Pan seared chicken and tender fluffy rice infused with delightful chunky salsa. Skillet Chicken Mexican Rice is a one-pot meal you’ll fall in love with!
One-pot, dish, and skillet meals are the best… for many reasons.
Tossing all of the ingredients into a single skillet, definitely calls for a no-fuss dinner.
The husband only has one pan to wash!
And, the whole family thinks you spent hours throwing everything together to make it a total comfort meal.
Skillet Chicken Mexican Rice is one of those dishes that surely pleases the hungry crowd!
It’s amazingly easy to put together all in one skillet.
With everything going into one skillet, there’s only a few steps to take.
Sear the seasoned chicken pieces in the hot skillet for just a few minutes.
The chicken will finish cooking with the rest of the ingredients. By doing it this way, it helps seal in all the juices for moist chicken (in every bite!) and it just gives the chicken a head start.
Combine the long grain rice, salsa and chicken broth. Pop the lid on and let it do it’s thing.
By adding your favorite salsa, you cut out a lot of prep work for this dish. The salsa already has the chopped tomatoes, onions and jalapenos.
Sprinkle the cilantro with love…
And enjoy!
- 1 pound uncooked boneless chicken breasts, cut into large bite size pieces
- 2 tablespoon olive oil (or any kind of oil for cooking)
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup long grain white rice, uncooked
- 1 1/4 cup (your favorite) salsa
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, minced
- 1 lime
- In a heated skillet over medium high heat, put in oil and cut chicken. Sprinkle the chicken with chili powder, cumin and garlic powder. Stir and sear the seasoned chicken for about 4 minutes.
- Add rice, salsa and chicken broth to the skillet WITH chicken. Stir until combined and cover with lid. Turn down heat to LOW for 30-35 minutes.
- Sprinkle minced cilantro and fresh lime juice when ready to serve.
- Immediately store leftovers in refrigerator in a closed container.
Here are a few more quick and easy skillet ideas…
Italian Sausage and Ravioli Skillet
Skillet Pork Chops with Mushroom Sauce
I’m sharing this Skillet Chicken Mexican Rice with these link parties… come join me!
This is my kind of meal. Pinned!
Love how easy this is, Gloria. One-skillet meals are my favorite kinds of dinner. (P.S. My husband washes the dinner dishes too!)
Andi @ The Weary Chef recently posted…In-a-Hurry Easy Mexican Chicken Soup
No fuss and no extra dishes?! I’m in! That plus this looks absolutely delicious! Nothing we love more in our household than yummy Mexican food 🙂
Serene @ House of Yumm recently posted…Frozen Custard Bar
I definitely do not make enough one pot meals, pinning this one for next week!
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Oh I love one pot meals, and I love them even more when they are Mexican! My family would love this one, Gloria! I definitely need to make it. And it takes a lot of bribing to get my hubby to wash the dishes. I need to have him take a little note from your guy!! 😉
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My family loves any kind of chicken and rice and I love a one pot meal! This looks amazing!
I can’t agree more! One skillet. One dish. One delicious dinner!
Wow! This is mouthwatering amazing! I would love for you to share this at my party Making Memories Mondays that goes live Sunday nights 9PM EST! Hope to see you there! 🙂
Cathy
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Your pictures are so good they had my mouthwatering. I will definitely be making this tonight. I have pinned it for safe keeping. Thanks.
This looks absolutely AMAZING! I can’t wait to try it 🙂
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This looks delicious! If it wasn’t so late I’d make it tonight but I’m pretty sure I know what we’ll be having for dinner tomorrow. Thanks so much for sharing at this week’s Project Inspire{d}. Pinning!
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What a great one pot, or one skillet, dish!!!! How good does this sound!!! The skillet pork chops with the mushroom sauce sound so good too, I need to go check that out next!!! Too many great recipes! 🙂
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Pinning…this looks yummy!
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Arroz con pollo is one of my all time favorite comfort foods from my home in Panama. Your recipe looks great! Pinned and stumbled!
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Definitely my kind of meal! My family loves Mexican recipes and I love how easy this is. Pinning and sending lots of other foodie love your way! Thanks for sharing it with us at #FoodieFriDIY!
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I make “Spanish” rice using the salsa method, but how come I never thought to cook the chicken with it to make it a one pot meal?? Such a great idea. Pinned!
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This looks amazing! You are so talented. Pinned and tweeted. Thanks for being a part of our party. I hope to see you on Monday at 7 pm. Happy Easter! Lou Lou Girls
I made this for our dinner tonight – it was delicious! We also piled on some shredded Mexican-blend cheese while it was still warm. A big thumbs-up from my family on this one. 🙂
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