The way to love someone
is to lightly run your finger over that person's soul
until you find a crack,
and then gently pour your love into that crack.
~Keith Miller

Monday, March 11, 2013

Chicken with Cuban style black beans, Spanish rice and a flour tortilla (topped with grated pepper jack)

Bean recipe slightly modified from here:


  • olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 bell pepper or banana pepper or cubanelle, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon cumin, toasted and ground
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tablespoon cider vinegar ... this really snaps the recipe ... delicious!
  • 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped

Directions
  1. Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high heat, add the onion and pepper and cook until tender, about 7-10 minutes.
  2. Add the garlic, cumin and oregano and cook until fragrant, about a minute.
  3. Add the beans and broth, bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
  4. Season with salt and pepper to taste, mix in the vinegar and cilantro, optionally mash 1/4 of the beans to make it creamy  (I did).


The chicken is a boneless skinless breast which I boiled to cook because I like to create our own broth ... once cooked through I cubed the chicken, sprinkled it with onion power and garlic powder and tossed it in to a hot olive oil coated skillet ... just to golden brown.  Pretty straight forward.



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