Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Caribbean Chicken with Pineapple Salsa

This dish is yummy and full of flavor. And, well...it's colorful to boot!

You'll need:
  1. 1/4 cup Caribbean Jerk sauce or marinade
  2. 1/4 cup cider vinegar
  3. 1-1/2 cups orange juice
  4. 10-12 chicken tenders or 4 chicken breasts
  5. 1 package saffron rice
  6. 15 oz. can of black beans
  7. small can of pineapple tidbits (I think it's 8 or 10 oz)
  8. 1/4 cup scallions, chopped

You'll do:

  1. Coat a large teflon coated pan with cooking spray.
  2. Heat pan to medium heat.
  3. Place chicken in pan and cook on each side for 6-8 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
  4. Meanwhile, bring 2-1/4 cups of water to a boil in a boiler and add rice. Cover and cook for 20 minutues.
  5. In a small bowl, mix jerk sauce, vinegar, and orange juice.
  6. Once chicken is cooked through, reduce heat to low-simmer. Add juice mixture to the pan with chicken. Cover pan and allow to simmer 20 minutes, turning once.
  7. Meanwhile, drain juice from pineapples.
  8. Mix pineapples with scallions in a small bowl and refrigerate until serving.
  9. Drain black beans and rinse with cold water.
  10. Once rice is cooked, mix rice with beans in a large bowl.
  11. Serve chicken on top of rice and beans. Spoon a couple tablespoons of juice from pan on top of chicken. Add pineapple salsa to the top and serve.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Amy - Thanks for recommending using a Teflon pan while making your Carribean chicken. I represent DuPont and it's always a pleasure to see people recommending our products in their recipes.

    If you are interested in some other recipes or great cookbooks to look at for your blog, drop me an email and I would be glad to help you out! Thanks. Cheers, Ross

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