Mexican Skillet
This Mexican Skillet is jam packed with flavor from simple ingredients. It’s also made in under 30 minutes!
Jump to Recipe
Serving size: 300 grams
Mexican Skillet
This Mexican Skillet is jam packed with flavor from simple ingredients. It’s also made in under 30 minutes!
📱 MyFitnessPal & MacrosFirst App Users
You can find this recipe and many others on MyFitnessPal and MacrosFirst by searching: Ohsnapmacros – Mexican Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 lbs. chopped chicken breast
- 1 can whole corn kernels drained
- 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 1 jar salsa (30 tbsp) ** see note
- 3/4 cup basmati rice, uncooked
- 7 oz. water
- 1.5 tbsp. chili powder
- 1.5 tbsp. cumin
- 1 tbsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 tbsp. onion powder
- 1/2 tbsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 1/2 tbsp. paprika
- * alternatively you can use taco seasoning of choice vs. seasonings listed
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into strips, spray with cooking spray and season with chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper and paprika. Mix together to coat chicken well.
- Over medium heat spray cooking pan with cooking spray and sear chicken flipping often until almost cooked through.
- Add beans, corn, salsa, water, bell pepper to the chicken and mix together.
- Once mixed add the uncooked rice. Mix well. Cover and cook over medium to medium low for 10 mins stirring a few times to keep from burning the bottom.
Notes
- Nutritional information is an estimate and will vary with substitutions.
Nutrition
Serving: 300gCalories: 354kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 38gFat: 2g
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
This isn’t pulling up in macrosfirst. Any suggestions? Thanks
What’s the note about the salsa? I don’t see two stars (**) anywhere else with a salsa-related note. Thanks!
Keeper! Very flavorful (used homemade taco seasoning). Going into my rotation..thanks so much!
Delicious! Quick and easy!
I made this a the flavor is so good. My issue is with how long it took to cook the rice. So you just used regular uncooked basmati rice? Thanks in advance if you are able to give some more details here.
Yes, regular uncooked basmati rice. The rice has to cook somehow and that usually takes a while. If you need something quicker use cooked rice or a bag of ready rice.
If I use a bag of ready Basmati rice would I still measure out 3\4 cup?
No, uncooked and cooked are very different in weight. You would need to figure out the comparison.
Ok, thank ya ma’am! ? I figured but I wanted to double check! ?
Do you think I could substitute riced cauliflower for the rice to lower carbs in recipe?
Definitely. I would omit water, add everything including cauli rice in place of rice and then add a tbsp at a time of water if needed. Water is specifically for cooking the rice.