Queso Chicken & Rice
Serves 5
Directions
- 1Start by grabbing three large chicken breasts.
- 2Add a tablespoon of avocado oil and tenderize the chicken breasts.
- 3Season with your favorite taco seasoning until it looks like it's well covered.
- 4Rinse the 300g basmati rice by soaking it in cold water and mixing it, repeating the process a couple of times until the water runs clear.
- 5Cook the rice by adding it to a pot with 450ml of water, bringing it to a boil, then reducing heat to low, covering it, and letting it cook for 15 minutes, removing from heat, keeping covered, and letting it sit for another 10 minutes.
- 6While the rice is cooking, toss the seasoned chicken in the air fryer at 375 degrees for 12 minutes.
- 7For the high-protein queso sauce, combine 250g 2% Plain Greek yogurt, 85g red enchilada sauce, 85g pico de gallo, 85g cheddar cheese, 100g 1/3 fat cream cheese, 65g diced green chiles, 20g nutritional yeast, 10g brown sugar, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp onion powder, and a pinch of salt in a pan.
- 8Heat the sauce over very low heat until everything melts and mixes together.
- 9Add chopped cilantro to the sauce and mix it well.
- 10Serve the cooked chicken breast sliced over a bed of rice, then pour the queso sauce over the chicken and rice. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 24 oz chicken breast
- 1.5 tsp avocado oil
- 1.5 packets Taco seasoning
- 300 g basmati rice
- 250 g 2% Plain Greek yogurt
- 85 g red enchilada sauce
- 85 g pico de gallo
- 85 g cheddar cheese
- 100 g 1/3 fat cream cheese
- 65 g diced green chiles
- 20 g nutritional yeast
- 10 g brown sugar
- 0.5 tsp garlic powder
- 0.5 tsp onion powder
- Pinch salt
- Chopped Cilantro
- 450 ml water
Equipment
pancutting boardair fryerpotmeasuring cup
Tips
- Always rinse your rice.
- For the queso sauce, you can use Greek yogurt or blended cottage cheese, depending on your preference.
- Heat the queso sauce over very low heat to melt and mix ingredients together.
- Even though it doesn't look like it, each serving is only 500 calories and has over 40 grams of protein.
- This recipe is from the new meal prep cookbook, but it's shared here for everyone to make it at home and to enjoy it.
- There's no reason to be meal-prepping plain chicken and rice, this queso chicken and rice is gonna blow your mind because it tastes amazing and it's high in protein and low in calories.
- Enjoy your meal!