Chicken Fajita Rice
Chicken Fajita Rice

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken fajita rice. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Chicken Fajita Rice is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chicken Fajita Rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must 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:
  1. Take 3 tbsp. unsalted butter, divided
  2. Take 2 bell peppers (any color), diced
  3. Take 1/2 yellow onion, diced
  4. Get 2 cloves garlic, minced
  5. Take 1 cup long grain rice
  6. Get 1 tsp. chili powder
  7. Prepare 1/2 tsp. each ground cumin, smoked paprika, salt
  8. Take 1/4 tsp. dried oregano
  9. Take 1 can (4 oz.) diced green chilis
  10. Make ready Juice of 1 lime
  11. Make ready 2 1/2 cups unsalted chicken broth
  12. Get 1/4 cup sour cream
  13. Get 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
  14. Make ready 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.

Instructions to make Chicken Fajita Rice:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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