Green Salsa Chicken
You'll only need to purchase one package of prechopped green, yellow, and red bell pepper to use in the salsa and the corn.
Yield: 2 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and about 1/3 cup salsa)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 309
- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Fat: 4.7g
- Saturated fat: 1.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.5g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.6g
- Protein: 35g
- Carbohydrate: 31.1g
- Fiber: 2.3g
- Cholesterol: 94mg
- Iron: 1.6mg
- Sodium: 437mg
- Calcium: 22mg
Ingredients
- 1 lime
- 4 tomatillos, husks and stems removed
- 1/4 cup prechopped tricolor bell pepper mix
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- Cooking spray
Preparation
- 1. Prepare grill.
- 2. Grate rind from lime and squeeze juice to measure 1/8 teaspoon and 1 tablespoon, respectively. Place rind and juice in a medium bowl. Cut tomatillos in half.
- 3. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add tomatillo halves, skin side down; cook 4 minutes or until lightly charred on edges. Turn tomatillos over, and move to one side of pan; add bell pepper on the other side. Cook 2 minutes or until bell pepper is lightly charred, stirring occasionally (do not stir tomatillos). Remove pan from heat; remove tomatillos from pan, and coarsely chop. Add tomatillo, bell pepper, and cilantro to lime juice mixture; toss well.
- 4. Place chicken on a grill rack coated with cooking spray. Grill 6 minutes on each side or until done. Spoon tomatillo salsa over chicken.
- Serve with: Cumin Corn
Green Salsa Chicken Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Main Dishes
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Poultry
- PUBLICATION: Oxmoor House
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