Sharing our favorite Mexican rice recipe today! This Chicken and Black Bean Green Chili Rice Skillet is a healthy, quick and simple weeknight dinner idea!
Mexican Rice Recipe
If you haven’t had this Mexican rice recipe before you are in for a treat! I am always looking for quick and simple weeknight dinners and this one I developed last week was a huge success. We love Mexican dinners every week and this was a great addition to add to my rotating menu options. You can use a rotisserie chicken to save yourself some time, or if you have time I highly suggest grilling up my Taco Lime Chicken. We used it for this recipe and it was the perfect addition with the spices in the rice. Break out your cast iron skillet and try out this zesty chicken and rice skillet this week! Enjoy friends!
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Brown Rice Recipes
Start by sautéing some onion and garlic.
Stir in your cooked brown rice.
Black Beans and Rice Recipe
Some chopped green chiles up next along with the black beans.
Sprinkle in some cumin.
Some fresh lime juice.
Easy Chicken and Rice Recipe
Cubed cooked chicken. Try my Taco Lime Chicken, it was soooo good in this recipe.
Top with shredded cheeses and time to bake!
We enjoyed the leftovers all week long for lunch. This one is a keeper!
Serve with some chips and salsa if you’d like 🙂
Chicken and Black Bean Green Chili Rice Skillet
Equipment
- Oven
- Stove
Ingredients
- 2 cups dry brown rice (uncooked)
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup finely chopped white onion
- 1 tbsp minced fresh garlic
- 2 4 ounce cans diced green chilies
- 3/4 cup black beans drained
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 lime juiced
- 2 cups chopped cooked chicken
- 1 tsp hot sauce I used Cholula
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup mozarella cheese shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and heat cast iron skillet over medium heat.
- Cook rice according to packaging directions and set aside. Heat oil in skillet and when hot, add onion and garlic, stirring until softened about 5 minutes.
- Stir in cooked rice, green chiles, black beans, cumin, lime juice, chicken and hot sauce.
- Top with cheeses and bake for 15-20 minutes until cheese is melted. Serve warm.
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I boiled my chicken first, then shred it for this recipe, then used the water needed for the recipe from the boiled chicken water to add a bit more chicken flavor. I avoided the oil and just added everything into the pan and cooked it, and didn’t have a problem with anything sticking. I added some potato slices for appetite.Thanks for your sharing!
We love Mexican dinners, too. I tried your guide and my family love it. Thanks
This recipe looks great. I will try it soon. Thank for share !
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Hi Jenny,
What size skillet do you use?
DP
I used a large 12 inch skillet. Hope you enjoy!
I just found this on Pinterest! Have you ever mixed it into a 9×13 dish and froze it? I’m making my freezer meals list and was wondering if anyone successfully tried to that. I swap meals so I’m trying not to experiment with meals I give away 🙂
Hi!! I am making this tonight for dinner – so excited!!! How much is one serving of this? 1 cup? 3/4? Thanks so much!!!!
Wow – this is such a great recipe. I love the pictures too… beautiful! Pinned 😛
Susan
I made this last night for my BF and I. It was SO delicious!!
Thanks for posting this recipe!
this makes me hungry…looking so yummy
Love this recipe. Not only does it look good, it looks easy enough to create. I am all about easy recipes, especially when its my turn to cook (my husband does 90% of the cooking) and every once in a while I have to cook and that’s when I go online to find something new to create.
Thanks so much for inspiring me to make this one pan chicken dish!
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Hi, This was so good… I tried it once with ground beef, that was good and now I like it with sausage… thanks
Oh man my husband will flip for these flavors! Thank you for the recipe 🙂
Thank you for another great recipe. My family loved this! It was super quick and easy, too.
So glad to hear it Mindi, thanks for the feedback.
This may be a stupid question, but can you use just a regular oven-safe skillet if you don’t have a cast iron one? Thanks!
Yes, that would work just fine too 🙂
I made this last night for my family and it was a huge hit!! So delicious and oh so easy. The taco lime chicken is AMAZING! Very happy I found your website 🙂 thank you again for a great dish!
So glad you enjoyed Erin! Great to have you here at Picky Palate 🙂
I was pretty much sold on this when I saw it’s mexican themed AND chicken. Two of my favorite things.
God bless you for the weeknights-dinner-friendly ideas! Just like Natalie, I am trying to plan ahead all the cooking (and shopping groceries for that matter). It is part of a bigger project for me – my new year resolution for time management.
Awesome! I’m trying to make weekly recipe planning easier for our family, and have decided to do five ‘theme’ nights each week…one night Italian, one night American, one night Mexican, one night slow cooker and one night just an easy classic (grilled cheese, breakfast, ect.). This will be perfect for Mexican night!!
Perfect meal for tonight! Love the green chiles and hot sauce 🙂
The perfect weeknight meal, always need more of those! Love.
Thanks Nicole!
That looks great! I love the step by step tutorial with the clear photos. I am definitely trying this.
Thanks Melen, hope you enjoy!!
These flavors are my favorite!! Love this easy dinner!
This would be such a fabulous weeknight dinner!
Yes please! Looks absolutely delish!
Skillet meals are the best! I can’t wait to try this one!!
Thanks Shelly, we love them too!
Thank you for the nice recipe. Have a Great Week!
This recipe looks so yummy. I am always interested in your skillet recipes, but I don’t have a cast iron skillet that can go in the oven. I was interested in buying one for my birthday and wondered what size you recommend. Do you have a favorite?
Hi Laura, I’ve always used the Lodge brand. They are inexpensive and last forever 🙂 If you have a thrift store near you, check there, I’ve found some of mine there!
Looks so yummy and easy. My family would love this!
Thanks Liz!!
Love one pot meals. My family would love this one.
Mmmmm…this so needs to be dinner!
Destined to be a classic recipe! Love this Jenny 🙂
Sounds easy, yummy and healthy! Can’t wait to try!
Thanks Laurie, hope you enjoy!
Hi Jenny
There are two things that i would like to add to the conversation here
1) your photography is amazing – you have got this spot on and i have added some of your images to my Pinterest account.
2)I really like the way that you have set your recipe, it makes for easy reading and following and is one that will be on my list of foods to try.
thanks for this , i will be keeping an eye on this blog to see what else come out of here 🙂
Sebastian
Posts like this brihgten up my day. Thanks for taking the time.
This looks SO good!! I love how quick it comes together. I’d love a large helping, please!
Looks so yummy and fast, thanks for another great weeknight meal to add to my rotation!
Hope you enjoy Mary!!
Im right there with you about easy weeknight dinners — this one is a great one!!
Great weeknight meal!
great flavors and I love how you are always thinking fast, easy and family friendly!
Love one skillet meals and this one sounds tasty!
This sounds right up my alley! Love all of those flavors! 🙂
Love how easy this is! I am definitely always on the lookout for weeknight friendly meals.
Plus, that Cholula hot sauce is pretty much my hubbies life. Perfect!
Spicy, filling, delicious.. That’s a really great dish!
Thank you Medeja!
Your answer lifts the ininlltgeece of the debate.
You make the best family-friendly easy dinnertime skillets, Jenny! pinned
Thank you Averie!!