Best Taco Rice Recipes

BEEF TACO RICE SKILLET

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, cook beef over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until brown; drain.
• Stir in taco seasoning mix, water, salsa and corn. Heat to boiling; stir in rice. Boil 1 minute; remove from heat. Cover; let stand 8 minutes.
• Fluff rice mixture with fork; sprinkle with cheese. Cover; let stand 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle lettuce around edge of skillet; sprinkle tomato in circle next to lettuce. Serve with sour cream.

TACO RICE

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring chicken broth, tomato sauce, and taco seasoning to a boil.
• Stir rice into the pot, cover and remove from heat. Let the pot stand, covered, for 5 minutes.
• Stir in cheese and olives; mix well. Serve with sour cream.

TACO RICE

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the salsa, tomato sauce and bouillon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in rice. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until rice is tender. Serve with tortilla chips and toppings of your choice.

CHICKEN TACO RICE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the chicken, pepper and onion in oil until chicken is no longer pink. Add the broth, tomato sauce and taco seasoning. Bring to a boil. Stir in rice and corn., Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Remove from the heat. Let stand for 5 minutes. Serve with toppings of your choice.

CHICKEN AND RICE TACO SALAD

Steps:

• Season chicken breasts with your favorite taco seasoning and cook in a large skillet until well done.
• Once chicken is cooked, remove from the skillet and add 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Add contents from Knorr® Fiesta Sides™ - Yellow Rice in skillet and follow package directions.
• Layer a large bowl with tortilla chips (optional), cooked chicken, Knorr® Fiesta Sides™ - Yellow Rice, corn, black beans, lettuce, tomato and cheddar cheese. Mix well and serve with sour cream or salsa if desired.

CHICKEN TACO RICE

Steps:

• Cut chicken into 1 inch cubes.
• Satue chicken in oil in a dutch oven or other large pot until lightly browned.
• Add chicken broth, tomato sauce and Taco seasoning mix to pot, stir to combine.
• Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add corn and pepper, increase heat and return to a boil.
• Add uncooked rice and reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer approximately 10 minutes or until it reaches your desired consistency.

TACO RICE WITH BEEF AND REFRIED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In large saucepan, mix together the first 5 ingredients plus half the taco seasoning. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Stir in rice, cover and let stand 5 minutes, then add tomato sauce.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook ground beef over med-high heat until browned. Drain off the grease. Mix the remaining taco seasoning with the beef.
• In a 13x9" baking dish coated with cooking spray, spread half of the rice mixture. Spread the refried beans evenly over the top. Then spread the beef mixture and top with 1/2 the cheese. Spread remaining rice mixture, and top with the remaining cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, or until cheese melts.

CHICKEN TACO BOWLS WITH PINTO BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place each tortilla in a non-stick tortilla bowl maker; bake for 12 minutes. Allow to cool and remove from bowl maker.
• Prepare chicken strips according to package directions.
• Prepare rice according to package directions.
• Divide chicken strips, beans and rice, and pico de gallo among the tortilla bowls. Garnish with shredded cheese, avocado slices, and jalapeno slices. Top with avocado ranch dressing.

EASY TACO RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• preheat oven 375.
• In a Medium pot heat and mix everything but salsa and cheese. Once heated,Pour salsa over rice mixture,top with cheese.
• bake 375 for 30 minutes.
• Serve with guac and chips,and a salad.

TACO RICE BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly oil a 10-inch round baking dish.
• Heat a 10-inch non-stick skillet over medium heat. Cook ground beef, breaking up chunks, until until browned throughout, about 10 minutes. Drain off fat.
• Stir in tomatoes, taco seasoning, and water and bring to a low simmer; simmer about 5 minutes.
• Cook rice according to package directions.
• Stir together ground beef mixture, rice, and 1/4 cup cheese. Spread into prepared baking dish.
• Top with remaining cheese and bake until cheese is melted and bubbly, about 10 to 15 minutes .
• Serve with your favorite toppings such as chopped tomatoes or avocado slices, if desired.

ONE-POT CHICKEN TACO RICE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook and stir chicken in hot oil until lightly browned.
• Add water, tomato sauce and seasoning mix.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer 5 minutes.
• Add corn and red bell pepper.
• Bring to a boil.
• Stir in rice.
• Cover; remove from heat.
• Let stand 5 minutes.
• Fluff rice with a fork.
• Sprinkle top with cheese.
• Serve with tortilla chips or hot floured tortillas, if desired.

TACO RICE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, whisk together the chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, oregano, salt, tomato paste, and 3 cups of water.
• Add the rice and stir briefly to combine. Cover the pan, raise the heat to high, and bring to a full boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Remove the pan from the heat and let the rice stand, undisturbed, for 20 minutes more.
• Remove the lid, fluff the rice with a fork, and serve.

CREAMY CHICKEN AND RICE TACO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large soup pot. Add onion and sauté 4-5 minutes, until tender. Add garlic and cook for about 30 seconds, until fragrant. Add chicken broth, green chilies, rice, cumin, chili powder. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer until rice is cooked, about 20 minutes. Turn heat to low and add corn and chicken. Add Velveeta and stir until melted and smooth. Season to taste.
• Remove pot from heat and stir in 1/2 cup sour cream. Serve into bowls and top with remaining sour cream and cilantro. Serves 12.

CHEESY PORK TACO RICE

Steps:

• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place poblano peppers, cut sides down, onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Cook under the preheated broiler until the skin of the peppers has blackened and blistered, about 6 minutes. Wrap peppers in the aluminum foil from the baking sheet. Allow peppers to steam as they cool, about 15 minutes. Remove and discard skins and seeds. Chop into bite-size pieces.
• Reduce oven temperature to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Heat a large oven-proof skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in ground pork, chicken broth, rice, 1/2 the onion, taco seasoning, garlic powder, and onion powder. Bring to a boil.
• Bake, covered, in the preheated oven until pork is no longer pink and rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Combine the remaining onion, tomatoes, lime zest, lime juice, and 1 tablespoon cilantro in a small bowl. Season salsa with salt and pepper.
• Stir the roasted poblano peppers, remaining cilantro, and corn into the baked pork-rice dish. Sprinkle cheese blend on top; let stand until melted, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle the salsa on top.

MICKEY'S OKINAWA TACO RICE AND CHEESE TRC

Steps:

• Put the white rice and four cups of water in the rice cooker, add 1 teaspoon of Accent flavor enhancer, stir and cook.
• Brown the ground chuck, drain most but not all the grease.
• Mix the two types of taco seasoning in a bowl with 1 1/2 cups of water, add 1/2 teaspoon of accent flavor enhancer, stir and pour over ground beef. Simmer for five minutes.
• Place steamed rice in large casserole pan, spread taco meat over rice, top with cheese.
• Serve on paper plate with plastic spoon for full effect. Top with favorite hot sauce.

TACO CHICKEN RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Saute chicken breasts in olive oil until cooked, remove from pan and chop into bite sized pieces. Saute onions and add chicken pieces back to pan when onions are cooked(carmelized) Remove from pan. Pour can of soup into pan and add taco seasoning mix. Add about 1 soup can of water. heat until smooth. In a large casserole dish add soup mixture and chicken onion mixture and stir well.mix in instant rice, add about 1/2 to one cup of water. should be a little runny.fold in salsa, sour cream and 1 1/2 cups of cheese. Mix well. top casserole with the rest of the cheese.bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until rice is done. Super yummy!
• If you want a little more spice, chop jalepenos with onions, or for a lighter version substitute healthy choice soup and low fat sour cream, or lite cheese.

TACO RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef, celery, and onion in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly and vegetables are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Stir tomatoes, water, rice, salsa, chilies, olives, bouillon granules, chili powder, Worcestershire, and pepper into beef mixture. Bring to a boil. Transfer to a 2-quart casserole dish.
• Bake, covered, in the preheated oven until rice is tender, 45 to 50 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

ZESTY CHICKEN TACO RICE SALAD

Steps:

• Cook chicken in hot oil in large skillet until lightly browned.
• Stir in broth, tomato sauce, seasoning mix, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 5 minutes.
• Stir in corn and pepper, and bring to a boil.
• Stir in rice.
• Cover and remove from heat.
• Let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff with fork.
• Serve with cheese and tortilla chips.

TACO RICE-A-RONI CASSEROLE - PLAIN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Prepare rice. Melt butter in a skillet. Add rice mixture. Sauté over medium-high heat until golden brown.
• Slowly stir in water, seasoning packet, and diced tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer 15 to 20 minutes, until the rice is tender.
• While the rice is cooking, brown ground beef in another skillet. Drain. Add taco seasoning, water, and salsa. Simmer for 5 minutes, until liquid has been absorbed. Remove from heat.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine cooked rice, taco meat, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, and black beans.
• Spread mixture into prepared pan. Top with shredded cheese.
• Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.

TACO RICE

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic when it is almost cooked through, or not very much pink left. Cook till meat is done. Add taco packet seasoning. Follow directions on packet as to how much water to add and how long to simmer.
• When meat is done put over rice in either one big bowl or in individual bowls. Top with salsa and sprinkle with cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes, and whatever other toppings you wish. Enjoy!