Salsa chicken

INGREDIENTS

1 cup brown rice
1 packet chicken taco seasoning
1 lb. chicken breast, cut into 2-inch pieces
15-oz. jar of your favorite salsa
½ cup grated reduced-fat cheddar cheese
Nonstick cooking spray

Serves 4

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook rice per package directions. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat oven-safe skillet with nonstick cooking spray.

Pour taco seasoning packet into a shallow dish. Dip chicken pieces in taco seasoning, coating each piece. Place evenly in skillet.

Cook chicken over medium-high heat for two minutes, then flip each piece over and cook another 2 minutes.

Remove from heat. Pour salsa over chicken pieces. Cover and bake in oven for 10 minutes.

Sprinkle cheese over salsa-chicken pieces and bake, covered, for 10 minutes.

Remove from oven. Place ½ cup cooked rice on each plate and scoop salsa-chicken on top.

NUTRITION FACTS (per serving):

370 calories, 32 g protein, 46 g carbs, 2 g fat, 2 g sugar, 837 mg sodium. 67 mg cholesterol. 2 g fiber

You can onions & peppers to make your fajitas out of this meal or burritos by adding some beans & of course tortillas to both meals. This sounds so easy to make & I can't wait to try this out. Yummy!!

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