Blackened Chicken Breasts With Cajun Corn Relish Ww Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet. Heat a cast iron skillet over high heat for 5 minutes until it is smoking hot.
• Mix together the paprika, salt, cayenne, cumin, thyme, white pepper, and onion powder. Oil the chicken breasts with cooking spray on both sides, then coat the chicken breasts evenly with the spice mixture.
• Place the chicken in the hot pan, and cook for 1 minute. Turn, and cook 1 minute on other side. Place the breasts on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 5 minutes.

Steps:

• In small nonstick skillet, toast cumin over medium heat, stirring constantly, 2 minutes, until fragrant; transfer to large shallow bowl.
• Add corn, tomatoes, jicama, scallions, juice and salt to toasted cumin; toss to combine. Set aside.
• Sprinkle chicken on all sides with Cajun seasoning. Spray large iron skillet with nonstick cooking spray; heat. Add chicken; cook over medium-high heat, turning once, 8 minutes, until browned on all sides and juices run clear when chicken is pierced with fork.
• Arrange cooked chicken breasts on top of corn mixture.
• SERVING (1 CHICKEN BREAST, 3/4 CUP CORN MIXTURE) PROVIDES: 1 Vegetable, 3 Proteins, 1 Bread.
• PER SERVING: 232 Calories, 4 g Total Fat, 1 g Saturated Fat, 72 mg Cholesterol, 427 mg Sodium, 20 g Total Carbohydrate, 3 g Dietary Fiber, 30 g Protein, 33 mg Calcium; 4 points.

Steps:

• Freeze chicken and sandwich rolls until ready to serve.
• Mix spices and store in a covered container; label it "Blackened Chicken Spices".
• To prepare, thaw rolls and chicken.
• Coat each piece of chicken with spice mix (adjust to taste of each person, as the mixture is spicy!).
• Using a pastry brush, baste each piece of chicken with the melted butter. Grill chicken, basting with butter after turning once.
• Grill about 10 minutes or until no longer pink in the middle, or cook in a large nonstick skillet in hot oil over medium heat for about 10 minutes.
• Serve on sandwich rolls spread with butter or mayonnaise.
• Suggested sides: chips, watermelon salad.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the paprika, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, garlic powder, thyme, lemon-pepper, cayenne and 1/2 to 1 teaspoon pepper; sprinkle over both sides of chicken. Set aside. , In another bowl, combine the mayonnaise, water, vinegar and remaining sugar, salt and pepper; cover and refrigerate 1 cup for serving. Save remaining sauce for basting., Grill chicken, covered, over indirect medium heat for 4-6 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 170°, basting frequently with remaining sauce. Serve with reserved sauce.

Steps:

• Mix the seven spices (will fill a 3-inch salt shaker). Save for future use.
• Sprinkle over chicken to cover both sides.
• Heat oil in cast iron skillet for 15 minutes. I do this on low heat and turn up last few minutes.
• Place chicken in hot pan and cook till dark in color, about 4 minutes per side, till juices are clear.

Steps:

• Combine all the dry seasonings in a small bowl. Mix them together and then season both sides of each chicken breast.
• Add the teaspoon of olive oil to a large pan or skillet. Heat the olive oil for a minute over medium/high heat. Add the chicken breasts to the pan. Cook for seven minutes on each side with the lid on.
• Add the chicken stock and quinoa to a medium sauce pan. Bring to a simmer over medium/low heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for ten to fifteen minutes with the lid on, until all the stock has been absorbed.
• After the chicken breasts have cooked all the way through, remove them from the pan and let them rest for seven minutes before slicing them.
• Add the warm quinoa to a large bowl. Toss in the lime zest, lime juice, salt and pepper, and chopped cilantro. Mix to combine.
• Place the flesh from an avocado along with two tablespoons of Greek yogurt in a food processor and puree until smooth.
• Serve the chicken on top of the quinoa and glob some avocado heaven on top!