Mexican Chicken Rice Bowls
Ready in 30 minutes
• Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Family (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, May 20, 2018.
This dish most recently appeared in My Family (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, May 20, 2018.
Ingredients
Rice
- 1½ cups brown rice
- 2 cups water
Chicken
- 550g chicken thighs
- 2-3 tsp Mexican chicken spice mix
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ red onion (optional, adults)
- 1 courgette
- 1 tomato
- 1 baby cos lettuce
- 1 cup grated cheese
- 125g frozen corn
- 50g roasted capsicum
To Serve
- 150g yoghurt
Steps
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Combine rice, water and a pinch of salt in a medium pot and bring to the boil. As soon as it boils, cover with a tight-fitting lid and reduce to lowest heat to cook for 15 minutes. Turn off heat and leave to steam, still covered, for a further 8 minutes. Do not lift lid during cooking.
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Heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on medium-high heat. Pat chicken dry and place in a medium bowl with Mexican spice mix and salt and toss to coat. Cook chicken for 3-4 minutes each side until golden and cooked through. Transfer to a plate and cover to keep warm. Reserve pan and wipe clean with a paper towel.
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While chicken cooks, prepare ingredients. Thinly slice onion; dice courgette 1cm; cut tomato into 1cm wedges; thinly slice lettuce; grate cheese. Set aside separately.
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Return pan to high heat with a drizzle of oil. Cook onion and courgette for 3-4 minutes, add corn and roasted capsicum. Cook a further 2-3 minutes, until vegetables are tender.
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While veggies are cooking, shred chicken using 2 forks to pull apart. When veggies have 1 minute cook time remaining, add chicken to pan and any resting juices, season to taste and set aside.
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To serve, spoon ¾ cup of rice into each bowl and arrange shredded chicken mix, grated cheese, shredded lettuce and tomatoes on top. Serve a dollop of yoghurt on top of chicken.
Nutritional Information
Energy |
2414 kj 577 kcal |
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Protein | 34.4g |
Carbohydrate | 46.9g |
Fat | 27.9g |