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Mexican Style Rice and Beans w/ Chicken is for Dinner.

Mexican Style Rice and Beans w/ Chicken takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Mexican Style Rice and Beans w/ Chicken takes 10 minutes to cook.

Mexican Style Rice and Beans w/ Chicken makes 5 servings.

The ingredients for Mexican Style Rice and Beans w/ Chicken are:

2 cups Dry Instant Brown Rice
2.5 cups Water (to prepare rice)
1 can diced tomatoes (reduced sodium)
.75 can Black Beans (reduced sodium) drained & rinsed.
2 tbsp. Earth Balance Buttery Spread
1.25 cups Salsa
Corn cut from 1 ear
2 Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts, broiled until cooked & browned slightly; dice up into bite sized pieces.
1.5 oz. Reduced fat pepper jack cheese, shredded

Here is how you make Mexican Style Rice and Beans w/ Chicken:

Prepare the rice per package instructions & set aside.In a cast iron pan, saute the black beans in the Earth Balance till heated through. Add the diced tomatoes and salsa & combine. Add the cooked rice & chicken and stir to combine.Serve with the cheese on top.** You can certainly make this without the chicken; I just added it because I wanted to make sure to fill my husbands belly!**Enjoy.Number of Servings: 5Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user EMC24ME.

The nutritional information for Mexican Style Rice and Beans w/ Chicken is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 5
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 283.2

• Total Fat: 6.2 g
• Cholesterol: 23.8 mg
• Sodium: 713.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 39.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 7.9 g
• Protein: 19.2 g