Chicken Rice Santa Fe Food

SANTA FE CHICKEN AND RICE

Steps:

• Bring some bold Tex-Mex flavors to the table for your next meal with this Sante Fe Chicken and Rice dish featuring ingredient staples like black beans, whole kernel corn, Cheddar cheese and thick and chunky salsa! Step 1
• Prepare white rice according to package directions. Step 2
• Combine chicken breast strips, beans, corn and salsa in a medium saucepan. Cook on medium heat until heated through, stirring occasionally. Step 3
• Spoon over hot, cooked rice. Top with cheese and green onion, if using. Recipe Tips To speed up cooking time even more, use 2 cups of cooked, leftover rice to make this dish. Simply reheat in the microwave and serve. If you have leftovers from this dish, reinvent them as stuffed peppers or tomatoes on another night of the week. Simply hollow out bell peppers or large tomatoes and stuff with the leftovers. Place in a baking dish and bake at 350°F for about 20 minutes, until the peppers or tomatoes are tender. To make Santa Fe-style tacos, reheat leftovers and wrap in warm tortillas. Serve with chopped cilantro, sour cream, extra cheese and sliced avocado.

SANTA FE CHICKEN AND RICE (QUICK)

Steps:

• Cook rice according to directions on the bag.
• While rice is cooking, cook chicken in oil over medium heat.
• Cut chicken into 1 inch cubes.
• Mix together chicken, Rotel, Santa Fe corn, black beans, and Monterey Jack cheese until cheese is melted.

CREAMY SANTA FE CHICKEN AND RICE

Steps:

• Cook rice according to package, but instead of water, cook the rice in an equal amount of chicken broth plus the reserved tomato juice. (So, for example, if the rice package calls for to 4 cups of water, and you have 1 cup of reserved tomato juice, you will cook the rice in the tomato juice plus 3 cups of chicken broth instead of the water.).
• While the rice is cooking, mix together the chilies, olives, tomatoes, corn, and cooked chicken in a large bowl.
• Blend cottage cheese, greek yogurt, 1 cup of the chicken broth, salt, garlic powder, and taco seasoning until smooth.
• When the rice is done, fold it into the chicken mixture. Then stir in the cottage cheese/greek yogurt mixture.
• Bake at 350 for about 45 min or until it seems to hold together nicely.

SANTA FE CHICKEN WITH SAFFRON RICE

Steps:

• Spray a 2-quart casserole with cooking spray.
• Put chicken and onion into the casserole.
• Sprinkle with worcestershire, lime and garlic.
• Bake in a 350-degree oven for 30 minutes or until chicken is done.
• Cut up the stewed tomatoes; add to casserole with rest of ingredients except cheese.
• Mix, then cover tightly.
• Continue to bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until rice is done.
• Sprinkle with cheese, cover and let sit on top of stove until cheese melts.
• Top with fresh chopped cilantro, if desired.

CRISPY SANTA FE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425ºF.
• Dip chicken in egg then in cracker crumbs, turning to evenly coat both sides of each breast with each ingredient.
• Place in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; drizzle with butter.
• Bake 20 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF). Top with salsa and cheese; bake 5 min. or until cheese is melted.

SANTA FE CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Combine rice, beans and peppers in 13x9-inch baking dish. Mix soup, water and cilantro; pour over rice mixture.
• Top with chicken and salsa.
• Bake 45 min. or until chicken is done (165°F), topping with cheese for the last 10 min.

SANTA FE CHICKEN AND RICE

Steps:

• Spray skillet with cooking spray and heat.
• Add chicken, cook on medium heat until no longer pink.
• Stir in salsa, corn, beans, and rice.
• Sprinkle with cheese.
• Heat until cheese is melted.