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Caribbean Chicken & Rice

Caribbean Chicken & Rice

A Caribbean style chicken & rice dish with black beans, pineapple and fragrant spices.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine caribbean
Servings 6 servings
Calories 493 kcal

Equipment

  • baking pan
  • Dutch oven
  • paper towels

Ingredients
  

  • 2 breasts baked chicken cubed into ¾" squares
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ lb bacon cut into strips
  • 1 medium brown onion diced
  • 3 large garlic cloves crushed or minced
  • 1 20 oz can pineapple chunks
  • 1 cup Jasmine or basmati rice
  • 2 ½ cups chicken broth
  • 1 ½ teaspoon chilli powder
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon all spice
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne ¼ teaspoon for mild heat
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 lime juiced approximately 2 tbsp
  • 15 oz can black beans drained
  • chopped cilantro for garnish, optional

Instructions
 

  • Place chicken in baking pan, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Bake at 350℉ for 30 mins or until reaches internal temperature of 165℉. Let cool for about 10 mins and then dice into ¾" cubes.
  • While chicken is baking cut bacon into strips and sauté in dutch oven over med/high heat until browned-about 7-8 mins. Remove bacon onto plate lined with a paper towel to absorb extra grease. Drain pan of all but 2 tablespoon bacon grease for sautéing onions.
  • Place pan back onto medium heat. Sauté onion until translucent- about 4-5 mins. Add fresh garlic, sauté until fragrant-about 2 mins.
  • Add rice & spices, stirring frequently until rice is slightly toasted, about 2 mins.
  • Add pineapple, broth and lime juice. Raise heat to high until boiling, cover and then lower heat to med/low.
  • Cook until rice is tender and has absorbed liquid- about 20 mins, making sure to stir halfway through cooking.
  • Add diced chicken, beans and bacon, stir well. Turn off heat and cover with lid. Let rest for 10 mins. Garnish with chopped cilantro and enjoy!

Notes

Please use as many organic ingredients as possible. If using brown rice add an additional ½ cup extra broth. Half all quantities if making Dinner for 2.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 493kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 30gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 74mgSodium: 935mgPotassium: 610mgFiber: 6gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 244IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 65mgIron: 3mg
Keyword black beans, Caribbean Chicken and Rice, chicken, Pineapple, rice, spices
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