# Queso Chicken Rice Bowls

This recipe guides you through making high-protein, lower-calorie queso chicken and rice bowls using a slow cooker, perfect for meal prepping.

- Servings: 10 servings
- Total time: 360 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 lbs chicken
- 2 packets taco seasoning
- 0.5 cup chipotle in adobo
- 1 lime
- 0.25 cup chicken bone broth
- 600 g fat-free cottage cheese
- 100 g Rico's cheddar
- 120 g cream cheese
- 1 taco seasoning
- 2 tbsp bone broth
- 10 servings cilantro lime rice

## Instructions

1. Add 4 lbs of chicken breasts to the slow cooker.
2. Add 2 packets of taco seasoning to the chicken.
3. Add 1/2 cup of chipotles in adobo to the slow cooker.
4. Squeeze or zest a lime into the slow cooker.
5. Pour a quarter cup of chicken bone broth into the slow cooker.
6. Mix all the ingredients in the slow cooker by hand.
7. Close the lid and slow cook the chicken for 6-7 hours on low or 3-4 hours on high.
8. Shred the cooked chicken.
9. To make the high-protein queso, add 600g of fat-free cottage cheese to a blender.
10. Add 100g of Rico's cheddar to the blender.
11. Add 120g of 1/3 cream cheese to the blender.
12. Add taco seasoning to the blender.
13. Add 2 tablespoons of bone broth to the blender.
14. Prepare 10 servings of cilantro lime rice in individual bowls.
15. Add the queso chicken mixture on top of the cilantro lime rice.
16. Garnish with avocado and pico de gallo, then drizzle with more queso sauce.

## Equipment

- slow cooker
- blender
- bowls

## Tips

- Wear gloves when mixing ingredients in the slow cooker to feel like an "absolute superhero."
- Ensure you have the hand strength of an "absolute unit" when squeezing the lime.
- Slow cook the chicken for 6-7 hours on low heat or 3-4 hours on high heat.
- Use fat-free cottage cheese as the base for the cheese sauce to make it high-protein and low-calorie.
- Prepare 10 servings of cilantro lime rice.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-11-09

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