REV: Cuban-style Chicken, March 2005 CL

[Judy K.]

I cooked this tonight for dinner. All of the ingredients were in the pantry or freezer, except for the pineapple. I bought a can of pineapple chunks in juice. I cut each chunk into 4 pieces. I think it would have looked better to have made smaller pieces. I actually measured the beans when I served them. Allowing a 1/2 cup serving each, the bean mixture only made 3 servings. The dish was attractive and tasty. I will be adding this to my favorites. (Note there's a large difference between the first nutrition values and the second. The first came from the CL recipe, the second from my MC export. I haven't looked at the recipe to find out why there's a discrepancy.)




* Exported from MasterCook *

Cuban-style Chicken

Recipe By :Superfast Suppers, Jennifer Brule
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : main dishes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup diced fresh pineapple
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon orange marmalade
1 15-ounce can black beans -- rinsed and drained
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper -- divided
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
4 6 ounce skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
Cooking spray
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Combine the first 4 ingredients in a medium saucepan; add 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a simmer over medium heat; cook 1 minute or until thoroughly heated. Keep warm.

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Combine the remaining 1/8 teaspoon pepper, salt, and paprika, and sprinkle evenly over chicken. Coat the chicken with cooking spray. Add chicken to pan; cook 5 minutes on each side or until done. Serve with bean mixture; sprinkle with cilantro.

Serving size: 1 chicken breast half, 1/2 cup bean mixture, and 1tablespoon cilantro.

CALORIES 293(8% from fat); FAT 2.7g(sat 0.6g,mono 0.5g,poly 0.5g); PROTEIN 45.2g; CHOLESTEROL 99mg; CALCIUM 57mg; SODIUM 632mg; CALC 57mg


Source:
"Cooking Light March 2005, page 219"
Copyright:
"© 2005 by Southern Living, Inc."
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 377 Calories; 2g Fat (3.6% calories from fat); 23g Protein; 70g Carbohydrate; 16g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 275mg Sodium. Exchanges: 4 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : Toss a green salad while the chicken cooks, then serve it with this dish and warm corn tortillas for a complete meal. To save time, use drained canned pineapple tidbits in place of fresh fruit.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[Judy K.]

Linking "black beans" to "canned black beans" in MC cuts the calories down to 301--very close to what CL calculates it to be.

[Kuvy]

Thanks for the review Judy! I made this Saturday for DH. It was VERY easy and I thought, really good, for a nice, simple dish. In fact, it was so easy, that I took the time to pound each breast with a meat mallet, just to feel ike I had put some effort into dinner.
DH however COMPLETELY freaked out, moaning and groaning, and exclaiming that this was possibly the best chicken dish EVER! (!!!!!!!!!!!) :o
Funny how I'll spend ALL DAY making something fancy and it hardly gets a nod, when I could've just been throwing this together every day instead :rolleyes:
:p :p
;)

[luv2cook]

I was to lazy to walk upstairs to check to see if this had been reviewed.

I didn't have any fresh pineapple, so I used crushed. Worked well. I also cut the chicken into chunks rather than breasts and I made some basmati rice as an accompaniment. I cooked the chicken w/garlic and onion (my 2 standards!) and I found it different and tasty...I served it w/asparagas - simple style - splash of rice vinegar, smidgeon of olive oil, salt and pepper. Yum! Oh. I also probably threw on more spice than called for...

Nice, simple meal.

[Terrytx]

I actually did this one by the recipe until the presentation. I also made Spaghetti Squash with Edamame-Cilantro Pesto almost (I added some lime juice), and lined the plate with it, then put the chicken on top of the squash, topped with the bean mixture and sprinkled it all with reduced-fat shredded cheddar. The DH was so impressed that he thought he should take a picture of it. BTW, it was fantastic.