I don’t know what to call this mess I made, but it was tasty so I’m sharing the “recipe.”
What I had in the freezer and fridge: 2 chicken breasts, frozen chopped spinach, Neufchatel Cheese, leftover white rice, 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes.
First I cut up the chicken and tossed it in a pan with a couple tablespoons of water. I sprinkled in some garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
I cooked the chicken until I could break the pieces up even smaller. Then I lowered the heat to medium-low as I added other things.
Next I added 3 ounces of Neufchatel Cheese. It’s a kind of cream cheese that’s supposed to have 1/3 the fat. (I was going to use it in my pumpkin cheesecake, but used regular cream cheese instead.)
Here’s a picture of the frozen chopped spinach and the Neufchatel Cheese.
I added about 1 cup of spinach to the mix.
I stirred everything together and added chili powder and onion flakes for taste.
I drained a can of tomatoes and added it to the chicken mixture.
I mixed everything together and it smelled really good. There looked like there might be too much liquid. So I took a look through the fridge for something to add…
There was some leftover white rice from yesterday. I put about 1-1/2 to 2 cups in a bowl, splashed it with a little water, and microwaved it for 2 minutes to heat it up.
I added the rice to the chicken mixture…
…and stirred everything together. It’s completely cooked at this point and you could eat it like this.
Seriously, it was very tasty. A few squirts of lime juice and some cilantro would have made this a meal on its own.
Instead I wrapped the chicken mixture in flour tortillas.
The tortillas I had were meant for burritos, so they were large. With smaller tortillas I could have made more, but with what I had I ended up using four tortillas.
After baking 15 minutes in a 400-degree Fahrenheit oven (I should have turned it to 350-degrees), I served with a can of refried beans. It was very sad because there was no salsa or pico de gallo or even taco sauce, but it was still filling and tasty.
Oh yeah, and before I put things in the oven, I sprinkled on some mozzarella cheese. I shouldn’t have done it, what with the too-high heat and the way the cheese melted. But I could just peel the cheese off, so it was no big deal.
I would classify this recipe as a tentative success. In the future I will chop up an onion and some bell pepper to add to the chicken mixture. And there will definitely be some salsa or pico de gallo to top everything with.
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