This recipe gets most of its heat from Chipotle in Adobo sauce, it’s fairly spicy so if you do not like hot food you could cut down on the amount. The chicken is simmered in a tomato sauce with black beans, onions, and peppers. If you don’t want to use white rice, you can use brown rice instead.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Ingredients:
- 1lb boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut into bit sized pieces)
- 1 can black beans (drained and rinsed)
- 2 cups crushed tomatoes
- ½ cup green pepper (diced)
- ¼ cup onion (diced)
- 3 teaspoons chipotle in adobo sauce (minced)
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 4 corn tortilla chips (broken into pieces)
- 2 cups cooked hot white rice
- lettuce, sour cream, and cheese
Instructions:
- In a large saucepan over medium high heat combine chicken, black beans, tomatoes, peppers, onions, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, cumin and garlic powder. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked.
- Divide the hot cooked rice into four bowls. Place chicken mixture on top of the rice in each bowl, and top with chips, cheese, sour cream and lettuce.
Recipe by kind permission of Blog Chef