fiesta lime chicken with black beans and rice

KPaden1221

Fiesta Lime Chicken Applebee's Copy Cat Recipe

Ingredients
For the chicken:
1 cup water
1/3 cup teriyaki sauce
½ cup lime juice
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 teaspoon tequila
1 teaspoon liquid smoke
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ginger, ground
1 pound chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
For the dressing:
¼ cup mayonnaise
¼ cup sour cream
2 tablespoons salsa, spicy and chunky
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon Cajun blackening spice
¼ teaspoon parsley flakes
¼ teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1/8 teaspoon will weed, dried
1/8 teaspoon cumin, ground
1 cup Colby Jack cheese, shredded
2 cups corn chips, crumbled

Cooking Directions
To prepare the chicken:

Whisk together the water, teriyaki, lime juice, garlic, tequila, liquid smoke, salt and ginger.

Coat the chicken in the mixture, and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.

Preheat the boiler. Grill the marinated chicken breasts for 3 to 5 minutes per side, until cooked through.

Discard the marinade.

Brush the grilled chicken with the chilled dressing, sprinkle with the cheese and broil until the cheese has melted.

Serve the chicken over a bed of crumbled chips.

To prepare the dressing:

Whisk together the mayonnaise, sour cream, salsa, milk, Cajun spice, parsley, Tabasco, dill weed, and cumin.

Cover, and refrigerate until needed.





Black Beans and Rice

Directions
Spicy Black Beans:

Ingredients
2 cups (about 1 pound) dried black beans, picked over, soaked overnight
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 medium onion, diced
1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 bay leaf
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Yellow Rice:

2 cups long-grain rice
4 cups water
2 cloves garlic, smashed
1 tablespoon turmeric
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 bay leaf
For the beans:

In a large pot, soak beans overnight covered in water by 2 inches. Drain and set aside.

In the same pot, heat the olive oil. Add the onion, jalapeno pepper, garlic, and bay leaf and cook until the vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the beans and cover with water by about 1-inch. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until the beans are tender. Remove the bay leaf and discard. Taste the beans and season with salt and pepper.

For the rice:

Put all the ingredients into a heavy-bottomed pot, stir well, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover, and cook over low heat until the rice has absorbed the water, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit, covered, for 5 minutes. Discard the garlic and bay leaf, fluff with a fork, and serve.

There are ways to tweak it ot make it less fattening. I will use greek yogurt instead of sour cream and mayo i will use reduced fat cheese or weight watchers cheese, no corn chips...

KPaden1221

I'm gonna work with the recipes to make them less fattening and calorie rich.. but this is the information for the chicken and rice and beans just exactly like the recipe says to make them...

not too awful for a special meal.. or just a treat

nutrition info:

Chicken:
Calories 564
Carbs 24
Fat 32
Protien 37
Fiber 1
Sodium 1814

Beans and Rice:
Calories 179
Carbs 36
Fat 5
Protien 11
Fiber 16
Sodium 431

amycal

This sounds really good! Do you use a "clean" teriyaki (not HFCS no gmo's)? If so which brand?

Kminor67

Yum ~ thanks!

KPaden1221

This sounds really good! Do you use a "clean" teriyaki (not HFCS no gmo's)? If so which brand?

i've not made it yet! just found it today.. so i dunno yet! haha..