Jamaican Chicken with Mango Salsa by Becca

[fatkat]

Becca
Posted November 14, 2005 10:50 PM

Jamaican Chicken with Mango Salsa

I made this Saturday and again Sunday to use up the salsa (there were only two of us). Very good! Will make often!! From Cooking Light, April 2005

1/2 teaspoon Jamaican jerk seasoning (such as Spice Islands)
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves Cooking spray
1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint
1 teaspoon brown sugar
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 (16-ounce) jar sliced peeled mango, drained and chopped

Directions
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle seasoning and 1/4 teaspoon of salt evenly over chicken. Coat chicken with cooking spray . Add chicken to pan; cook 4 minutes on each side or until done.

What I did: Pounded the chicken to a more uniform thickness; used Spice Islands' brand Jamaican Jerk seasoning; used canned mango (couldn't find jarred); and, because I didn't read the instructions carefully, I coated the pan, not the chicken with cooking spray.

While chicken cooks, combine 1/4 teaspoon salt, cilantro, and remaining ingredients. Serve salsa with chicken.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and about 1/2 cup salsa)

[fatkat]

bump for myself.

[Bean]

Hey, me too! :D

[Chefkel]

Made this LOVED it...Some changes I made were...

mango salsa- I added chopped guava & passionfruit(jar),and strawberries, added a tsp of red wine vinegar, and eyeballed lemon olive oil, T chopped basil, and extra brown suagar

Served over citrus rice with a lime wedge to squeeze and drizzle over the chicken.

nice and light meal.. but packed with flavor!

[fatkat]

Excellent Review

and I appreciate your changes............they look good!!

[Karen in the Kitchen]

Citrus rice?? How do you make this?

[Guts]

Yes could you please post the Citrus rice recipe. thanks.

[Chefkel]

Citrus rice

instead of cooking white rice with water I use 1/2 the amount(the package says to use) of FF chicken broth and the substitue the other half with squeezed lemon/lime/ orange (whatever I got) add some dried parsley and the zest of the the fruits I used.. cook as directed and it gives the rice a nice flavor.

:) sorry I should have written that earlier!

[fatkat]

I think I just posted a recipe today for citrus rice.....lemme do a search.

Also, this recipe is excellent. Talk about some super flavors going on. Even hubby ate the salsa with his chicken.

This is a keeper recipe!!!

[fatkat]

Yooper
Posted January 12, 2006 08:36 AM

Citrus Rice

1 1/3 cups water
1/2 tsp. salt
7 Tbsp. butter, divided
1 1/3 cups pre-cooked rice
2/3 cup chopped celery
1/3 cup chopped Spanish onion
3 Tbsp. chopped orange peel
1 1/2 Tbsp. chopped lemon peel
1/3 cup orange juice
3 Tbsp. chicken broth
Salt and white pepper to taste

Bring water, salt and 2 tsp. of the butter to a boil. Stir in rice. Cover and remove from heat. At the end of 5 min., fluff with a fork. Set aside.

Heat remaining butter in a 9" skillet. Add celery, onion, orange and lemon peels and mix in rice. Saute for 7 minutes. Add orange juice and chicken broth and season to taste. Spoon into a 1-quart buttered casserole and bake at 350 deg. F for 15 min.

[Bean]

That looks real good! :)

[Chefkel]

Bumping for Bean!

[Guts]

Thanks Kat I had forgotten all about this one. I going to have to give this a try.