Cheesy Green Chile Rice (4-Ingredients)

Cheesy Green Chile Rice – only 4 ingredients. Rice, mozzarella, sour cream and green chiles. This rice is THE BEST! So simple, but SO delicious! Everyone went back for seconds. A new favorite!! LOVE this quick and easy Mexican side dish recipe. Add some taco meat or cooked chicken for a main dish #Mexican #rice #glutenfree

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This Cheesy Green Chile Rice is a few favorite at our house! I made this to go with some tacos the other night and it was a huge hit! Chicken Legs is still raving about it!

It was seriously one of the best things we ate last week. It is also one of the easiest things we made. This only has 4 ingredients! FOUR! And it is ready in 20 minutes. Rice, sour cream, mozzarella cheese, and green chiles. Feel free to use reduced-fat sour cream and any cheese that you prefer. I think cheddar, Monterey Jack, or pepper jack cheese would be delicious!

You can definitely make this ahead of time and refrigerate it overnight. I think this would also make a great main dish – just add some taco meat or cooked chicken to the casserole. YUM!

baking dish of green chile rice

This rice is always a hit at our house. It has quickly become one of our favorite side dishes for Mexican night. It is great with tacos, grilled chicken, pork, burgers, casseroles. Anytime you need a simple side dish, this will do! Here are a few of our favorite recipes from the blog that go great with this rice:

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Cheesy Green Chile Rice

Yield: 6 people
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Cheesy Green Chile Rice – only 4 ingredients. Rice, mozzarella, sour cream and green chiles. This rice is THE BEST! So simple, but SO delicious! Everyone went back for seconds. A new favorite!! LOVE this quick and easy Mexican side dish recipe.

Ingredients:

Instructions:

  • Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly spray a 9-inch pan with cooking spray.
  • Combine rice, cheese, sour cream and green chiles. Mix well. Pour into prepared pan.
  • Bake 20 to 25 minutes.

Notes:

Can assemble the casserole in advance and refrigerate overnight.
Can add some cooked taco meat or chicken to the casserole for an easy main dish.

Steph

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  1. I added 2 cups cooked rotisserie chicken plus 1/2 cup homemade tomatillo sauce (could use canned green enchilada sauce or green chili salsa), 1/2 t garlic salt. Served it with a green salad. Yummmm.

  2. Loved this ! I made it exactly as shown and it was wonderful! Everyone loved it and wanted to know how it was made and where I found the recipe! It was perfect. Something that drives me nuts if for some home “chef” to rate a recipe AFTER adding their own way of making it ( added this instead of that, used this amount not that, ) you get the picture. Your recipes are always spot on, no changes needed as far as I’m concerned. If a person is going to rate a recipe, rate THAT recipe, not something you came up with yourself. 🙂

    1. Of course you can. I did. Made it low carb. It was great. I would have rated it, but I changed the recipe.

  3. Hi Steph,
    This looks so good! Can't wait to pair it with Mexican Casserole..
    Do I need to drain the green Chiles before adding them?
    Also, am thinking of using Mexican Blend Cheese instead of Mozzarella. Any reason this wouldn't work?
    Thanks!

    1. I didn't drain the green chiles before adding them. There isn't much liquid in them, so it is fine.
      I think the Mexican Cheese Blend sounds DELICIOUS! Enjoy!

  4. Weird , I know but is there anything you can substitute for the sour cream… maybe heavy whipping cream or milk???

  5. This was another one of your recipes that I successfully converted to a cauliflower rice recipe! I used only one 8oz container of sour cream and closer to 2 cups of cheese mixed with a little over a lb of cooked riced cauliflower and the whole can of chilies. It was so good!!!

  6. I make mine with 1/2 sharp cheddar and 1/2 pepper jack and add a drained small jar of pimentos. The dish always ends up empty.

  7. I came across this recipe while trying to use up some ingredients in my fridge & pantry. I didn't have sour cream so I used 4 cups of cooked brown rice, 2 cups of shredded mozzarella, one small can of diced green chilies, and a 1/2 teaspoon flaked sea salt. It was SO GOOD! I used it as a base for vegetarian burrito bowls and 3 people ate all of it. The rice had a little bit of a crunchy texture and was a nice balance with black beans & pinto beans that had been simmered in salsa verde and a can of Rotel. Will definitely be making this again and trying your original recipe!

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