
For this fajita-inspired meal, our chefs thought outside the tortilla—errr, box—to create some seriously epic bowls. You’ll start with a base of buttery rice, saucy spiced chicken, and sautéed peppers and onions, then jazz things up with Monterey Jack cheese, cotija cheese, homemade pico de gallo, a chili lime crema, and blue corn tortilla chips. When ready to build your bowl, feel free to go wild with assembly. Crema on bottom! Rice on top of chicken! Crush up your tortilla chips for a crunchy garnish, or serve along the side for scooping—that’s the beauty of making it yourself!
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Onion
½ cup
Cotija Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
10 ounce
Diced Skinless Dark Meat Chicken
¾ cup
Jasmine Rice
1.5 ounce
Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
(Contains: Sesame)
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 unit
Long Green Pepper
1 unit
Jalapeño
1 teaspoon
Chili Powder
¼ cup
Monterey Jack Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Tomato
1 unit
Lime
1 tablespoon
Southwest Spice Blend
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt

Wash and dry produce.
Dice tomato. Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion; mince a few slices until you have 2 TBSP (4 TBSP for 4 servings). Zest and quarter lime. Mince jalapeño, removing ribs and seeds for less heat. Halve, core, and thinly slice green pepper into strips.

In a small pot, combine rice, 1¼ cups water (2¼ cups for 4 servings), and a big pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes.
Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.

While rice cooks, in a small bowl, combine tomato, minced onion, a squeeze of lime juice, and as much jalapeño as you like. Season with salt and pepper.
In a separate small bowl, combine sour cream, a squeeze of lime juice, and a pinch of chili powder (you’ll use the rest later). Season with salt and pepper. Stir in water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency.

Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add sliced onion and green pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and softened, 7-9 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. TIP: Lower heat and add a splash of water if veggies begin to brown too quickly.
Turn off heat; transfer to a medium bowl and cover to keep warm. Wipe out pan.

Heat another drizzle of oil in pan used for veggies over medium-high heat. Open package of chicken* and drain off any excess liquid. Add chicken in a single layer and season with Southwest Spice Blend and remaining chili powder. Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes.
Stir in stock concentrate and a splash of water; cook until saucy, 1-2 minutes.
Turn off heat. Season with salt and pepper.

Fluff rice with a fork; stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) and lime zest. Season with salt and pepper.
Divide rice between bowls and top with chicken and veggies. Drizzle with crema. Top with Monterey Jack, cotija cheese, and pico de gallo. Serve with tortilla chips and remaining lime wedges on the side.
Best flavor for a Tex mex rice bowl in recent memory probably due to peppers and lime. A little complicated.
The cojito cheese added a lot of flavor. There was a nice amount of spice with the whole jalapeno (cored).
Quick and easy to make. Easy to customize flavor your own way
This was quite good. The addition of the tortilla chips is what separates it from the other rice and chicken dishes. The option of making it spicier would be the cherry on top, with either a spicier pepper or additional jalapeño.
I loved this bowl. I wish it came with 2 bags of chips for 2 instead of 1. I will make again
So yummy only feedback is that we need two chip bags for two people there's not enough chips in that one little bag. Especially when some of them get broken.
I'll use less chili powder next time because I'm a lightweight when it comes to heat....but yum, yum, yum.
This didn't look like much but it was incredible. Super easy to make and it tasted soooooo good.
Good recipe but takes a bit of time to prepare. Love the extras like white cheese and cotija cheese. Produce was not good, both tomato and green pepper were squishy and wrinkly.
Eh-chili powder just made it hot; the southwest seasoning wasn't as good as store bought taco or fajita seasoning. Maybe add an avocado to make guacamole? Definitely also needed cilantro which I had