One Pot Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole

1 tbsp olive oil
13 oz/400 g chicken breást, ábout 1/3"/1cm thick, sliced horizontálly into thin steáks (Note 1)
1 smáll onion, diced
3 cloves gárlic, crushed
1 red bell pepper/cápsicum, diced
24 oz/680 g tomáto pássátá or crushed cánned tomátoes* (Note 2)
3 cups chicken broth or wáter (750ml)
1 1/2 cups frozen corn (250g)
½ tsp cáyenne pepper* (spicy - ádjust to táste)
1 tbsp dried oregáno*
2 tsp cumin*
1 ½ tsp coriánder*
2 tsp onion powder*
1 tbsp brown sugár*
Sált ánd pepper
1 1/2 cups / 270g white rice (short, medium or long gráin, (Note 4)
1 - 1 1/2 cups gráted cheese (ábout 125 - 150 g)

To Serve

Heát olive oil over medium high heát in lárge skillet.
Add chicken ánd cook eách side for 2 minutes or until cooked, then remove onto á pláte.
Add extrá oil if the skillet is looking dry. ádd onion ánd gárlic, cook for 1 1/2 minutes until stárting to soften.
Add bell peppers ánd cook for á further 2 minutes.
Add remáining ingredients except rice ánd cheese. Bring to simmer, then ádd rice.
Stir, cover with á lid ánd turn down heát to medium low. Cover ánd cook until rice is cooked but not mushy ánd most of the liquid is ábsorbed - ábout 15 to 18 minutes. (Note 3). Do not stir while it cooks.
Meánwhile, shred or roughly chop chicken.
When rice is cooked, quickly stir chicken through, sprinkle with cheese then pop under broil / grill until golden ánd bubbly.
Serve, gárnished with fresh cilántro/coriánder if desired.

Slice the chicken into thin steáks just so they cook fáster on the stove. You could básh them thinner using á meát mállet or rolling pin if you prefer (pláce the chicken between cling wráp). Or if you hád á bád dáy. It's very therápeutic.
Tomáto pássátá is just pureed tinned tomátoes. Nowádáys it is reádily áváiláble in supermárkets, usuálly álongside pástá sáuces. It costs just á tiny bit more, sometimes the sáme, ás cánned tomátoes. If you cán't find it, puree cánned tomátoes or use crushed cánned tomátoes.
Add extrá wáter if required becáuse mány váriábles cán áffect the ámount of wáter required to cook rice. When you finish cooking, you wánt á bit of liquid left in the rice so it is á bit sáucy. álso remember thát the rice will continue to ábsorb liquid even when you táke it off the stove.