Meal Planning: Chicken and Peppers with Minute Rice

Ok, everyone remembers that I’m not a food blogger for several very good reasons, right? Be that as it may, I like to share my favorite recipes with y’all from time to time. Lately we’ve been on a meal planning jaunt, and it has been good to us. We are seriously only going to the grocery store once a week, and staying under our $380 a month food budget. Yay! This is one of our favorite recipes, and I recently made the switch to using Minute Rice Whole Grain Brown Rice in place of white rice. We try to buy chicken when it is on sale, and freeze it in serving sized baggies for later use. We also try to keep veggies and whole grains on hand all the time for easy meal planning. Fresh veggies – check. Whole grains – check. Lean protein – check.

Quick and Easy Chicken and Peppers with Minute Rice
Ingredients:
3 Bell Peppers (I prefer to use one red, one yellow, and one orange.)
1 Onion ( I like Vidalias best.)
2 Chicken Breasts (about 13 oz)
2 servings Minute Rice Whole Grain Brown Rice
Tony Chachere’s Original Creole Seasoning
Cavender’s All Purpose Greek Seasoning
Olive Oil (about 2 tbsp)
2 cloves minced garlic

Directions:
Boil your chicken til it hits 165 degrees and then shred it. If you have a Kitchen Aid Mixer, throw your chicken in there and shred it with the paddle in about 30 seconds. Pure magic. I’ll spare you the raw and shredded chicken pics. No one wants to see that.
While the chicken is boiling, chop your onion and peppers. Saute the onion and garlic in 1 tbsp of the olive oil until your onions are well cooked. Then toss the peppers in with the their friends. Liberally sprinkle the Cavender’s and Tony C’s all over the onion/pepper mixture, and stir in the other tbsp of olive oil. Sprinkle on more seasoning for good measure.

Now would be a good time to start the rice. It only takes 10 minutes, so no worries. Follow the directions on the box and you’ll be good to go.
Once the chicken is shredded and the peppers are cooked, toss the shredded chicken in with the peppers and onions. Feel free to sprinkle on more seasoning. Once the Minute Rice is ready, toss it in, too. And you’re done. Woohoo!

What’s your favorite go-to weeknight meal? Do you meal plan?

Minute® Rice is so quick and easy to prepare and is great pantry staple. When meal time seems like a hassle, Minute® Rice is a go-to ingredient your whole family will love and allows you to have more quality time doing what your want with your loved ones.

Leftover rotisserie chicken or veggies from a meal earlier in the week? Minute® Rice can easily be paired with some of your leftover ingredients to make a quick, easy and wholesome meal your whole family will love in just a matter of minutes.

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Minute® Rice.