Serves: 6
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 60 min
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked rice
- 1 cup frozen corn kernels (thawed)
- 1 (15 oz.) can black beans
- 1 (16 oz.) jar salsa
- 1 cup chicken broth
- ½ Tbsp chili powder
- ½ tsp oregano
- 2 large (1.5 lbs.) chicken breasts
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 whole green onions, sliced $0.17
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Drain and briefly rinse the black beans. Add the dry rice, black beans, corn, salsa, chicken broth, chili powder, and oregano to an 8×8 inch casserole dish. Stir until everything is evenly combined.
- Cut the chicken breasts into three pieces each. Push the chicken pieces down into the rice salsa mixture in the casserole dish. Try to push them down as far into the liquid as they’ll go. Cover the casserole dish tightly with foil. Bake for one hour.
- Take the casserole dish out of the oven, test the rice with a fork to make sure it is tender. If it is not, recover the dish, return it to the oven, and bake for 10-15 minutes more. When the rice is tender, sprinkle the cheese over top and return the casserole to the oven for a few minutes, or until the cheese has melted. Add the sliced green onions on top after baking and serve hot.
My alterations:
- I used 8 frozen chicken tenderloins (Costco) but the same amounts of everything else as directed.
- I used the cast iron oven pot that mom gave me instead of an 8x8.
- Cooked for 100 min on 300. When I opened the pot, it looked a little ugly, but it was super yummy.
- Dave and I put ours in a tortilla and rolled up a burrito. The kids ate theirs like a casserole with chips on the side.
Could easily be done in slow cooker. My guess would be four hours on low.
