seared chicken with avocado with black beans and tortilla chips con queso

This menu received our highest rating. It's easy and colorful, and the flavor combination of blackened chicken with buttery-tasting avocado pleased even our pickiest tasters.

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: Mexican

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Ready in 22 minutes
by twojocks

Ingredients

1 1/2 teaspoons blackened seasoning

1 teaspoon olive oil

1 diced peeled avocado

2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

1 jalapefio pepper seeded and finely chopped

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (about 1 lime)

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 lime, cut into fourths

4 4-ounce skinless, boneless chicken breasts


Directions

Sprinkle seasoning on both sides of chicken. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add chicken to pan, smooth side down; cook 1 minute or until seared. Reduce heat to medium; cook 3 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Combine avocado, cilantro, pepper, lime juice, and salt. Squeeze one-fourth lime over each piece of chicken before serving. Serve with avocado mixture. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and a/4 cup avocado: mixture). CALORIES 221 (42% from fat); FAT 10.3g (sat 1.8g, mono 6g, poly 1.4g PROTEIN 27.4g; CARB 5.2g; FIBER 2.9g; CHOL 66mg; IRON 1.4mg: SODIUM 370mg; CALC 22mg EXCHANGES: 1 Vegetable, 4 Very Lean Meat, 1 Fat

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