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Mexican Chicken & Rice Bowls
20-MIN DINNER
Quick
Easy Prep
Protein Smart
Mexican Chicken & Rice Bowls

with Chicken Thighs, Salsa Fresca & Lime Sour Cream

5 min
Difficulty: 1/3
Mexican

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
Easy Prep
Protein Smart
Dinners
Ingredients
Chicken Stock Concentrate

Chicken Stock Concentrate

1 unit

Turmeric

Turmeric

1 teaspoon

Jasmine Rice

Jasmine Rice

0.5 cup

Long Green Pepper

Long Green Pepper

1 unit

Tomato

Tomato

1 unit

Scallions

Scallions

2 unit

Lime

Lime

1 unit

Southwest Spice Blend

Southwest Spice Blend

1 tablespoon

Tex-Mex Paste

Tex-Mex Paste

1 unit

Diced Chicken Thighs

Diced Chicken Thighs

10 ounce

Sour Cream

Sour Cream

3 tablespoon

Hot Sauce

Hot Sauce

1 teaspoon

Salt

Salt

Pepper

Pepper

Cooking Oil

Cooking Oil

4 teaspoon

Butter

Butter

2 tablespoon

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.

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, pat chicken* dry with paper towels; 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 (1⁄3 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 and peppers, salsa, and lime sour cream. Drizzle with hot sauce to taste. Serve with remaining lime wedges on the side. ***Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165º.***

Nutrition per serving

690

kcal

Calories

36

g

Fat

13

g

Saturated Fat

59

g

Carbohydrate

8

g

Sugar

5

g

Dietary Fiber

35

g

Protein

180

mg

Cholesterol

1300

mg

Sodium

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