I love one pot meals, they make everything so simple and thats what we need because lets face it life is busy! This one pot Mexican chicken & rice was amazing, so much flavor and a nice hearty meal no joke I ate it 3 days straight! This dish only takes about 30 minutes from start to finish and its a meal the whole family can enjoy. Makes 6- 1 cup servings at 4 smart points on WW freestyle.
One Pot Mexican chicken & rice
Author:Drizzle
Recipe type:Main meals
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Serves:6
4 freestyle SP, 5SP/6PP
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken *weighed raw
- 1 package Uncle Ben's bistro express mexican style rice
- 1 package taco seasoning - 35g
- 2 cans (284ml) rotel chopped tomatoes with green chilies
- 1 cup diced peppers
- cup diced onion *I used red
- 1 cup reduced fat shredded cheese, I used a 3 blend
Instructions
- In a large pot on the stove cook the ground chicken
- Add in the rotel chopped tomatoes, peppers, onion and taco seasoing and mix well.
- Cook the uncle ben's rice in the microwave as directed on package and add to mixture.
- Let cook for 15 minutes over medium heat.
- Top with shredded cheese and leave on the heat until the cheese melts
- Serve immediantly.. makes 6- 1 cup servings, store in the fridge, leftovers will freeze well.
- *Note- feel free to add in extra veggies or beans to bulk it up, if it seems to thick by adding extra ingredients you may want to add a little water.
Notes
Freestyle SP- 4 using WW recipe builder
Smart Points- 5 using SP calculator
Points Plus- 6 using PP calculator
Nutritional info per 1 cup serving- Calories.. 248..Fat 6.8g..Sat fat 2.3g...Carbs 21.5g..Fiber 1.6g...Sugar 4.7g...Protein 25.2g using My Fitness Pal *Note this includes all ingredients, if entering these numbers into a WW calculator you may get a higher point value due to the zero point foods
Smart Points- 5 using SP calculator
Points Plus- 6 using PP calculator
Nutritional info per 1 cup serving- Calories.. 248..Fat 6.8g..Sat fat 2.3g...Carbs 21.5g..Fiber 1.6g...Sugar 4.7g...Protein 25.2g using My Fitness Pal *Note this includes all ingredients, if entering these numbers into a WW calculator you may get a higher point value due to the zero point foods
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