Mexican Rice

Mix up your menu with a tasty Mexican dish! This Mexican rice looks wonderfully appetizing and doesn't take long to make. A couple of tips: to help the chicken cook through quickly, pierce it with the tip of a sharp knife on the underside, and add more chili powder if you'd like the rice spicier.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 20 % 5 g
Fats 28 % 7 g
Carbohydrates 52 % 13 g
138 kcal
GI: 15 / 77 / 8
    1. Rinse the chicken thighs and put them in a pot. 2. Peel the onion, cut it into thin strips, and add it to the pot along with the corn and the rinsed rice. 3. Add the salsa, pour in the water and olive oil, and set the pot over the heat. 4. Cook, covered, for 20 minutes, then season with salt and pepper, add a little chili powder, and stir. 5. Rinse the tomato and dice it as finely as possible. Rinse and chop the parsley too. Stir the parsley and tomato into the finished dish. Serve hot — enjoy!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Tomatoes - 23  kcal/100g
  • Raw wild rice - 353  kcal/100g
  • Brown raw rice - 360  kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119  kcal/100g
  • White fortified raw rice - 363  kcal/100g
  • White fortified boiled rice - 109  kcal/100g
  • White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369  kcal/100g
  • Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106  kcal/100g
  • Instant dry rice - 374  kcal/100g
  • Instant rice, ready to eat - 109  kcal/100g
  • Rice - 344  kcal/100g
  • Field corn, raw, dried - 348  kcal/100g
  • Sweet yellow raw field corn - 96  kcal/100g
  • Field corn stewed, boiled, dehydrated (sliced - 83  kcal/100g
  • Field corn boiled on the cob - 91  kcal/100g
  • Corn grits without germ, raw fortified - 362  kcal/100g
  • Corn grits without germ, raw, not fortified - 362  kcal/100g
  • Corn - 119  kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255  kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Water - 0  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Olive oil - 913  kcal/100g
  • Chili pepper - 40  kcal/100g
  • Salsa - 36  kcal/100g
  • Chicken thighs - 185  kcal/100g

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