Showing posts with label beans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beans. Show all posts

Monday, April 26, 2010

BBQ Chicken Burritos




I am trying to start eating healthy again and I found this great website, eatingwell.com

Tonight I made Pico de Galo and BBQ Chicken Burritos.

Pico de Galo(optional):
4 roma tomatoes
1/2 yellow onion, diced
1 jalapeno pepper, diced
1/2 bunch cilantro chopped (you can add more for taste if wanted)
1 tsp minced garlic

Dice tomatoes and mix together. Leave in fridge at least 2 hours to marinate.

BBQ Chicken Burritos:

Step 1: Chicken
You can get a whole roasted chicken or roast your own. I had two pretty big chicken breast with bone that I roasted using below recipe.

Preheat oven to 400. Put a little water and white wine in a glass dish big enough to hold chicken. Sprinkle onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, red pepper flakes, paprkia, and cumin on the breasts. Cover with foil and bake at least 1 hr or until chicken is done. Shred (I do this using 2 forks) and put into pot.

Step 2: Add all of this to chicken in pot on low/med heat.
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
1 can black beans (drained and rinsed)
1/2 cup frozen corn
4 oz reduced fat sour cream

Microwave wheat tortilla for 12 seconds to soften. Put on plate and spread with advocado. Put a piece of romaine lettuce on top. Spoon chicken mixture ontop of lettuce and top with Pico de galo.

I ate mine with a fork and knife because it was so overloaded but if you have bigger tortillas you may be able to fold/wrap and eat like a real burrito. If you want to skip the wrap to make it healthier, just put chicken mix in a bowl and pico de galo

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Crockpot Mexican Bean Soup

I was trying to copy La Caretta's bean soup. Didn't taste like it but it was pretty good, a little spicy but I modified the recipe so it shouldn't be as spicy next time.

10 cups water
1 3/4 cup dried pinto beans
1 tbsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
2 chopped chipotle peppers (I had a can of some in adobo sauce)
12 oz crispy center cut bacon broken up
1 bunch chopped cilantro
1 link andouille sausage (I will use smoked next time)
1 onion, chopped

Turn crockpot on (I cooked mine on high for 4 hours).
Fill crockpot with 10 oz of water. Add rest of ingredients. Mix and cover. Soup should have a good amount of liquid in it once done.