I wish I could just eat nachos for dinner, but I'll make a nacho chicken bake instead:)

Happy Thursday, everyone!  Remember, it's my Friday this week, so I'm in an especially good mood:)  That will all change once I go and play Bejeweled and can't get over 150,000, but anyways...

Tonight!  Worked late, and was supposed to make Chicken Whatchamacallit from www.cookingfororzo.com, but on the way home, I started craving Mexican-type food.  We were supposed to have the chili cornbread casserole from theweatherincascadia.blogspot.com tomorrow night, but the husband is going out, and I don't want to make such a big meal for myself (Wendy's anyone?  maybe sushi:)), so the Whatchamacallit got bumped and tonight became Mexican night!  I had obviously defrosted boneless chicken breast, so I had to think of what I had that I could make Mexican-style.  So easy!  Nacho Chicken Bake!  Pretty much the simplest meal to ever make, and so yummy!  I've made it before, but the husband didn't remember it, and he was loving it!

You will need:

• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast or more, whatever suits your needs - cut into small pieces, about half the size of your palm each
• salsa or taco sauce
  
• sour cream
• nacho chips
• any kind of shredded cheese - I used Kraft Natural Monterey Jack and Cheddar
• anything else you may like!  I used avocado
  

Really, that is all you need, and everything is stuff that alot of us have on-hand all the time!

Preheat oven to 400.  Cut chicken pieces, if you bought them in larger pieces, into the half palm sized pieces and place on a foil-covered baking sheet.  Cover with as much salsa, then sour cream, then nacho chips (or broken up) as you'd like!

Oh, and excuse our mail in the background;)  Bake for 15-20 minutes, depending on how big you really cut your chicken pieces (mine were palm sized and I took them out at 17 minutes, just when the nachos were really starting to brown).  Add shredded cheese on top of the nachos and place back in the oven.

Bake for an additional 11 minutes or so, until the cheese has melted to your liking, and double checking to make sure the chicken is completely cooked through (I like to cut the biggest piece to check, or you can use a meat thermometer and make sure it reads 165 or more).

 

I then topped mine with avocado, which perfected it for me!  We paired this with a nice Spanish rice mixed with cherry tomatoes and enjoyed a nice meal together while watching Seinfeld and Jeopardy:)  More than you needed to know, okay;)

Like I said, this is a perfect in-the-pinch meal when you want to deviate from your "plan."  I rarely deviate from my menu plan, but was so happy tonight with the outcome of this!  How can you not want to eat this!

I don't mean my husband's leg, I  mean his plate full of good food!

I hope some of you will try this out - cheap, quick, yummy, and again full of places you can add your own touches.

I hope you all have a great night and I'll talk with you tomorrow  - I don't know what I'll be sharing yet, but it will be something:)  Wish me luck in Bejeweled;)