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Easy Mexican Chicken and Beans

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9 reviews

25 ratings

Boost your fiber with a bean and chicken breast skillet dish table-ready in 30 minutes. From eatbetteramerica.

Prep Time:30 min

Start to Finish:30 min

makes:4 servings

1	lb uncooked chicken breast strips for stir-fry
1	package (1 oz) Old El Paso® taco seasoning mix
1	can (15 oz) Progresso® black beans or pinto beans, rinsed, drained
1	can (11 oz) Green Giant® Niblets® whole kernel sweet corn, undrained
1/4	cup water
	Old El Paso® flour tortillas for burritos (8 inch; from 11-oz package), if desired

1.	Spray 10-inch skillet with cooking spray. Cook chicken in skillet over medium-high heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink in center.
2.	Stir in seasoning mix, beans, corn and water. Cook over medium-high heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until sauce is slightly thickened. Serve with tortillas.

Nutritional Information

1 Serving: Calories 310 (Calories from Fat 45); Total Fat 5g (Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 70mg; Sodium 1020mg; Total Carbohydrate 35g (Dietary Fiber 6g, Sugars 12g); Protein 33g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 15%; Vitamin C 6%; Calcium 15%; Iron 40% Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 4 Very Lean Meat Carbohydrate Choices: 2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Easy Mexican Chicken & Beans

Just made this for dinner tonight, it was very good! I did add a couple pinches of red pepper flakes as I tend to like spicy food. If it was any easier it would have come from a box! Straight to my healthy recipe box.
Posted at 3:16 PM on March 18 2010 by jbuffan218

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Easy Mexican Chicken and Beans

This was so incredibly easy to make, and my entire family loved it!! The flavor of the corn in this recipe really made it tasty.
Posted at 11:42 AM on June 18 2009 by holtergyst

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Quick and easy meal. We spiced it up by adding jalepenos, onion, garlic, and crushed red pepper. We also got HOT taco seasoning. We added a little corn starch to make it a little thicker. Instead of wraps we put it on a bed of lettuce. We topped it off with fresh tomatoes and a little salsa. If you like hot you can definitely spice this one up.
Posted at 10:50 AM on March 10 2009 by dumptruck

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awesome for busy moms!

Everyone loved it, including the picky 10 year old and 5 year old girls. We had it with mexican rice and served on tortillas as tacos. Highly requested ever since I made it, and was SOOOO easy to make! Two thumbs up!
Posted at 11:20 AM on February 6 2009 by Mama750

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Good flavor and super easy! I added some jalapenos for some extra zing.
Posted at 9:52 AM on January 9 2009 by drebant

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it was good

This was pretty good and super easy and fast. I substituted the rotel for the corn and used southwest black beans with jalapenos to give it some extra flavor. My husband doesn't like chicken and is generally leary of "healthy food" but he really liked it and requested we add it to our rotation. I highly recommend it for an easy weeknight dinner.
Posted at 8:19 AM on February 14 2008 by rachelthekappa

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We ate this as a wrap. It was so easy and excellent! But I can see this as a side dip chopping the chicken up more and using tortilla squares to dip. Great for us point counters!
Posted at 9:54 AM on February 6 2008 by gkozi

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SIMPLE recipe! It cannot get much easier than this. And it is a hit. I cook for friends pretty frequently and at first I didn't think this dish went over well. Then they started requesting it and now it's a regular feature on our menu. We also like to eat it as a wrap or taco. If I have a lime, I'll often use a little lime juice in cooking the chicken just to give it a bit of "tang". We love this one! Two thumbs up!!
Posted at 9:42 AM on January 18 2008 by magen

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Great dish!

If you crave Mexican, this is a quick easy dish that hits the spot. Even my "nondieter" husband LOVED it!
Posted at 9:47 AM on November 9 2007 by taylorsmom