Spicy Tex-Mex Chicken & Queso Rice Bowls
with Salsa Fresca
- Milk
This satisfying bowl serves up juicy chicken breast bites sautéed with bell pepper, onion, scallions, and tomatoes in our zesty fajita spice blend. After adding stock and a bit of butter, you'll spoon the saucy combo over fluffy rice tossed with our spicy queso blanco sauce. Finish it with homemade salsa for tangy freshness.
Ingredients
1 unit
Green Bell Pepper
10 ounce
Chopped Chicken Breast
1 unit
Onion
½ cup
White Rice
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 tablespoon
Fajita Spice Blend
3 ounce
Queso Blanco
(Contains: Milk)
2 unit
Tomato
2 unit
Scallions
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
In a small pot, combine rice and ¾ cup water (1½ cups for 4 servings). Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes.
Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
While rice cooks, wash and dry produce.
Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion. Halve, core, and thinly slice bell pepper into strips. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Dice tomatoes into ¼-inch pieces.
Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and bell pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, until just beginning to soften, about 2 minutes.
Open package of chicken* and drain off any excess liquid.
To pan with veggies, add chicken, scallion whites, garlic powder, Fajita Spice Blend, half the tomatoes, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through and veggies are tender, 4-6 minutes.
Stir in ¼ cup water, stock concentrate, and 1 TBSP butter (½ cup water and 2 TBSP butter for 4 servings). Cook, stirring constantly, until butter has melted and sauce has thickened, 1-2 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine scallion greens, remaining tomatoes, salt, and pepper.
Fluff rice with a fork. Stir in queso until fully combined. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired.
Divide queso rice and Tex-Mex chicken between bowls; top with salsa and serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Sep 2026- Flavor: The queso rice divided opinions — many loved the creamy, cheesy twist, while others found the queso tasted artificial or made the rice gummy. 🧀 The fajita-spiced chicken was well-seasoned for some; others found it bland or too spicy.
- Ease of prep: The recipe comes together quickly, though cooking the chicken and veggies together in one pan can make it hard to tell when the chicken is done — consider cooking the chicken first, then adding the vegetables.
- Suggestions: Add the queso gradually rather than all at once to control the texture of the rice; some preferred drizzling it on top instead of mixing it in. A squeeze of lime, fresh cilantro, or a dollop of sour cream on top brightened the dish noticeably. Use less water than called for if the sauce isn't thickening, and cut the fajita spice to half a packet if you're sensitive to heat. 🌶️
- Leftovers: At least one reviewer enjoyed the leftovers for lunch the next day, and found it reheated well.
Reviews from our home cooks
I wish there had been less green pepper or perhaps a second variety of pepper (red or orange). The flavor was fantastic, but the amount of rice was pretty small for the amount of chicken.
Flavor was great, easy to make and yummy. Wish there was a little more rice in proportion
Meals like this one is why I love hello fresh. It is delicious, easy to prepare and doesn't take long to make.
This was really good, it was just a little too spicy. I would get it again, but add less spice next time.
This dish was pretty good, but the queso in the rice added a weird processed flavor and gave the rice a goopy texture that wasn't that pleasant. It would be better without the queso.
The flavor was good, kinda spicy. The rice however was still hard even though it was cooked at I'm the time frame they specified, also it was a really small portion of rice. The other portions were good
This was a really good one too, the spicy is what made the flavor good
Really liked this and would definitely eat again! Would be a really good meal prep too just wish it was a little less spicy
Combining the tomatoes and scallions felt unnecessary. I put them on top as toppings instead
I added a TBSP of tomato paste along with the water, stock concentrate and butter.
