Spicy Mexican Chicken and Rice

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Spicy Mexican Chicken and Rice

Slimming Eats Recipe

Serves 2

Extra Easy – 1 HEa and 1 syn per serving

Ingredients

3/4 cup of long grain rice

1/2 400g  tin of kidney beans

fresh coriander

2 chicken breasts, cut in half lengthway (skin and visible fat removed) or you can use 4 chicken thighs

42g of mozzarella (HEa)

42g of cheddar (HEa)

Frylight or Pam spray

salt and pepper to season

*NOTE – a cup measurement is 240ml, so if you dont have measuring cups, you can use a jug for measuring.

for the Spicy Tomato Sauce:

250ml of passata

150ml of water

2 teaspoons of chilli powder

1 teaspoon of cumin

1 small onion, finely chopped

2 cloves of garlic, crushed

1 tablespoon of cider vinegar

1 teaspoon of paprika

2 teaspoon of brown sugar (2 syns)

1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper

Method

Spray a small saucepan with Frylight or Pam spray and add the onion and garlic, cook for a few minutes to soften. Add the passta, water, chilli powder, cumin, paprika, vinegar,  sugar and cayenne pepper and stir thoroughly, reduce heat and simmer for about 20mins. Then put it all through a blender and set aside.

Preheat the oven to 180c or 350f.

Add the rice to a saucepan of  2 cups boiling hot water, boil on a high heat until water starts to bubble, then reduce heat right down to a very low heat, cover and simmer until all water is almost absorbed. Turn off heat, but leave saucepan on hob, covered, this will give you perfectly cooked rice.

Heat a large frying pan  with some Frylight or Pam spray and add the chicken breasts, cook each side until they are lightly browned.

Add the spicy tomato sauce from the saucepan and cook for a further few mins.

Mix your rice with the kidney bans and some freshly chopped coriander. and add it to a oven proof dish.

Top the rice with the chicken breasts and spicy tomato sauce and then add your cheese.

Bake in the oven for approx 30mins until all cheese has melted.

Serve topped with some fresh coriander and a side salad.

You can also do this recipe with extra lean beef mince

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  • http://www.seekinghealthybalance.com Jo @ Seeking Healthy Balance

    Wow this recipe looks amazing – I’ll have to give it a try. Its hard to believe that food like this allows you to loose weight – thats what I love about Slimming World! I’ve recently joined Slimming World and updated my blog to reflect my new healthy eating so I’ll be popping back here regularly for ideas :)

  • admin

    It is really delicious and like you say you would not believe you could eat stuff like this and lose weight, but then that is the beauty of slimming world :)

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  • Lucie

    Hi

    Do you think I can use sweetner to save me buying a whole bag of brown sugar when I just need a teaspoon full?

  • admin

    yep I don’t see why not, or you could perhaps use normal white sugar, if you have some of that.

  • Lucie

    Cool thank you & thank you for your blog my whole office is looking at it & I’m the only SW girl!

  • Anna

    are all your recipes slimming world friendly?

  • admin

    yep they are :)

  • Denise Robinson

    Tried this recipe out on 2 guinea pigs recently and they loved….only thing I might do next time is dice the chicken rather than put the fillets in whole. Thank you for the inspiration :) x

  • http://minimins silvermaneuk

    We did this tonight and YUMMMMMM!!! Used splenda brown blend for the sugar, making the syns negligible.

  • LUH1983

    Had this last night and it was deee-licious. A great substitute for enchiladas which I rarely have on SW as the tortillas are so high in syns, and I like saving mine for chocolate and wine! :-) So glad that i can follow you on facebook now too. Keep up the good work, you’re an inspiration to me in the kitchen!