Thursday, January 17, 2013

Smoked Paprika Chicken & Avocado Salsa

Looking for a quick and tasty dish with minimal work? Here's a great one for you...
This dish is perfect for those long days at work when all you want to do is prepare a speedy Paleo dinner, so that you can finally put your feet up and relax. I hear ya!!!

Ingredients:

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts (we purchase ours from Wallace Farms and they are excellent)
Smoked Paprika
Olive Oil
Sea Salt
Black Pepper
Garlic Powder
Avocado(s)
Pico De Gallo (we buy ours from Trader Joes but you can make it from scratch)


Instructions:

Combine your seasonings in a small bowl. You can eyeball how much to use, but I used around 2 tsps of smoked paprika, salt and pepper and a splash of garlic powder.


Next, Heat a large grill pan or skillet on medium with a nice amount of olive oil covering the pan. While the skillet is heating up rub olive oil on your chicken, and sprinkle the seasonings on top to coat the chicken. Now place your seasoned chicken in your skillet and cook until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of between 160- 170.



While your chicken is cooking away you can mix your avocado(s) with your pico de gallo. We usually eyeball this as well, but I prefer to have a consistency that is more avocado to pico. (Because I love the creaminess of the avocados) Depending on the size of your chicken breasts one avocado for both should be plenty.


After your pico and avocado are mixed to your liking, it should appear something like this.


Once your chicken is cooked thoroughly you can simply spoon your avocado salsa on top of your grilled chicken & Enjoy! We made this last night and paired it with steamed broccoli for a quick and easy dinner after a long day of work.


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