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  • Sautéed Chicken Nuggets

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    Sautéed Chicken Nuggets
    Prep: 1 hours Cook: 30 min Servings: 4
    by Catherine Pappas
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    This is a pleasing and fun meal. With Love, Catherine xo

    Ingredients

    • 2-3 lbs. boneless chicken cubed
    • Marinade:
    • Juice of 2 lemons - plus the squeezed lemons
    • 5 garlic cloves – chopped
    • ½ tsp. salt
    • ¼ tsp. black pepper
    • Healthy handful of fresh parsley – chopped
    • Healthy handful of fresh dill – chopped
    • Olive oil – for drizzling
    • For the Rice:
    • 2 cups uncooked rice
    • Add to the rice water while cooking:
    • Dash of cinnamon
    • Dash of turmeric
    • Dash of dried curry
    • Sautéed Onions and Peppers :
    • 1 onion – sliced
    • 1 pepper bell pepper– sliced
    • Dashes of salt
    • Dashes of pepper
    • Refried Beans :
    • 29 oz. can of beans – drained
    • 1 jalapeño – sliced with seeds
    • 1 onion – sliced
    • 4 cloves of garlic – chopped
    • Dashes of salt
    • Dashes of ground cumin
    • Dashes of paprika
    • Water and lime juice
    • Olive oil

    Directions

    1. Sautéed Chicken Nuggets:
    2. Combine all of the ingredients for the marinade in a container. Add the cubed chicken and a drizzle of olive oil and toss.
    3. Refrigerate for at least one hour or longer.
    4. Heat a large frying with a drizzle of olive oil. Add a few pieces of chicken at a time. Do not overcrowd the pan and keep the heat fairly hot to give a nice golden color to the chicken.
    5. For the Rice:
    6. Cook rice in a rice cooker or as directed with seasonings added to the water.
    7. Sautéed Onions and Peppers:
    8. In the pan that the chicken was sautéed in place the sliced onions and peppers. Drizzle, a little olive oil over the veggies and toss. Sauté until the veggies are softened and slightly charred.
    9. Season the dish with salt and pepper to taste.
    10. Refried Beans:
    11. Heat a large frying pan with a drizzle of olive oil. Add the onion, garlic and jalapeño and sauté until the onion is soft.
    12. Add the beans and continue to sauté. With a potato masher, mash the beans.
    13. Season the beans to taste with the spices.
    14. To prevent the beans from becoming dry add small mixtures of water and lime or lemon juice to the beans to keep the beans creamy.

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