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Mexican Chicken & Brown Rice Bowls
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Quick
Spicy
Easy Prep
Mexican Chicken & Brown Rice Bowls

with Salsa Fresca & Lime Sour Cream

5 min
Difficulty: 1/3

The beauty of a bowl-style dinner is the DIY element. This meal begins with aromatic yellow rice and Southwest-spiced chicken, all jazzed up with homemade salsa and a limey crema. When ready to build your bowl, feel free to go crazy with assembly. Crema on bottom! Rice on top of chicken! Hot sauce on everything!!

Allergens

Milk

Utensils

Small pot
Paper Towel
Large Pan
Zester
Small Bowl

Tags

Quick
Spicy
Easy Prep
Easy Cleanup
Protein Smart
Dinners
SEO
Weeknight-meals
Lunches
Ingredients
Sour Cream

Sour Cream

3 tablespoon

Chopped Chicken Breast

Chopped Chicken Breast

10 ounce

Chicken Stock Concentrate

Chicken Stock Concentrate

1 unit

Brown Rice

Brown Rice

1.25 cup

Turmeric

Turmeric

0.25 teaspoon

Long Green Pepper

Long Green Pepper

1 unit

Tomato

Tomato

1 unit

Lime

Lime

1 unit

Scallions

Scallions

2 unit

Jasmine Rice

Jasmine Rice

cup

Tex-Mex Paste

Tex-Mex Paste

1 unit

Southwest Spice Blend

Southwest Spice Blend

1 tablespoon

Hot Sauce

Hot Sauce

1 teaspoon

Salt

Salt

teaspoon (tsp)

Black Pepper

Black Pepper

teaspoon (tsp)

Cooking Oil

Cooking Oil

4 teaspoon (tsp)

Butter

Butter

2 tablespoon (tbsp)

Preparation
1
COOK RICE

  • In a small pot, combine stock concentrate, half the Southwest Spice Blend, ¼ tsp turmeric (½ tsp for 4 servings), and ¾ cup water (1½ cups for 4). (Be sure to measure the turmeric—we sent more!)

  • Bring to a boil, then stir in rice and a pinch of salt. Cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes.

  • Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.

  • Swap in brown rice for jasmine rice; use 1¾ cups water (3½ cups for 4 servings). Cook for 20-25 minutes. (Save jasmine rice for another use.)

2
PREP

  • While rice cooks, wash and dry produce.

  • Halve, core, and thinly slice green pepper into strips. Dice tomato. Trim and thinly slice scallions. Zest and quarter lime.

3
COOK GREEN PEPPER

  • Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add green pepper; cook, stirring, until slightly softened, 2-3 minutes.

4
COOK CHICKEN

  • Meanwhile, open package of chicken* and drain off any excess liquid; season with remaining Southwest Spice Blend.

  • Once green pepper is slightly softened, add chicken and a large drizzle of oil to pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through and green pepper is caramelized, 4-6 minutes.

  • Add Tex-Mex paste and ¼ cup water (⅓ cup for 4 servings); cook, stirring, until sauce has thickened, 2-3 minutes.

  • Stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4) until melted. Turn off heat.

5
MAKE TOPPINGS

  • While chicken cooks, in a small bowl, combine tomato, scallions, a squeeze of lime juice, salt, and pepper.

  • In a separate small bowl, combine sour cream, lime zest, a squeeze of lime juice, salt, and pepper.

6
FINISH & SERVE

  • Fluff rice with a fork; stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) until melted. Season with salt and pepper.

  • Divide rice between bowls and top with chicken mixture, salsa, and lime sour cream. Drizzle with hot sauce to taste. Serve with remaining lime wedges on the side.

Nutrition per serving

790

kcal

Calories

35

g

Fat

13

g

Saturated Fat

81

g

Carbohydrate

9

g

Sugar

8

g

Dietary Fiber

41

g

Protein

145

mg

Cholesterol

1220

mg

Sodium

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