Recipe: Lime Tortilla Crusted Chicken with Homemade Salsa

Lime Tortilla Crusted Chicken with Homemade Salsa

INGREDIENTS FOR LIME TORTILLA CRUSTED CHICKEN:

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 1 1/2 cups crushed Margaritaville Island Lime Tortilla Chips
  •  1 cup orange-pineapple-banana juice (if you don’t have this blend, a similar one or just one of the three fruit juices will do)
  • 2 tortillas, warmed (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Soak chicken breasts in 1 cup of orange-pineapple-banana juice for at least 5 minutes.
  2. Using rolling pin, crush tortilla chips in a sealed ziplock bag.
  3. Put chicken in the bag of crushed chips, shaking to coat.
  4. Place chicken breasts in frying pan on medium heat till browned and juices run clear (180 degrees).

INGREDIENTS FOR HOMEMADE SALSA: (I harvested these veggies, mint, and strawberries from our garden today and wanted to come up with a way to use them. Ignore the strawberries…they aren’t in this recipe!)

  • 2 TB apple cider vinegar
  • 1 TB ground cumin
  • 1 TB onion powder
  • 3 TB garlic powder
  • 3 TB lime juice
  • 3 TB lemon juice
  • 2 TB  orange-pineapple-banana juice (again, if you don’t have this blend, a similar one or just one of the three fruit juices will do)
  • 1/2 bell pepper, chopped (I used green, but any color will do)
  • 1 red onion, chopped
  • 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced (use gloves to prepare peppers!)
  • 1 anaheim chili, seeded and diced
  • 6 leaves from a sprig of fresh mint, chopped

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Combine all ingredients in a large frying pan.
  2. Saute and simmer on low heat until soft and blended.
  3. Remove chicken breasts from their frying pan and place on plates.
  4. Spoon homemade salsa over chicken breasts.
  5. If desired, serve with warmed tortillas on the side.

30 minutes preparation time. 30 minutes cooking time. Serves two.

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