Spec‘Taco’lar Chicken Rice Bowls
with Blue Corn Tortilla Chips, Pico de Gallo & Chili Lime Crema
- Sesame
- Milk
For this taco-inspired meal, our chefs thought outside the tortilla—errr, box—to create some seriously epic rice bowls. They pile saucy spiced chicken and sautéed peppers and onions over buttery rice, then drizzle over a tangy chili lime crema and top with Monterey Jack cheese and homemade pico de gallo. On the side, the tortilla component comes in chip form for ultimate crunch-factor. Prepare to be totally bowled over!
Ingredients
1 unit
Red Onion
10 ounce
Chopped Chicken Breast
4 tablespoon
Sour Cream
½ 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
Not included in your delivery
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry all 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, ¾ cup water (1½ cups for 4 servings), and a big pinch of salt. Bring to 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 green pepper and sliced onion; 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.
• While veggies cook, pat chicken* dry with paper towels. • Once veggies are done, heat another drizzle of oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken, Southwest Spice, 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 and pico de gallo. Serve with tortilla chips and remaining lime wedges on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the tasty, fresh flavors; some found it reminiscent of Chipotle but even better 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy for most, though some noted longer prep time than expected for all the chopping.
- Suggestions: Consider adding black beans, avocado, or cilantro; some preferred less onion or milder peppers.
- Portions: Several wished for more rice; a few found the chicken amount small or the overall portion size lacking.
- Texture: Some noted the chicken pieces were too small or had quality issues; crispy chips were a hit.
Reviews from our home cooks
Easy to make. My only suggestion would be to add a little more rice there were a lot more ingredients than rice so it was more like eating the chicken taco filling rather than a rice bowl but still flavor was great.
The rice bowls are our favorite and the Taco bowl was delicious as always. So much flavor. Will get again.
Our family loves all of the rice bowl meals. We especially enjoyed the blue tortilla chips that are served with this meal.
This was very good but very similar to many other Tex-Mex chicken and rice recipes. At least it was low in sodium as I have to either avoid high sodium meals or skip the step of adding salt at every step
This was a good and simple recipe, reminding me a lot of chicken fajitas. The crema was delicious and the pico de gallo was fresh. The chicken, however was in small pieces versus the strips they showed in the picture. I think the chicken could have been of better quality, but overall still a good flavorful recipe.
Love this recipe. The rice was fluffy, the crunch of the chips, with all peppers, onions and chicken was absolutely delicious!
Honestly I was very happy with this recipe, I'm not a huge fan of chicken tacos so I was not expecting to like this one. However it turned out great, definitely would make again.
This rice bowl was very tasty! The homemade Pico added an awesome taste to the meal. Only bad thing - my tomato arrived smashed! Maybe there is a better way to package these! Luckily I had tomatoes no problems making the dish!
This was a crowd favorite! Both kids loved the chicken. We made it as bowls and some had it as tacos because we had tortillas already. Will order this again and again.
Super fresh! Great flavor. Butter, salt and lime in the rice is the way to go!!
