Steakless Meltsican

This meal was built from the ground up in order to accommodate an ingredient that wound up not being included in the final meal at all.  I went to the grocery store to find some stuff to cook, and the first thing I got to was a cooler containing BOGO steaks.  I figured that this wasn't an opportunity that I should ignore, so I picked up two.  The initial plan was to eat one as steak, and then build a meal around the other, so I picked up a marinade spice mix.  Knowing that steak goes well in Mexican, and Mexican-Inspired cuisine, I picked up ingredients for a Mexican-Inspired meal.  When I got home, I realized that instead of that, I could eat both steaks as steaks.  So that is what I wound up doing.

Ingredients:

1 package of Knorr Spanish Rice

1 can of refried beans

1 block of Manchego Quesadilla Melting Cheese

1 7 oz can of Hot Salsa Casera

1 bag of frozen onions and peppers

2 flash frozen chicken breasts

Chili powder

Cumin

Smoked paprika

Instructions:

Thaw chicken

Begin cooking spanish rice according to instructions

Cube chicken

Add chicken and onion/pepper mix to a pan

Add spices and cook over medium heat

Pour can of refried beans into a pan and begin cooking over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally

Cut cheese into chunks

Add chunked cheese and salsa to a small pot and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently

Continue cooking and stirring

Plate chicken/veggies, "rice", and beans

Pour Queso over the plate

This turned out fantastically.  It's hard to go wrong with some cheesy goodness, and using the manchego resulted in a higher quality queso than what I usually make.  I'd initially planned on adding a can of corn to the chicken mix, but there wasn't enough room in the pan.  The refried beans weren't actually in my initial plan, but I discovered that I'd had them when I went to add some oil to the chicken pan.  So I effectively traded a can of refried beans for a can of corn, which worked out.  I'd forgotten that the Knorr Spanish rice is mostly noodles, which worked out well for eating this on a plate, but attempting to eat it as a burrito, or with chips, doesn't work as well as if it had been actual rice.