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Thursday, August 11, 2016

mango cilantro chicken with truvia® natural sweetener

Ingredients

  • Servings: 6
  • 2 mangoes, peeled, pitted, and roughly chopped
  • 1 bunch fresh cilantro (chopped stems and all)
  • 3/4 cup truvia® natural sweetener spoonable*
  • 1 tablespoon your favorite hot sauce
  • 2 teaspoons red vinegar
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1/2 red onion, diced
  • 2 tablespoons ginger, minced
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
  • 1 fresh lime, juice and zest
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 ounces water
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
  • 2 pounds skinless chicken breasts
  • non-stick cooking spray

Recipe

  • put the mangoes, cilantro, truvia® natural sweetener, hot sauce, vinegar, coconut milk, onion, garlic, lime juice and oil in a food processor and puree until smooth, add water if too thick. adjust salt and pepper to taste. you should have about one quart of marinade-split in half.
  • add the chicken with half the mango mixture to a plastic bag, and rub to coat the chicken with the mango puree. refrigerate at least 6 to 8 hours to marinate.
  • put the other half of the mango mixture into a small saucepan with the water and simmer over low heat until thick, up to 20 minutes.
  • preheat a grill to medium high heat. spray with non-stick cooking spray so chicken won't stick to the grill. season chicken with salt and pepper and place on grill.
  • cook slowly to avoid burning. turn heat down to medium and cook for about 20 minutes basting the chicken with marinade.
  • discard marinade that was in contact with raw chicken. for the last 10 minutes of cooking only use the stovetop sauce as a marinade.
  • cook chicken until reaching an internal temperature of 165 degrees f.
  • slice the chicken and serve with steamed greens such as spinach. spoon some of the cooked sauce over the chicken if desired.

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