One-pan Mexican chicken and rice bake recipe

Name: One-pan Mexican chicken and rice bake recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 36.40 gm extra virgin olive oil; 4 chicken thigh cutlets, skin on; 1 small brown onion, finely chopped; 1 red capsicum, deseeded, coarsely chopped; 44.40 gm tomato paste; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 1/8 tsp Mexican chilli powder, plus extra (optional), to serve; 750ml (3 cups) Stock Chicken Style; 300g (1 1/2 cups) long-grain rice; 2 x 125g cans corn kernels, drained; 1 avocado, quartered lengthways; Sour cream, to serve; Fresh coriander sprigs, to serve

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:45min

Weeknight dinners don't get much easier than this one-pan Mexican chicken and rice bake. It's as simple as browning the chicken and veg, adding in the stock and rice, then letting the oven do all the work! The rice soaks up all the spicy garlicky tomato sauce as it bakes, and you're left with the most delicious rice bake.

Updated at: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:55:28 GMT