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Acapulco Chicken

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Recipe

Get in on the fun of cooking chicken with this scrumptious recipe that uses jalapeno peppers and pickling spices.

 

Yield

6 servings

Prep

10 min

Cook

30 min

Ready

Trans-fat Free

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
2 cups chicken broth
unsalted de-fatted
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1 tablespoon olive oil
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2 teaspoons cumin
ground
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2 tablespoons pickling spices
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2 each sweet red bell peppers
sliced
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1 pound chicken
boneless skinless breast halves
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2 each sweet yellow bell peppers
sliced
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2 tablespoons jalapeño pepper
minced with seeds
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1 each onions
halved, thinly sliced
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cup rice vinegar
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¼ cup cilantro
leaves, fresh
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3 tablespoons garlic
minced
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
473 ml chicken broth
unsalted de-fatted
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15 ml olive oil
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1E+1 ml cumin
ground
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3E+1 ml pickling spices
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2 each sweet red bell peppers
sliced
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453.6 g chicken
boneless skinless breast halves
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2 each sweet yellow bell peppers
sliced
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3E+1 ml jalapeño pepper
minced with seeds
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1 each onions
halved, thinly sliced
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79 ml rice vinegar
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59 ml cilantro
leaves, fresh
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45 ml garlic
minced
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Directions

Make sure to use baked (no oil) tortilla chips to keep it light.

Boil broth and pickling spice in heavy large saucepan ten minutes. Strain and return liquid to saucepan. Add chicken, onion, vinegar, garlic, oil and cumin to pan. Simmer over very low heat until chicken is just cooked through, about ten minutes. Transfer chicken and onions to shallow dish. Top with bell peppers and minced chili. Boil cooking liquid until reduced to ⅔ cup, about ten minutes. Pour liquid over chicken and let cool 30 minutes. Add cilantro to chicken mixture. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, turning chicken occasionally, about 4 hours (can be prepared one day ahead). Slice chicken and transfer to plates. Top with marinated vegetables and some of the juices. Pass tortilla chips to use as pushers.

130 calories per serving, 4 g fat, 72 mg sodium, 44 mg cholesterol.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 298g (10.5 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 23634% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 9g 14%
Saturated Fat 2g 11%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 70mg 23%
Sodium 186mg 8%
Total Carbohydrate 4g 4%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars g
Protein 51g
Vitamin A 29% Vitamin C 280%
Calcium 4% Iron 12%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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