Chicken, rice and Queso

Name: Chicken, rice and Queso
Cuisine: Mexican, Latin American, American
Ingredients: 1 lb chicken; 2 tbsp butter; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp pepper; 1/4 tsp cayenne; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp dried cilantro; 1 tsp chilli powder; 3/4 tsp garlic powder; 1 cups white rice ( uncooked and rinsed); 1 1/2 cups chicken broth; 1 tbsp olive oil; 8 oz tomato sauce; White queso cheese dip; Flour tortillas

5 steps

Updated at: Tue, 13 May 2025 13:35:52 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Nutrition per recipe

Calories1899 kcal (95%)

Total Fat90.1 g (129%)

Carbs188.4 g (72%)

Sugars12.6 g (14%)

Protein80 g (160%)

Sodium3289.2 mg (164%)

Fiber9.1 g (32%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

0 servings

1 lbchicken

2 Tbspbutter

½ tspsalt

½ tsppepper

¼ tspcayenne

1 tspcumin

1 tspdried cilantro

1 tspchilli powder

¾ tspgarlic powder

1 cupswhite rice

uncooked and rinsed

1 ½ cupschicken broth

1 Tbspolive oil

8 oztomato sauce

White queso cheese dip

flour tortillas

Instructions

Step 1

Cut chicken into small pieces and cook in a skillet on medium-high heat with butter

Step 2

Season chicken with salt, pepper, cayenne, cumin, dried cilantro and chilli powder

Step 3

Cook until chicken is cooked through. Move. Chicken to the edges of the skillet and pour in about 1T of olive oil in the skillet. Add uncooked, rinsed rice and stir around for a couple minutes

Step 4

Add tomato sauce, garlic powder and chicken broth. Stir well, cover and cook on medium-low for 15-20 minutes or until rice is cooked

Step 5

Microwave queso and pour some over the chicken and rice