Chicken Salsa Rice

by Pip Payne
Star 4.2
    5m prep time
    30m total time
    Easy level
    15 ingredients

A lovely, easy one-pot rice dish that makes an easy family-friendly meal. As I make this for my chilli-averse children, I don’t add any spice while I’m cooking it, but scatter on some jalapeños or add a squeeze of chilli sauce to my portion at the table.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Spray a sauté pan (for which you have a lid) with oil and fry the spring onions and whole chicken breasts for 3 minutes, turning the breasts a couple of times to lightly brown each side.

Step 2

Pour the hot stock into the pan, bring to a simmer and add all the other ingredients except for the lime wedges and the chopped parsley, these are for garnish.

Step 3

Simmer for 20 minutes, turning the chicken breasts over after 10 minutes.

Step 4

After 20 minutes, check the chicken is cooked through (see tips), and that the rice is just tender. Remove from the heat, place a lid on and leave to rest for 2 minutes.

Step 5

Remove the chicken breasts and finely slice them, then stir back into the rice. Serve with lime wedges and parsley.
  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 2 Skinless Chicken Breasts 1 x Sainsbury's 640g British Fresh Skinless & Boneless Chicken Breast Fillets
  • 200g White Long Grain Rice 1 x Sainsbury's Easy Cook Long Grain White Rice 500g
  • 240g Black Beans, from or pouch or drained and rinsed from a tin 1 x Merchant Gourmet Smoky Black Turtle Beans 240g
  • 400g Chopped Tomatoes 1 x Sainsbury's Chopped Tomatoes Can 400g
  • 400ml Hot Chicken Stock 1 x Sainsbury's Stock Cubes, Chicken 10x10g
  • 1 spray Spray Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Vegetable Oil Spray 200ml
  • 3 Spring Onions, sliced 1 x Sainsbury's Spring Onions Bunch 100g
  • 100g Frozen Sweetcorn 1 x Stamford Street Co. Sweetcorn 950g
  • 1tsp Garlic Granules 1 x Sainsbury's Garlic Granules 58g
  • 1tsp Onion Granules 1 x Sainsbury's Onion Granules 58g
  • 1tsp Dried Oregano 1 x Sainsbury's Oregano 12g
  • 1 Lime, cut into wedges, to serve 1 x Sainsbury's Limes x1
  • 10g Parsley Leaves, finely chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Flat Leaf Parsley 30g
  • 1tsp Ground Cumin 1 x Sainsbury's Ground Cumin 43g
  • Maldon Salt, to taste 1 x Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 250g
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