Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken fajita rice. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken fajita rice using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Fajita Rice:
- Get 3 tbsp. unsalted butter, divided
- Make ready 2 bell peppers (any color), diced
- Make ready 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready 1 cup long grain rice
- Prepare 1 tsp. chili powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp. each ground cumin, smoked paprika, salt
- Make ready 1/4 tsp. dried oregano
- Make ready 1 can (4 oz.) diced green chilis
- Get Juice of 1 lime
- Prepare 2 1/2 cups unsalted chicken broth
- Take 1/4 cup sour cream
- Get 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
- Make ready 1/2 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
If you love fried rice as much as we do, try our classic Chicken Fried Rice, and even this low carb Cauliflower Fried Rice! This chicken fajita rice is super easy to prepare. Cook the rice in chicken or vegetable broth with a pinch of saffron, salt, and pepper. In a separate skillet or dutch oven sauté chicken and bell peppers with some fajita seasonings.
Instructions to make Chicken Fajita Rice:
- In a large, deep skillet with a tight fitting lid, heat 2 tbsp of the butter. Once it's melted, add in the peppers and onion with a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring often, until they're softened…about 5-7 minutes. Then add the garlic and the additional tbsp of butter and cook another minute or so more, until fragrant.
- Turn the heat up to med-high and stir in the rice and seasonings. Let the rice toast for 3-4 minutes, stirring often. Then stir in the diced green chiles, broth, lime juice and sour cream until it's all integrated. Place the lid on and let it come to a low boil. Once at a boil, lower the heat to low and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until the rice is tender and the liquid has absorbed.
- Remove the pan from the heat and sprinkle the cheese across the top. Place the lid back on and let the cheese melt, then serve.
You can also add some chipotle chili powder for extra spiciness (and heat!). Cook chicken breast over medium heat until mostly done, remove from heat and allow to cool until it can be comfortably handled. Add chicken and onion back to pan. For the chicken: In a large bowl combine the chicken breast halves, lime juice, cilantro, minced chipotle peppers. In a small measuring cup or bowl, combine the fajita seasoning and the olive oil.
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