أرز مكسيكي مع الدجاج
Mexican · 20 Mins Cook
- Mexican Rice: Cook rice with 3 cups of warm water on medium heat. Season with salt and set aside to cool.
- Add two tablespoons of the vegetable/olive oil to a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- When the oil is hot, add 1 chopped onion, and sauté for 3 to 4 minutes or until soft.
- Add the 1 green and red diced pepp and cook for 3 minutes or until the liquid has cooked out.
- Add the spices, 2 diced/minced garlic cloves and 1 tablespoon of tomato paste, and cook for 1-2 minutes as the garlic begins to brown.
- Turn down the heat, add remaining oil and cooked rice. Cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently to blend the rice and seasoning.
- Remove from heat and top with fresh chopped coriander.
- Chicken Marinade: Wash chicken fillets with warm water and pat dry.
- Place fillets in large bowl and drizzle with olive oil. Then add minced garlic.
- In a bowl, mix the cumin, smoked paprika, salt, pepper, oregano, paprika and cayenne. Spread mix all over the chicken to make sure it is evenly marinated.
- Cover chicken fillets with cling film and allow them to marinade for 20 minutes, or up to 24 hours if you like.
- Preheat stove/grill over medium-high heat, and oil the skillet/grill with vegetable oil or spray generously coating the pan and place chicken onto the heat.
- Cook for 4-5 minutes on each side, flipping once. The thickest part of the chicken breast should register at about 170 degrees.
- Transfer to plate and allow to rest for a few minutes before chopping into thinly sliced pieces.
- Guacamole: Finely dice the 2 onions and 2 tomatoes, and roughly chop the coriander.
- Mash the avocado with a fork in a medium sized bowl. You can make it as chunky or smooth as you like.
- Add the onion, tomatoes and coriander. Squeeze lime juice over the ingredients and sprinkle with salt to taste.
- Pico de gallo: Finely dice 2 tomatoes and 1 onion, and the jalapenos (deseed and remove membrane) and coriander.
- Add the diced ingredients to a medium size bowl. Squeeze over lime juice and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
- Fajita vegetables: Julienne the remaining onion, yellow and green bell pepper.
- Coat pan with vegetable oil and saute on medium high till vegetables are tender. Set aside till ready to prep the bowl.
- Putting it all together: In a shallow round bowl, plate your Mexican fried rice as the base. Top/layer with sliced chicken, pico de gallo, guacamole and grilled fajita vegetables. Garnish with a lime wedge and chopped coriander, then served with a side of tortilla chips.
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