Cumin-crusted chicken

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¼ cup Chopped tomato
3 tablespoons Peeled, chopped cucumber
3 tablespoons Chopped green bell pepper
1 tablespoon Chopped purple onion
1 small Jalapeno pepper, seeded/chopped
1 tablespoon Ground cumin
1 teaspoon Pepper
4 Boneless (4 oz.) skinless chicken breast halves
1 tablespoon Red wine vinegar
4 Cherry tomatoes, optional
Fresh basil, optional

Directions

Combine first 5 ingredients in a small bowl; set aside. Combine cumin and pepper; rub chicken breast halves on all sides with cumin mixture. Place a large cast-iron skillet over Medium-High heat until hot. Add chicken and cook 6 minutes on each side or until tender. Remove chicken from skillet, reserving drippings in skillet; set chicken aside. Add vinegar to pan drippings, and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour over reserved vegetable mixture; toss well. Thickly slice each chicken breast half diagonally across grain, and arrange on individual serving plates. Serve with reserved tomato relish. Garnish each serving with cherry tomatoes and basil, if desired. Yield: 4 servings. Per chicken breast half and 3 T.

tomato relish: 155 calories, 3⅖ gr. fat, 72 mg. cholesterol MC formatting by bobbi744@...

Recipe by: Cooking Light Card Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n062 by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@...> on Mar 06, 1997

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