Chicken Spanish rice (from leftovers)

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 152.3
  • Total Fat: 4.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 11.4 mg
  • Sodium: 711.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 22.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.8 g
  • Protein: 7.7 g

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Introduction

I HATE throwing food away! This recipe was the result of cleaning leftovers out of the fridge! Several Sparkrecipes will be reference, but they're out there to find. I HATE throwing food away! This recipe was the result of cleaning leftovers out of the fridge! Several Sparkrecipes will be reference, but they're out there to find.
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    1 cup Leftover Brown Rice with Mustard Greens
    3 cups Tomato Sauce, with onions, green peppers, corn, and kidney beans
    0.5 cup Green Peppers , chopped
    .5 cup Onions, raw, chopped
    1 Leftover Slow Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken Breast, chopped
    1 stalk Celery, large (11"-12" long), raw,
    2 tbsp Ground Cumin
    1 tbsp Caraway Seed,
    .25 tsp Cayenne Pepper
    1 Tbsp Olive Oil

Directions

Heat oil in medium sauce pan. Add onion, saute till soft. Add celery and green pepper, saute five more minutes. Add cumin, caraway, and cayenne, heat until fragrant. Add rice, breaking up as necessary. Add sauce and break up rice some more. Finally, add chicken and simmer all until heated through. Could be served with corn bread, but we thought it was very good all by itself.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LEAKAY59.