Oven-Ready Cheesy Salsa Verde Chicken
with Rice ’n’ Beans (trays included)
- Milk
Another work day, another dinner daydream. You know what we mean. You’re sitting at your desk and 2:00 p.m. rolls around. Suddenly, all you can think is, “Dinner...what the heck am I going to eat for dinner?!” Well, we’ve got you covered, and FYI, the answer to that question is pretty delicious. We’re serving up Southwest-spiced chicken with tangy green salsa and melty Monterey Jack, plus hearty rice and black beans—all baked in our handy, oven-ready aluminum trays to make cleanup a breeze. To finish things off, the chicken is drizzled with a sweet and smoky red pepper crema. Talk about a dream come true!
Ingredients
1 unit
Microwavable Rice
2 unit
Oven-Ready Tray
4 tablespoon
Smoky Red Pepper Crema
(Contains: Milk)
1 teaspoon
Chili Powder
1 unit
Black Beans
1 unit
Green Salsa
¼ cup
Monterey Jack Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
1 tablespoon
Southwest Spice Blend
Not included in your delivery
3 teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
3 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. • Pat chicken* dry with paper towels and season all over with half the Southwest Spice (you’ll use the rest in the next step), salt, and pepper. Place in 1 aluminum tray (divide between 2 trays for 4 servings). Cover with green salsa. • Bake on middle rack until chicken is cooked through, 22-28 minutes.
• While chicken bakes, massage rice in package to break up grains. Transfer to a medium bowl. • Drain beans, reserving liquid. To bowl with rice, add drained beans, chili powder, remaining Southwest Spice, 1 TBSP reserved bean liquid (2 TBSP for 4 servings), ¾ tsp salt (1½ tsp for 4), and pepper; stir to combine. • Transfer to remaining aluminum tray (divide between remaining 2 trays for 4). Top with 3 TBSP butter (use 3 TBSP butter per tray for 4) and cover tightly with foil. • Bake on middle rack until rice and beans are warmed through and butter has melted, 15-18 minutes.
• Once chicken is cooked through, remove from oven and heat broiler to high. Spoon green salsa from tray over tops of chicken (it’s okay if there’s still some salsa around the chicken). Top chicken with Monterey Jack. • Broil until cheese is melted and lightly browned, 2-3 minutes. TIP: Watch carefully to avoid burning. • Let cool slightly
• Fluff rice ’n’ beans with a fork to combine with melted butter; season with salt and pepper. Divide between plates and top with chicken and green salsa. Drizzle with smoky red pepper crema and serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the tasty green salsa and smoky red pepper crema, though some found it too spicy 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Customers raved about how quick and simple this meal was to make, with minimal cleanup.
- Suggestions: Consider adding a veggie side or tortillas; some preferred less rice and more chicken.
- Leftovers: Several mentioned having plenty of tasty leftovers, especially the flavorful rice and beans.
- Texture: Some found the chicken tender and juicy, while others said it was dry or rubbery.
Reviews from our home cooks
Simply amazing. The salsa verde has the perfect hint of spice and the rice and beans were outstanding. It's pretty much a cheat dish as it requires essentially no actual preparation, but definitely a recipe to try out and hold onto.
Excellent recipe! The beans and rice are fantastic, and the chicken with the salsa verde is one of my new favorite recipes. I hope they bring it back!
Overall a great meal that is quick to make and easy clean up. The name and prep card are a little misleading...there is prep involved in putting this meal together, so it was not completely oven ready. I would recommend renaming to just "Cheesy Salsa Verde Chicken."
We loved the flavor and simplicity of oven ready cheesy salsa verde chicken, and the creamy dill chicken loved the sauce the whole meal delicious
4 meals. It was very good, but ratio of Rice / Beans much higher than Chicken. (I cooked both meals this week at same time, so I used some of the Chicken from the other meal to add to this one.) Salsa Verde was great.
Honestly, I was afraid of using salsa Verde and keep cooking other recipes, but it was packed with very delicious flavor. Family not thrilled about beans and rice mixed together, personally I loved the combination 😋
This was superb! I can't wait to make it again! Salsa verde was yummy! And the rice and beans were moist and flavorful.
Green salsa provided a great taste for the chicken-not too spicy. Plenty of rice & beans, which were delicious. Easy to prepare and easy clean-up.
Tasty salsa verde sauce and easy to prepare so we were able to do this one for a quick lunch. Will get this again for sure!
Actually the food was good but this meal is in no way oven ready. Oven ready means to preheat your oven and put the meal in. It does not mean you pat dry chicken, add spices and a sauce, massage rice and mix it with beans etc. If you said, low prep, low clean up that would have been the truth but you set an expectation of no prep by saying 'oven ready'.
