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. I used to always order Pollo con Queso at Mexican Restaurants and now I can easily make it at home. Chicken and Cheese…is there anything better?
Skillet Chicken con Queso
This pollo con queso inspired dish is one of my favorite chicken skillet recipes and I’m so excited to share it with you. Chicken and cheese, need I say more?
Every family needs a trusted, go-to one pot meal. I’ve tried so many now, and they’re one of my favorite types of recipes. There’s nothing better than a home cooked, comfort food style meal made in a skillet, with only one pan to clean at the end of the day. It just warms my heart and my stomach!
This Queso Chicken Skillet recipe is sure to please even the pickiest of eaters. Who can resist cheesy rice, taco spiced chicken, cilantro, and so much more, all cooked in one pan. SIGN ME UP!
We LOVE queso around here, so if you’re looking for queso dip recipes, we’ve got you covered! Be sure to try our Loaded Velveeta Queso Dip (Cowboy Dip), Crock Pot Queso Fundido, Beer Cheese Dip (Only 3 Ingredients!), Dairy Free Queso, and of course our FAVORITE Homemade White Queso Recipe (the recipe we’re using in our chicken con queso).
So get out your skillet and get ready for one of my favorite cheesy Mexican chicken dishes ever!
Mexican Chicken Dishes
My readers often write and say my Mexican inspired dishes are their favorites on the site, and I agree. It’s all thanks to Old El Paso and how easy they make cooking at home! They were a brand I loved long before I started finding my way around the kitchen, and I’m honored to be working with them today.
I used their Taco Seasoning and their chopped green chiles (I cannot get enough of these) for this new skillet chicken con queso recipe and they are the perfect flavor boosts to take it from good to great. I cannot wait for you guys to try this Pollo con Queso!
How to Make Queso Chicken in a Skillet
Make chicken in a skillet with the BEST queso, plus rice, green chiles, salsa, and more cheese! This one pan meal is so easy and so tasty, there’s no reason not to try it.
How to Make it:
- Start by cooking up the chicken in the skillet with taco seasoning to add that amazing flavor, then set it aside while you work on the next part of the recipe.
- Now use the same skillet to cook the rice with the queso and salsa, heating it until the rice fluffs up.
- Then stir in the green chiles, pico de gallo, and cilantro, add the chicken back into the mix, and cover everything with shredded cheese.
- Place the skillet under the broiler for about 3-5 minutes to finish it off.
Check the recipe card for full instructions!
Chicken Skillet Recipes
Chicken skillet recipe are my favorite because…well, because I love chicken and I love being able to make everything in one pan. You might be surprised by how much variety you can get out of this combo but it’s foolproof! Here are some of my fave chicken dishes to make in a skillet.
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I hope you take one look at this easy skillet chicken con queso and head straight to the grocery store for the ingredients. You won’t regret it! This is one of our favorite easy Mexican meals. You can make it without the chicken for an amazing side dish as well! Let me know how you like it.
See the recipe card below for full details on How to Make Skillet Chicken con Queso. Enjoy!
If you’re in the mood for Mexican chicken dishes but this pollo con queso isn’t quite right, we’ve got plenty more for you to try:
- Easy Chicken Fajitas Recipe
- Baked Chicken Nachos
- Crockpot Mexican Shredded Chicken
- Chicken Enchilada Dip
Skillet Chicken Con Queso
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 chicken breasts boneless/skinless and cut into cubes
- 1 ounce Taco Seasoning Click for Homemade Recipe!
- 1 ½ tablespoons water
- 1 cup half and half
- 2 cups instant white rice
- 1 cup Queso Blanco (White Queso) homemade or store bought, melted
- 1 cup salsa thin restaurant style salsa
- 1/4 fresh cilantro chopped, plus more for garnish
- 1 can Green Chiles 4.5 ounce can, drained
- ½ cup pico de gallo
- 1 cup Mexican blend cheese shredded
Instructions
- Heat the chicken cubes and olive oil in a large skillet over medium/high heat.
- Sprinkle chicken with the taco seasoning, turning to make sure both sides are coated. Add in the 1 ½ tablespoons water to assist with coating all the chicken.
- Turn the chicken as you cook, about 6-8 minutes until the chicken is just cooked through.
- Place chicken on a plate and cover in foil to retain heat. Set aside.
- In the same skillet, add the half & half and white rice. Stir to combine. Add in the melted queso and salsa. Stir to fully combine. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to simmer for 5 minutes or until the rice is fully cooked and fluffy.
- Stir in cilantro, green chiles, and pico de gallo into the rice mixture.
- Add the chicken back to skillet and nestle into the rice.
- Cover with the 1 cup cheese.
- Place skillet under the broiler for approximately 3-5 minutes or until the cheese is fully melted on top. Garnish with more cilantro if desired.
- Enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
This was excellent! I didn’t have instant rice so I used Jasmine and added a lot of chicken broth to cook it. There was a ton of flavour, we loved it tonight and I’ll definitely be making it again. And I also used the white sauce recipe you shared a link to. Thank you!
YAY! Love to hear that :) :)
I am going to try this recipe but my only comment is that there is no amount for the chicken other than three chicken breasts. Chicken breasts come in many different sizes. A weight would be nice or the amount of cubed chicken (2 cups–3 cups). I have purchased a single chicken breast from Costco that is easily 2-3 pounds, as an example. Everything else in the recipe is well-defined.
Made this for dinner last week and it was delicious! :)
This looks amazing. Can’t wait to try it out!
This looks delicious, I cannot wait to make it! Any chance it can be made with brown rice? Would there be any adjustments with liquid amount or cooking time? Thanks!
Can this be pre made and re heated??
Gosh this looks good! Happy Monday to me!
Just found you the other night. Deployed overseas righ now. I wanted to make my wife’s cheese rice broccoli casserole but all I have is a crockpot so I looked at your site and found the recipe and it kicked butt everybody loved it.
Right away I signed up for your email stuff and got https://thecookierookiecom.bigscoots-staging.com/skillet-chicken-con-queso/another great recipe from you. and I clipped it into my OrganizEat app I’m not too hard to do.
But yeah if I use has many many other sites we can just click and load download I’m gonna send you the link and I hope you can join up with them just make it that much easier for us overseas. The app is called OrganizEat I am sure they would love to have you as a link in an auto download thanks for everything happy Thanksgiving
I totally agree with Karr! Very frustrating to keep getting tangled in all the popups also!
Your recipes are yummy, your pics are great, wait for it- BUT, I get so frustrated trying to save your recipes. I want save/share them via Pinintrest. (sp?) When I click on a “P,” I don’t want to see 127 subjects/boards to follow. All I ant to see for example is the Skillet Chicken Con Queso recipe, and then select “save.” I don’t care about 127 other boards I can elect to follow. Can you streamline the recipe save process? You have no idea how frustrating the current process is.