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Preheat oven to 350 F.
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Wash and dry your chicken and cut into bite sized pieces and place in a mixing bowl.
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Take the Swiss chard, remove the stems and chop the leaves into piecespieces can be on the larger size.
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Prep the garlic, parsley and cilantro.
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Add the minced garlic, cilantro, parsley, thyme, the juice from half a lime, salt, pepper and olive oil to the chicken (you can do this the night before to enhance the flavor.
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If you do this, just refrigerate it overnight.)
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Heat a pan on medium/high heat.
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Once it is hot add your chicken mixture and stir.
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You want to brown the chicken so cook it for about 5 minutes (it does not have to be cooked through, you will be baking it).
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Add the Swiss chard and stir, it will begin to wilt.
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Turn off heat and add 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar to deglaze pan as you continue stirring.
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Spread 1/2 of the diced tomatoes onto the bottom of a 9x12 baking dish and smooth them out.
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Divide the refried beans in thirds.
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Start out with three tortillas and spread a third of the refried beans onto them like you are buttering bread.
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Line the bottom of the baking dish with the tortillas (upper right, middle, lower left) or however else you like to.
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You can also use large tortillas and you will only need (two for each layer).
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You essentially want to cover the bottom as best as possible, but you are layering, so dont worry.
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Sprinkle 1/2 a cup of each cheese over first layer of tortillas then layer on 1/2 of the chicken mixture.
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Add another layer of tortillas that youve spread with refried beans, sprinkle 1/2 cup of each cheese, 1/2 the corn, 1/2 the spinach and 1/2 of the black beans over that layer of tortillas.
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Then add the last two tortillas spread with refried beans, (add the remainder of the ingredients) chicken, tomatoes, black beans, corn and spinach.
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Pour the bottle of salsa verde on top, 1/2 squeezed lime and the remainder of the shredded cheese.
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Bake for 45 minutes.
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Then remove it from the oven and let it sit for 10 minutes.
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Plate with a slice of avocado, a slice of lime and a dollop of sour cream.
