Tex-Mex Chicken & Rice
Includes recyclable aluminum tray
- Milk
This Mexican-inspired dish comes together with minimal prep and a breezy cleanup, thanks to our oven-ready trays. You’ll season chicken with a blend of fajita-style spices and set atop saucy black beans. In a second tray, buttery Tex-Mex-spiced rice bakes alongside. Assemble your perfect bowls, top with sour cream and fresh cilantro, then toss the trays!
Ingredients
2 unit
Oven-Ready Aluminum Trays
1 unit
Black Beans
1 unit
Tex-Mex Paste
1 tablespoon
Fajita Spice Blend
¼ ounce
Cilantro
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
¾ cup
White Rice
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
Olive Oil
Sugar
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position (top and middle positions for 4 servings) and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Place beans and their liquid, 1 TBSP butter, a pinch of salt, and pepper in one oven-ready tray (for 4, divide ingredients evenly between two trays, using 1 TBSP butter and a pinch of salt for each tray). • Pat chicken* dry with paper towels. Season all over with Fajita Spice Blend, salt, and pepper. Top bean mixture with chicken. Drizzle with olive oil.
• In remaining oven-ready tray, combine rice, Tex-Mex paste, stock concentrate, 11⁄4 cups water, 1 TBSP butter, and 1⁄2 tsp sugar (for 4 servings, divide ingredients evenly between remaining two trays, using 11⁄4 cups water, 1 TBSP butter, and 1⁄2 tsp sugar for each tray). Stir to combine. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
• Cover oven-ready trays tightly with aluminum foil. Place trays side by side on top rack and bake until chicken is cooked through and rice is tender, 30-35 minutes. (For 4 servings, place rice on top rack and chicken on middle rack.) TIP: Placing trays on a baking sheet makes transferring to the oven easier! • Meanwhile, pick cilantro leaves from stems.
• Carefully remove foil from oven-ready trays (watch out for steam!). • Transfer chicken to a cutting board. Let rest 5 minutes, then slice crosswise. Gently fluff rice with a fork. • Divide chicken, beans, and rice between plates in separate sections. Drizzle everything with sour cream; sprinkle with cilantro. Serve.
Poultry is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Feb 2026- Flavor: Many enjoyed the tasty Tex-Mex flavors, though some found it bland and suggested adding extra seasoning or lime for more zing.
- Ease of prep: Customers loved how quick and easy this meal was to prepare, with minimal cleanup thanks to the oven-ready trays 🎉.
- Suggestions: Consider draining some liquid from beans before cooking; add cheese, salsa, or pico de gallo for extra flavor and freshness.
- Portions: Rice portions were generous, but some felt the chicken servings could be larger.
- Cooking tips: A few found the rice undercooked; try adding slightly more water and extending cook time if needed.
Reviews from our home cooks
I honestly didn't think I would give this a great review but it's now one of my top favorites! The flavors were incredible as well as prep time and cleanup. I loved the sour cream and cilantro, two of my fav flavors. This meal was great! Your chicken is always so tender!
This one was great! A tad on the spicy side, which is fine for me, but if you're sensitive to it, cut the Tex-Mex paste in half. This was so easy to put together and came out perfectly! Another hit!
This was so good!! I love everything with the tex mex flavor and this was great - easy and quick, plus good portion size.
This is the first Hello Fresh meal I've tried with the aluminum trays included, and it was great--very tasty and little to no clean up!
Excellent! Chicken cooks well in bean mix. Rice was very good! Great flavors. Easy prep
Very Simple and delicious Tex Mex dinner. We shredded a little pepper Jack over the chicken breasts and it was perfect!
I'd get this again. The chicken needed more salt but the rice was so good and could have been spicier
Very filling because of all the rice. There was a ton of it on each plate.
Very easy to throw together and then wait for it to be ready, minimal clean-up! Generous rice portions however the chicken was about 2/3 of what I expected based on the recipe card pictures. Cilantro added a nice "fresh" flavor. I would have liked lettuce, onion, or cheese too!
The flavors are great over all and the trays are very helpful for easy clean up. Two things: first, the rice was slightly hard with the 4 person ratio - I would recommend adding a little bit more water. Second, the spice mix really doesn't work on the chicken. It tastes very raw even after it is cooked.
