280 blac peppered chicken recipes

Grilled swordfish plates over herbed couscous ringed with a quick vegetable minestrone broth of garlic, basil, and fresh herbs. Light Mediterranean dinner with three textures.

Rotini pasta salad Nicoise-style with chicken, white beans, artichoke hearts, and a Dijon lemon vinaigrette. A hearty, protein-packed cold salad for summer.

Surprise your loved one with this scrumptious chicken dish that will add a kick to anyone's tastebuds.

Cajun-style gumbo built on a dark red-brown roux with smoked sausage, lentils, carrots, celery, and a kick of cayenne. Thick, smoky, and protein-packed in 75 minutes.

Slow-simmered Brazilian black bean soup with cumin, coriander, orange juice, and a splash of dry sherry. Partially pureed for velvety thickness and topped with a cool dollop of sour cream.

Chicken breasts baked under a homemade ratatouille of eggplant, zucchini, summer squash, bell peppers, and tomatoes with fresh oregano. Serve over pasta or rice.

Slow cooker white chicken chili with cannellini beans, green chiles, stewed tomatoes, and a bright kick of lime. Sear it on the stove, then let the crockpot do the rest.

White bean soup with sage: creamy great northern beans simmered with onion, carrot, tomato and fragrant sage in chicken broth. A quick, low-fat soup that's on the table in about 30 minutes using canned beans.

Spinach spaghetti in a roasted red pepper cream sauce with basil, garlic, and chicken broth. Six charred peppers pureed into a silky, vibrant sauce.

Chicken breasts rolled around tender fiddlehead ferns, breaded and browned, then baked in a glossy sherry-mushroom sauce with bacon and tomatoes. A unique Canadian-inspired spring dinner that celebrates foraged greens.

If you're having friends over, then don't hesitate to make this hearty dish made with succulent ham, smoked sausage and hot pepper sauce.

Black bean soup built on a foundation of salt pork, ham hock, and aromatics, slow-simmered until the beans collapse, then pureed smooth and finished with sherry and wine vinegar. A Cuban-style classic that makes 16 generous servings.

Onion broth made with five pounds of slow-caramelized onions, soup bones, garlic, and mace. A deeply flavored, bone-enriched broth with silky body.

Lime-cumin marinated chicken breasts baked on a bed of black beans, zucchini, squash, and fresh tomatoes. A colorful, high-protein one-pan Tex-Mex dinner with built-in salsa.

White chicken chili with tomatillos, Rotel tomatoes, cannellini beans, green chiles, and lime juice. Stovetop or crockpot, topped with sharp cheddar.

This cheesy chicken-rice casserole layers tender chicken, sweet corn, and red bell peppers under a bubbly mozzarella blanket. A hearty weeknight one-dish dinner ready in about an hour.