Spicy Chicken With Corn Zucchini Recipes

Steps:

• Blend water, chiles and onions in blender until smooth; strain. Discard solids; set strained liquid aside.
• Heat dressing in 6-qt. Dutch oven or large deep skillet on medium heat. Add chicken; cook in batches 5 min. or until browned in all sides, turning occasionally. Add corn, zucchini and epazote leaves. Pour strained chile liquid over ingredients in Dutch oven. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low 20 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF) and vegetables are tender.
• Serve topped with sour cream.

Steps:

• For the sweet and spicy marinade: Put the olive oil, cilantro, honey, lime juice, thyme, garlic, jalapenos, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper in a food processor and pulse to puree. Transfer the mixture to a nonreactive container, add the chicken and toss to combine. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours before cooking
• For the squash and zucchini: Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the zucchini and a pinch of salt and cook until the zucchini is light brown and tender, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Repeat with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, yellow squash and a pinch of salt, then transfer the cooked squash to the plate. Add the scallions to the skillet and cook, stirring once or twice, until lightly charred. Add the tomato, jalapeno and the cooked zucchini and squash and stir to combine. Add the cilantro and season with salt. Set aside.
• Prepare a grill for medium-high heat and brush the grill grates with oil.
• Grill the chicken breasts until marked and cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes per side. Transfer to a cutting board and thinly slice.
• Serve with the warm tortillas and toppings.

Steps:

• Prepare grill.
• Seed and chop tomatoes and cut zucchini into 1/2-inch pieces. Finely chop coriander. In a heavy skillet cook onion in oil over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened. Add tomatoes, zucchini, garlic, corn, and salt and pepper to taste and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until zucchini is tender, 25 to 30 minutes.
• While corn mixture is simmering, prepare chicken. In a small saucepan melt jelly over moderate heat, stirring, and remove pan from heat. Stir in lemon juice and chili powder and divide jelly mixture between 2 small bowls (to prevent the potential contamination caused by uncooked meat juices). Pat chicken dry and brush with jelly mixture from 1 bowl. Season chicken with salt and grill on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals until just cooked through, about 4 minutes on each side. With a clean brush, coat chicken with jelly mixture from other bowl.
• Stir cream cheese into corn mixture until melted and stir in coriander and salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve corn mixture topped with chicken.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• In a jar, combine oil, thyme, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Shake well and set aside.
• In a large shallow roasting pan, combine squash and onions with half of the seasoned oil; toss well.
• In a bowl, coat corn and green onions with remaining oil mixture.
• On the rack in the broiler place chicken.
• Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Plan pan with vegetables on lower rack in oven and the broiler pan with chicken on the top rack.
• Roast for 25- 30 minutes, turning both occasionally.
• Add corn and green onions to vegetable pan.
• Continue roasting until chicken is cooked and vegetables are tender (10-15 minutes), turning occasionally.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then cook scallions, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add corn, zucchini, cumin, salt, and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until zucchini is tender, 4 to 6 minutes. Stir in cilantro and season with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Pat chicken dry with paper towels, and season all over with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Place zucchini on a rimmed sheet pan, and season with a little more salt and pepper.
• In a small bowl, combine garlic, mint or oregano, coriander (if using) and red-pepper flakes. Whisk in oil. Add chicken to the pan with the zucchini pieces and pour garlic mixture over all, tossing until well coated. Spread chicken and zucchini in a single layer, and roast until chicken is cooked through and zucchini is browned and caramelized, 30 to 40 minutes. You don't need to turn anything.
• Once the pan is out of the oven, squeeze a lemon wedge over everything. Garnish with basil and serve with more lemon wedges and red-pepper flakes on the side.

Steps:

• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Cook and stir onion in the melted butter until translucent, about 5 minutes. Cut kernels from the ears of corn. Add zucchini and corn; cook and stir until zucchini is tender, about 8 minutes. Season with sea salt and pepper.