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Tex-Mex Chicken and Rice Bake

Chicken, rice, and green chiles baked under a blanket of melted Monterey Jack.

Tex-Mex Chicken and Rice Bake, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
55 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$11.44

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 lb boneless chicken thighs
  • 1 1/2 cup long grain white rice
  • 3 cup chicken broth
  • 8 oz canned diced green chiles
  • 8 oz frozen sweet corn
  • 8 oz shredded monterey jack
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp chili powder
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 375F.

  2. Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces and brown in the oil in an oven-safe skillet over medium-high, about 5 minutes. Season with cumin, chili powder, and salt.

  3. Stir in the diced onion and cook 3 minutes, then add the rice and toast for 1 minute.

  4. Pour in the broth and stir in the green chiles and corn. Bring to a simmer.

  5. Cover tightly and bake 30 minutes, until the rice is tender and the liquid absorbed.

  6. Scatter the Monterey Jack over the top and return uncovered for 5 minutes until melted. Rest 5 minutes before serving.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 11 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£28.40£7.1011 of 11 ingredients
Australia$78.57$19.6411 of 11 ingredients
Mexico$896.57$224.1411 of 11 ingredients
United States$45.74$11.4410 of 11 ingredients
New Zealand$81.87$20.4710 of 11 ingredients
Canada$103.29$25.8210 of 11 ingredients
Greece25,20 €6,30 €9 of 11 ingredients
Egypt‏١٬١٧٣٫٦٤ ج.م.‏‏٢٩٣٫٤١ ج.م.‏9 of 11 ingredients
Spain18,46 €4,62 €9 of 11 ingredients
Germany58,10 €14,53 €9 of 11 ingredients
Austria€ 33,47*€ 8,377 of 11 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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