the chicken and Spanish rice with the burger

21. would there be a healthier substitute for the doritos?

    • Any recipe that calls for cream of anything soup is far from healthy already. The soup is probably worse for you than the Doritos!

22. I made this and I added pasta shells to mine it was so good. I think next time I am going to leave out the onions they over powered the meal and I think that I am going to us a can of cheddar cheese soup and not cream of chicken. And no Doritos on the bottom.

    • Do you think you could make ahead of time and omit the Doritos on the bottom and add top Doritos just before oven

23. I’m with rose. there are 10 different recipes on this page.

24. I made this last night but forgot to add the sour cream. Still very good! 🙂

25. Wow! Eat this if you want to be a class one fatty! Dinner based around chips is always a bad decision.

    • For our tastes & pantry I used a can of Mexi corn in place of regular corn & added some green chilies the second time I made it with good results. Now for my 2cents worth of opinion; changing a recipe a bit for extra flavor &/or sharing what worked well for you is always constructive on a recipe site, but I’m sorry Jack if you have nothing of use to add, perhaps you should troll elsewhere. Adults that cook are well aware of what is good for them or not… they do not need a lecture from you or me either for that matter.

26. add a cup of corned beef, use cream of mushroom, sour cream, onion, chopped green pepper and red pepper

27. Looks like seashell macaroni and cheese with chicken added to it didn’t see any corn or Doritos. And It looks like yesterday’s vomit.

    • It’s sickening to ruin such good food by mixing it together just to say good Mixture to call a casserole. No wonder y parents can’t get their kids to eat this day and time.

28. I too make this with a can of rotel and add a can of mushroom soup this makes it a little looser so I add a package of cooked egg noodles. This feeds a crowd and was right up our alley raising 3 boys. If I don’t have any rotisserie chicken I poach some chicken breasts in chicken broth and the can of rotel and add this liquid to the mix. Add a salad and you have a great meal.

29. This was so delicious, All the family loved it and raved about it. There was not much left over but
    what little was we realized tasted even better the next day (if that is possible 🙂 I put a glass cover
    over my casserole and the doritos did not burn, they did get a little soft but that only added to the taste and we sprinkled more doritos over the top. I added 2 cans of corn instead of one because we love corn, Fantastic recipe!

30. Oh my gosh, I did not read the comments before I posted but when I finally did I am laughing so hard, It is such a great recipe and people just kept changing most everything about it. If I don’t care for a recipe I just move on and don’t reply. Why change something that is so great?

31. Do you still add the corn if you use the hamburger instead of chicken

32. Wow, this looks like a great and easy recipe. I can’t wait to try it! I love you blog, hopefully you can take a chance to check mine out and offer any suggestion =)

33. I made this tonight it was very tasty except the Doritos do get a little burnt on top. I would definitely use tin foil or put the Doritos on at the last ten minutes. I think it would be very good with hamburger also!

34. I used two cans of cream of chicken soup and added egg noodles. It turned out delicious.

35. I made this recipe as is (using low-fat soup and sour cream) for lunch today and hubby and I really liked it. Do you think you could substitute mixed vegetables in place of the corn?

36. Does anyone know how many weight watchers points this is?

37. I made this tonite and didn’t cover it, which might have helped with mine being dry. With it being uncovered it dried out w/o ever getting “bubbly”. Again part of the problem may have been my heavy thick casserole dish and it never got very hot. Finally put it into a regular casserole and ran it thru the microwave 5 mins which helped alot.
    So my suggestion for future cooking is cover it so it retains the moisture. It was very tasty and hubby said he’d like it more if it was hotter.

38. Those of you adding pasta – I assume you cooked pasta first then stopped casserole on top? Or did you cook it with the casserole?

39. the onion with green onions, and instead of salt and garlic powder used a tsp of garlic salt. Really delicious.

40. Do you need to use the minced onion??

    • You can probably sprinkle in some onion powder instead.

41. Will canned chicken work instead of chicken breast or riossitierre chicken

42. With all the changes, they turned it into a king ranch casserole. Just do it the way the lady said and stop
    with so many changes.
    I thought it look great as is and will try it as she has it.