Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, chicken fajita rice. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken fajita rice using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Fajita Rice:
- Make ready 3 tbsp. unsalted butter, divided
- Take 2 bell peppers (any color), diced
- Prepare 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- Make ready 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready 1 cup long grain rice
- Make ready 1 tsp. chili powder
- Get 1/2 tsp. each ground cumin, smoked paprika, salt
- Take 1/4 tsp. dried oregano
- Take 1 can (4 oz.) diced green chilis
- Take Juice of 1 lime
- Make ready 2 1/2 cups unsalted chicken broth
- Prepare 1/4 cup sour cream
- Take 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
- Take 1/2 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
Stir in the uncooked rice, broth, sour cream, chicken, green chilies, salt, pepper, cumin, and chili powder. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. In a medium bowl, combine spices to make fajita seasoning, or use store-bought. In a large bowl, combine, onion, peppers, and chicken.
Steps 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.
In a medium bowl, combine spices to make fajita seasoning, or use store-bought. In a large bowl, combine, onion, peppers, and chicken. Add oil and seasoning, and mix until seasoning is fully incorporated. In a casserole dish, add rice and chicken broth. My One Pot Chicken Fajitas and Rice is full of garlic, onions, peppers and a sweet secret ingredient that just makes these irresistible!
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