Ingredients:
2-3 lbs. boneless chicken cubed
Marinade:
Juice of 2 lemons - plus the squeezed lemons
5 garlic cloves - chopped
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. black pepper
Healthy handful of fresh parsley - chopped
Healthy handful of fresh dill - chopped
Olive oil - for drizzling
Combine all of the ingredients for the marinade in a container. Add the cubed chicken and a drizzle of olive oil and toss.
Refrigerate for at least one hour or longer.
Heat a large frying with a drizzle of olive oil. Add a few pieces of chicken at a time. Do not overcrowd the pan and keep the heat fairly hot to give a nice golden color to the chicken.
For the Rice:
2 cups uncooked rice
Add to the rice water while cooking:
Dash of cinnamon
Dash of turmeric
Dash of dried curry
~ Sautéed Onions and Peppers ~
Ingredients:
1 onion - sliced
1 pepper bell pepper- sliced
Dashes of salt
Dashes of pepper
In the pan that the chicken was sautéed in place the sliced onions and peppers. Drizzle, a little olive oil over the veggies and toss. Sauté until the veggies are softened and slightly charred.
Season the dish with salt and pepper to taste.
~ Refried Beans ~
Ingredients:
29 oz. can of beans - drained
1 jalapeño - sliced with seeds
1 onion - sliced
4 cloves of garlic - chopped
Dashes of salt
Dashes of ground cumin
Dashes of paprika
Water and lime juice
Olive oil
Heat a large frying pan with a drizzle of olive oil. Add the onion, garlic and jalapeño and sauté until the onion is soft.
Add the beans and continue to sauté. With a potato masher, mash the beans.
Season the beans to taste with the spices.
To prevent the beans from becoming dry add small mixtures of water and lime or lemon juice to the beans to keep the beans creamy.
This is a pleasing and fun meal.
With Love,
Catherine
xo
Sandee says
This looks fabulous. I'm hungry. Again.
Have a terrific weekend Catherine. 🙂
Marina@Picnic at Marina says
That is a pleasing and fun meal indeed! Love the marinade with lemons...:)
T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types says
My little niece would love these!
Sandi Graham says
I cannot wait to try
allotments4you says
Sounds good....I love to try out different seasonings on my meats.
~~louise~~ says
Quick, healthy and delicious to look at Catherine. My kind of dish!!!
Thanks for sharing...