Chicken Fajita Rice
Chicken Fajita Rice

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chicken fajita rice. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Chicken Fajita Rice is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Chicken Fajita Rice is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chicken fajita rice using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Fajita Rice:
  1. Prepare unsalted butter, divided
  2. Make ready bell peppers (any color), diced
  3. Prepare yellow onion, diced
  4. Make ready garlic, minced
  5. Take long grain rice
  6. Take chili powder
  7. Prepare each ground cumin, smoked paprika, salt
  8. Make ready dried oregano
  9. Get diced green chilis
  10. Prepare Juice of 1 lime
  11. Take unsalted chicken broth
  12. Get sour cream
  13. Make ready cooked, shredded chicken
  14. Get shredded pepper jack cheese
Steps to make Chicken Fajita Rice:
  1. In a large, deep skillet with a tight fitting lid, heat 2 tbsp of the butter. Once it's melted, add in the peppers and onion with a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring often, until they're softened…about 5-7 minutes. Then add the garlic and the additional tbsp of butter and cook another minute or so more, until fragrant.
  2. Turn the heat up to med-high and stir in the rice and seasonings. Let the rice toast for 3-4 minutes, stirring often. Then stir in the diced green chiles, broth, lime juice and sour cream until it's all integrated. Place the lid on and let it come to a low boil. Once at a boil, lower the heat to low and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until the rice is tender and the liquid has absorbed.
  3. Remove the pan from the heat and sprinkle the cheese across the top. Place the lid back on and let the cheese melt, then serve.

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