One Pot Mexican chicken & rice

This flavorful dish with a little Mexican flair is easy to prepare and sure to be a family hit!

I love one-pot meals, they make everything so simple and that’s what we need because let’s 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 it’s a meal the whole family can enjoy. Makes 6- 1 cup servings at 5 points on WW.

Ingredients used

• Ground chicken
• Uncle Ben’s Mexican-style rice
• Taco seasoning
• Rotel chopped tomatoes with green chilies
• Peppers
• Onion
• Shredded cheese

I have some followers tell me they can’t find the same rice package, if you can’t find this exact one just use something similar, here is a link for the Bistro express one I use in the recipe so you can see the nutritional information. Honestly, any rice will work in the recipe, I chose this one to add a little more flavor.

The Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilies add in an extra little spice, but this is definitely not a spicy dish. If you can’t find the Rotel tomatoes, any can of diced tomatoes will work.

I love that this recipe is made in one pot, which makes for an easy clean-up.  You can add in extra veggies if you wish to bulk it up. I have had some followers tell me they added in beans and it turned out very well.

I typically use a 3 blend of shredded cheese for a lot of my recipes simply because it is what I keep in my fridge, any shredded cheese will work though if you have a favorite that you buy because it might be lower on calories or WW points then please feel free to use that one.

3.84 from 30 votes

One Pot Mexican chicken & rice

By: Drizzle

Servings: 6

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Cook: 20 minutes mins

Total: 35 minutes mins

5P, 4 freestyle (Blue & purple) SP, 5SP (Green)

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 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
• ▢ 1/2 cup diced onion *I used red
• ▢ 1 cup reduced fat shredded cheese, I used a 3 blend

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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

Points- 5

Personal Points- 4-5 depending on your 0PP foods 

Freestyle SP (Blue & purple)- 4 using WW recipe builder

Smart Points (Green)- 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

Additional Info

Course: Main meals

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You can store leftovers in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 2-3 days. This dish freezes well and is great to keep stocked in the freezer for easy meal time. To reheat from frozen, let dethaw then you can either heat up in a frying pan over medium heat on the stove or in a casserole dish in the oven, and you can also use the microwave.

Looking for similar recipes? Try my Chicken & rice crescent topped casserole or Mexican stuffed peppers