I love Doritos.

One time in college, I was chowing down on a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos and my neighbor offered to buy the crumbs from the bottom of the bag off of me. As I licked the Doritos dust off the tips of my fingers, I thought about her offer. Ultimately, I declined her proposition, because in that moment, no amount of money could be traded for the dregs at the bottom of that crinkly blue bag.

That right there is a true testament of my affection for tasty tortilla chips.

My friend Susan from Divine Secrets of a Domestic Diva knows how much I love me some Doritos, so for Christmas she sent me this.

Now, of course I thought about eating the mug, but I restrained myself and only licked it to make sure it didn’t taste like nacho cheese. I am a lady after all.

I’m sharing my long and passionate history with Doritos to let you know that this Crock Pot Chicken Doritos Casserole would have taste pretty gross for me to not like it. It has a whole bag of chips in it, so how can it not be delicious?

It was delicious. It tastes similar to enchiladas, but you get to skip all of the work that enchiladas demand. My family really liked it, and again, why wouldn’t they?

I modified this recipe from The Magical Slow Cooker, and since I can’t leave well enough alone, I tossed in some corn and black beans to the original recipe. My sister-in-law Kim suggests adding some green chilis, and I think that’s a great idea. I love sneaking stuff like that into my kids’ dinners. HAHAHA, you ate chilis and you liked it! SUCKAS!

Don’t be scared off when you read that this recipe calls for an entire bag of chips. It sounds crazy, and it’s not incredibly healthy, but it sure tastes awesome when you’re shoveling it into your face hole. I’ve made this chicken Doritos casserole twice, and once we used less chips because someone in our family (that isn’t me but is married to me) got into them before I could warn him that they were already spoken for. It was tasty both ways, so if you have to open the bag to snack on a chip or twenty, the casserole will hold up minus a few ounces of chips.

The moral of the story is that if you are like me, and you love comfort food covered in Doritos dust, this recipe is for you.

Maybe chase it with some chocolate chip cookie dough, and think about those gluttonous afternoons watching Saved By the Bell with your college besties from freshman year, eating every single last crumb from the bottom of the bag.

Ah, good times.