Spicy Cuban Chicken
photo by DeniseBC
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 226.79 g bottle fat-free Italian salad dressing
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2.46 ml ground red pepper
- 453.59 g boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1/4-inch thick strips
- 14.79 ml olive oil
- 2 medium bell peppers, chopped (red or green are fine)
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 4.92 ml oregano
- 2.46 ml ground black pepper
- 2.46 ml ground cumin
- 1419.54 ml cooked rice
- 2 (850.48 g) can black beans or 709.77 ml cooked black beans, rinsed
- 2 (822.13 g) can diced tomatoes
- chopped fresh cilantro
directions
- Combine dressing, garlic and red pepper in a 2 cup glass measure or medium glass bowl. Place chicken in large glass bowl, pour dressing over chicken, cover and marinate at least 30 minutes, but overnight is fine.
- Remove chicken from marinade, drain well, discard marinade. Heat oil in large skillet over medium high heat until hot. Add chicken, cook 5-7 minutes, stirring until chicken is slightly brown, spooning off any excess liquid.
- Add bell peppers, onion, oregano, pepper, and cumin. Cook, stirring, 4-5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Add rice, black beans and tomatoes. Cook 2-3 minutes more or until thoroughly heated.
- Garnish with cilantro, serve immediately.
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Reviews
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We are trying to incorporate more legumes and whole grains into our diet. My husband loves spicy foods but I'm not as much of a fan as he. I used a regular Italian dressing instead of low fat and used brown rice. Other than that I followed the recipe. I wouldn't call this particularly spicy although enough for me that I topped mine with a small amount of shredded cheddar cheese. I will make this again because it seems like it can be more flavorful without being much more spicy. Just needs some tweaking. It says it makes 6 servings but I would say more like 10 since just between the rice, beans and tomatoes there is almost 14 cups of food without the pound of chicken and the vegetables. We have leftovers!
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This was really good and easy to prepare. I used a red and a green pepper for color. It didn't have anywhere near enough spice though, so I had to add some more red pepper flakes. I will add more spices next time. I live in Iowa, and we don't have anything Cuban around here, so this was fun to try. Thanks for posting.
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