Fiesta Chicken and Rice

Name: Fiesta Chicken and Rice
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 4 , boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/2 pounds); , Salt and pepper; 1/4 cup, vegetable oil; 1 cup, long-grain rice; 1 , onion, chopped medium; 4 cloves, garlic, minced; 1 teaspoon, dried oregano; 1 teaspoon, chili powder; 1/8 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 1 (14.5-ounce) can, diced tomatoes, drained; 1 , green bell pepper, chopped medium; 1 1/4 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; 1 cup, shredded Mexican-style cheese; 4 , scallions, sliced thin

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2006

Cooking chicken and rice in the same pan sounds appealing, but not if the chicken is rubbery, the rice is mushy, and the flavor is bland.

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a convenient chicken and rice recipe, we used quick-cooking boneless, skinless chicken breasts and prepared our rice in the same skillet we used to brown the chicken. Cooking both components of our Fiesta Chicken and Rice recipe in the ...

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