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High-Protein Mexican Rice One-Pot
A convenient one-dish meal combining rice, tomatoes, kidney beans, vegetables, chicken, and melted light cheese. It is baked until the rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed, then finished with a cheesy topping.
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Ingredients
- 180 g raw rice
- 800 g chopped tomatoes
- 240 g red kidney beans
- 200 g onions (diced)
- 200 g mixed bell peppers
- 600 g chicken breast
- 100 g light cheese (grated; the preparation refers to cheddar)
- 300 ml vegetable broth
- salt (to taste)
- black pepper (to taste)
- paprika powder (to taste)
- ground cumin (to taste)
- garlic powder (to taste)
Steps
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- 2
Place the raw rice, red kidney beans, diced onions, mixed peppers, chicken breast, vegetable broth, salt, black pepper, paprika powder, ground cumin, and garlic powder in a large ovenproof dish. Mix everything together thoroughly.
- 3
Bake the mixture in the preheated oven at 180°C for about 45 minutes, until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed.
- 4
Remove the dish from the oven and sprinkle the grated light cheese over the top.
- 5
Return the dish to the oven briefly, for about 5 minutes according to the video transcript, until the cheese has melted.
- 6
Serve the Mexican rice one-pot.
Notes
The source states 505 kcal, 36 g protein, 45 g carbohydrates, 18 g fat, and 6 g fiber per portion. The written description does not specify the exact melting time; the accompanying transcript indicates returning the dish to the oven for 5 minutes. The transcript mentions additional ingredients, but the author-provided written recipe does not include them, so they were not added.
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