Fiesta Grilled Chicken Food

FIESTA GRILLED CHICKEN

Steps:

• To make the salsa, mix the black beans, black-eyed peas, corn, red onion, bell pepper, chiles, and tomatoes together in a bowl. Toss vegetables with the Italian dressing, cilantro, garlic, and garlic salt until evenly blended. Cover, and refrigerate 6 hours or overnight.
• Preheat a grill for medium-high heat.
• About 45 minutes before serving time, place the chicken breasts in a baking dish and drizzle with lime juice and tequila. Sprinkle evenly with paprika, salt, and pepper. Cover the dish, refrigerate, and allow to marinate 10 minutes.
• Remove chicken breasts from the marinade, and discard remaining marinade.
• Cook the chicken breasts on the preheated grill until the juices run clear and the meat is no longer pink, 10 to 12 minutes.
• To serve, place a lettuce leaf on each plate. Top with a chicken breast, and spoon Texas Bean Salsa over each, dividing evenly among servings. If desired, garnish with additional cilantro leaves and lime wedges.

FIESTA GRILLED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients for Texas Bean Salsa. Cover, and refrigerate 6 hours or overnight.
• About 45 minutes before serving, place chicken breasts in baking dish. Squeeze lime juice over chicken. Drizzle with tequilla or apple juice. Sprinkle with paprika, salt and black pepper. Cover and marinate 10-60 minutes. Remove from marinade and grill or broil 10-12 minutes, until cooked, turning once.
• Lay a lettuce leaf on each plate. Place a chicken breast on top of the lettuce leaf, and top each chicken breast with 1/6 of the Texas Bean Salsa. Garnish with additional cilantro leaves and/or lime wedges if desired.

FIESTA LIME CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix first 8 ingredients in gallon size baggie.
• Add chicken breasts to baggie.
• Marinate for 4 hours or more.
• Combine remaining ingredients except for cheese. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Grill chicken (or broil).
• Place on broiler pan then top with mayonaise mixture and 1/4 cup cheese per chicken breast.
• Broil on high until cheese is melted and slightly brown.
• Serve with corn chip strips.
• Weight Watchers-5 points/chicken breast with 1/4 cup cheese and mayo topping.

FIESTA GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Mix lime juice, olive oil, chili powder, cumin, salt, and black pepper together in a resealable plastic bag along with the chicken breasts. Marinate in the refrigerator at least 1 hour to overnight.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Cook chicken on the preheated grill until juices no longer run pink, about 5 minutes per side. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes; roughly chop and refrigerate.
• Toss romaine lettuce, baby greens, corn, Cheddar cheese, black beans, and cucumber together in a large bowl. Set aside.
• Mix ranch dressing, salsa, and cilantro together in a small bowl. Pour dressing over salad and toss gently. Sprinkle salad with crushed taco chips and diced chicken and serve immediately.

GRILLED CHICKEN FIESTA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Sprinkle both sides chicken with chili powder.
• Grill over medium coals 5 to 6 minutes per side or until tender. Top with Monterey Jack cheese slices; continue grilling until cheese is melted.
• For each serving, top corn tortillas with chicken, avocado slices, salsa, shredded lettuce and chopped tomatoes.

FIESTA CHICKEN TACO SALAD

Steps:

• In small bowl, combine dressing ingredients, blend well.
• In large bowl, combine lettuce, chicken, crushed tortilla chips, cheese, tomatoes and olives.
• Pour dressing over salad; toss gently to coat.
• Divide salad evenly onto individual serving plates; top each with a dollop of sour cream.
• Arrange tortilla chips around edge of each plate if desired.

FIESTA LIME CHICKEN

Steps:

• Prepare marinade: Mix together in bowl; water, teriyaki sauce, juice from 1/2 of lime, garlic, tequila (if desired), liquid smoke, salt and ginger.
• Marinate chicken breasts at least an hour in mixture.
• Prepare sauce: Mix together in bowl; mayonnaise, sour cream, salsa, milk, cajun spice, parsley and hot sauce.
• Cover and place in refrigerator until needed.
• Broil or grill chicken chicken until cooked through.
• Brush tops of chicken breasts with sauce, sprinkle on cheese and broil until cheese is melted.
• Cut remaining lime into 4ths.
• Serve chicken on tortilla chips with lime garnish.
• Great with rice!

FIESTA BARBECUE CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat grill to medium heat.
• Empty seasoning mix into large resealable plastic bag. Add half the chicken; seal bag. Turn bag over several times to evenly coat chicken with seasoning. Remove chicken from bag. Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Grill chicken 3 min. on each side. Brush with barbecue sauce; grill 2 min. on each side or until done (165ºF).