One Dish Chicken Fajita and Rice Bake

If you love easy meals, this one dish chicken fajita and rice bake is what dreams are made of. This entire meal takes just minutes to prep, and everything cooks all at once in the oven; no boiling water for rice, no searing chicken on the stove top, so that means no cleaning pots and pans after this meal. Tender fluffy yellow rice, tender chunks of seasoned chicken breast, and soft peppers and onions make this the perfect all-in-one meal, no side dish required.

Course dinner, lunch, main course

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword chicken fajitas, one dish, rice

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 1

Servings

Calories 344kcal

Author Steph

Equipment

9 x 13 baking dish or casserole dish

Ingredients

1 box Goya Spanish-Style Yellow Rice
2.25 cups water
2 lbs chicken breast
3 bell peppers
2 onions
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 cup cilantro fresh, chopped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375F.
Pour the contents of the rice package into the baking dish.
Pour the water over the rice, and stir to combine.
Thinly slice the peppers and onions.
Slice the chicken breast into pieces (each full chicken breast should be sliced into approximately 4 pieces).
Add the peppers, onions, and chicken to a large mixing bowl.
Combine all of the spices in a small bowl, and then sprinkle the seasoning over the chicken, peppers and onions.
Toss the spices together with the chicken, peppers and onions using your hands.
Pour the seasoned chicken, peppers and onions on top of the rice.
Cover the baking dish with foil.
Cook for 1 hour.
After one hour, remove the foil and toss in the fresh cilantro.

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