Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, queso chicken & orzo. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Queso Chicken & Orzo is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Queso Chicken & Orzo is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

The tomatoes and queso combined with the juice from the chicken make a fantastic sauce that's great over rice or pasta, or serve with a baked potato and pour the cheesy sauce over the potato! This Queso Chicken Skillet has the potential to become your families new favorite weeknight dinner. Creamy queso melted together with tender chicken, diced chilis and tomatoes, all mixed into tasty yellow rice create the perfect cheesy dinner.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook queso chicken & orzo using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Queso Chicken & Orzo:

1. Prepare chicken breasts
2. Get Lawrys Baja Chipotle Marinade
3. Make ready Orzo pasta
4. Make ready butter
5. Take chicken broth
6. Take tomato paste
7. Take black beans, drained and rinsed
8. Prepare Velveeta cheese
9. Prepare Rotel
10. Take Seasonings: salt, pepper, garlic powder, Mrs. Dash Spicy

The reason I love to make chicken bakes so much is that life is BUSY! It is hard to balance it all, and when you have to spend a ton of time in the kitchen daily to make and and then clean up a hot fresh dinner, there is not much time left for family time. If we can make and clean up dinner fast, then we get to. Pockets of cheesy queso and chicken combine in this simple "dump dinner." Everything comes together quickly and is ready to serve with fresh toppings.

Instructions to make Queso Chicken & Orzo:

1. Cut chicken breasts into quarters. Place in large ziplock bag with marinade. Place in fridge for 30 minutes.
2. Cook chicken however you desire: grill, stovetop, I used instapot. Put a tad of the marinade on top of chicken before cooking and discard the remainder.
3. In a large saucepan add butter and melt. Once melted add Orzo.
4. Cook on medium high until you start to see some browning.
5. Add chicken broth and tomato paste and seasonings you desire.
6. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium low and simmer covered for 15 minutes or until all juices are cooked into orzo.
7. Meanwhile cut velveeta into chunks and place in small saucepan along with Rotel. Heat on medium until cheese is melted.
8. Once orzo is done, add in black beans.
9. Set up topping station and plate as follows: Orzo bed, top with chicken pieces and cover with queso.
10. Enjoy!

Even better, if you're trying to watch your carbs or are following a keto diet, you can enjoy this dish guilt-free. When I say this meal is easy, I mean it! Skillet Chicken con Queso is the ultimate one pot meal! Cheesy rice loaded with cilantro, pico de gallo, green chiles, and cream topped with taco spiced chicken. This one pan chicken skillet recipe is so cheesy, easy, and amazing.

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