Dinner

Santa Fe Chicken is for Dinner.

Santa Fe Chicken takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Santa Fe Chicken takes 40 minutes to cook.

Santa Fe Chicken makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Santa Fe Chicken are:

1.5 cups Uncle Ben's Spanish Style rice, uncooked (you can use instant white rice, if you prefer)
1 can (540mL/19 fl oz) black beans, drained, rinsed
1 medium yellow pepper, chopped
1 can (284mL/10fl oz) condensed cream of chicken soup (i use low fat)
1 soup can water
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
3-4 small boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1lb) - cut in about 1 inch cubes
1/2 cup salsa
2 cups Kraft Tex Mex Shredded Cheese (or what you prefer - I used Kraft Live Active Marble for this recipe)

** add one can of diced green chilis for some spice if you like!
** I also usually use 1/2 a yellow pepper, 1/2 an orange pepper and 1/2 a red pepper instead of just 1 whole yellow pepper

Here is how you make Santa Fe Chicken:

Preheat oven to 400F. Mix rice, beans, and peppers in a 13X9 inch baking dish, set aside. Combine soup, water and cilantro - pour evenly over rice mixture. Stir rice once liquid is added.Top with chicken. Spoon salsa over top and spread evenly.Bake for 35mins - then sprinkle with cheese. Continue baking about 5 mins more - until cheese is melted.Makes 8 hearty servings or 12 smaller servings.Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TASHAD33.

The nutritional information for Santa Fe Chicken is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 338.6

• Total Fat: 8.1 g
• Cholesterol: 44.4 mg
• Sodium: 1,092.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 49.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.3 g
• Protein: 21.3 g