Tonight we had grilled chicken and pineapple with cilantro-lime rice. Ingredients and recipe below:
Pineapple & Cilantro Chicken
- 6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 5 limes, juiced (approx 3/4 cup)
- 1 bunch cilantro-finely chopped
- 1/2 cup warmed honey
- 1 Corona Beer
- 1 16 oz can crushed pineapple with juice
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- fresh ground salt and pepper to taste
Combine all ingredients in a 13x9 baking dish, add chicken and marinade for 3-4 hours or more. Grill until done (approx 15 minutes). When serving, slice avocados and lay on top of chicken.
Cilantro-lime Rice
Cilantro-lime Rice
- 2 cups white rice (I prefer a shorter grain white rice-it makes the best sticky rice and works better for leftovers as it does not dry out)
- 3 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
- 1 bunch cilantro, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp minced garlic (seeing a pattern here?)
- 2 tsp Tabasco brand green pepper sauce
- fresh ground salt and pepper to taste
Here's when I'm going to sell you on owning a rice cooker. Because I don't eat wheat, I always have sticky rice in the fridge. It's my bread. A rice cooker makes recipes like these, brainless. Add all ingredients in rice cooker and press "start". The rice can sit on "warm" while you grill the chicken. If you don't have a rice cooker....you're on your own. Get one.
Grilled Pineapple
Grilled Pineapple
Cut off top and bottom of pineapple and then cut skin off of outside. Lay pineapple down and cut into 2 inch slices. Grill 5 minutes per side. This needs no marinade. It's delicious.
Throw it all together and we've got dinner! The hardest job of this whole meal is juicing the limes. It's a pain in the butt however, DO NOT use "pre-squeezed lime juice". NO NO NO. There is absolutely no comparison. What I often do is, squeeze a bunch of limes and keep the juice in the fridge. It keeps well. For those of you who have eaten in my home, you know I make A LOT of food but leftovers are my favorite. This is a great recipe for leftovers. I had a busy day so I didn't make a salad. A green salad with a light, citrus dressing would go well with this. I'll work on that recipe :)
Throw it all together and we've got dinner! The hardest job of this whole meal is juicing the limes. It's a pain in the butt however, DO NOT use "pre-squeezed lime juice". NO NO NO. There is absolutely no comparison. What I often do is, squeeze a bunch of limes and keep the juice in the fridge. It keeps well. For those of you who have eaten in my home, you know I make A LOT of food but leftovers are my favorite. This is a great recipe for leftovers. I had a busy day so I didn't make a salad. A green salad with a light, citrus dressing would go well with this. I'll work on that recipe :)
5 comments:
I tried this recipe the other night. It was really delicious. You must include the grilled pineapple.
Um, one word...WOW!!!!! I made this for dinner tonight and it was amazing!! I must admit, I'm not a pineapple lover. It's by far my least favorite fruit. However, the grilled pineapple was delicious! Eric and I also loved the avocado paired with the meal. It was really good with the chicken!
I had to make a couple variations. First, I'm a Pacifico girl, so there was no Corona to be found in my refrigerator. :) Also, I don't own a rice cooker (gasp!). I swear by Minute Rice. So, I took brown Minute Rice and instead of boiling water for it, I boiled all of the ingredients you had listed and threw in the rice. I didn't add the salt and pepper until it was done cooking. It turned out wonderfully!
This was definitely a meal I would make when having company over to impress them! I'm really looking forward to your cookbook! Can't wait to try more!
Another thing:
I've learned that to make an easier chore of juicing your limes, you can microwave them for about 10-15 seconds per lime, then roll each one under your palm on the counter top back and forth a couple of times before you juice them. Also, if you don't have a juicer, cut the lime in half, stick a fork in the middle, and twist the fork while squeezing the lime. Works for lemons too, of course. But I think the best way to go is a hand-press juicer like this one: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/6051692/index.cfm?clg=23&bnrid=3181401&cm_ven=NexTag&cm_cat=Shopping&cm_pla=ctlfvtcit&cm_ite=OrangeX%20Chrome%20Juicer.
I friggin' love this recipe. Delicious!
This looks Yummy!!! Like my kind of food..I'll will try it next week and let you know how I do! Can't wait for you book, you have my kind of taste! loves Ali
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