3.10.2009

Fiesta Chicken



Lime Chicken Ingredients:

6 chicken breasts
1 teaspoon lime zest
1/4 cup lime juice
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon fresh or dry thyme
2 cloves garlic or already minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon salt



Black Bean Salsa Topper Ingredients:

1 can organic black beans (drained)
1 can corn (drained)
1/2 red onion, chopped
1 tomato (optional)
1 tablespoon Cilantro
1 garlic clove
Squeeze of lime

Lime Chicken Prep:

-pull thyme from stem and mince or if using dried thyme add to medium mixing bowl.



-mince garlic or use already minced garlic and add with thyme



-zest lime and add with other ingredients



-squeeze lime to make 1/3 cup juice and add to bowl or buy lime juice from the produce section



-add salt, pepper, and olive oil and baste over chicken in a glass cooking dish and
chill/marinate 10 minutes

-while this is marinating, start on the Black Bean Salsa prep below



-once marinated preheat broiler, place on rack and broil 5 inches from the heat and cook for 6 minutes or until light brown.

-turn chicken and brush lightly with liquid from pan

-broil 6 to 8 minutes more or until chicken is no longer pink.




Black Bean Salsa Topper Prep:

-drain black beans and corn and add to small mixing bowl



-chop red onion and add to the bowl



-dice tomato and add to the bowl



-finely chop up the cilantro and add to the bowl



*You can also add some more lime juice, or if you want a bit of a kick like I did, you can add some diced jalapenos.




8 comments:

  1. I can't say enough good things about this dish. Absolutely delicious.

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  2. You actually make me feel like I could cook and enjoy the meals you make..The pictures are extremely helpful. Thanks, can't wait to try it.

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  3. Dude! I didn't know YOU were Shannon's Megan?! This is how thick I am. Hello. I so would've been following you by now, had I known. You two rock! ^__^

    I'm a vegetarian. So, minus the birdy, that looks delicious!

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  4. You have got to make this for us sometime soon it looks amazing and very healthy.
    GREAT JOB with taking your blog to the next level!! Huge improvement even though I didn't think your blog needed any improvement haha.
    P.S.> I added a link on my blog to your's so scheck it out :)

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  5. Oh, YUM! That looks amazing! I always love your photos, the colors and composition are beautiful. I bet this would be good on the grill, too. If it ever warms up enough to actually grill, I'll update you on that.

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  6. We made it for dinner tonight!! I realized after I had eaten 3/4 of it (couldn't help myself!) that i should've taken a picture to share my presentation. Oops!
    GREAT recipe!!

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  7. I bought the ingredients to make this last night. It looks amazing & I can't wait to try it!! :)

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  8. I made this last night and it was a huge hit!! I blogged about it at ashleysdailybangoff.blogspot.com. :)

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