Sweet & Spicy Confetti Chicken

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 cup frozen sweet corn
• 1 small banana, sliced longways and cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 small zucchini, sliced and halved
• 2 small chicken breasts, pre-boiled (or left over refrigerated chicken)
• 1/8 sweet red pepper, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 2 cups left-over basmati rice or 2 cups jasmati rice
• 1/2 tablespoon smart balance margarine (or butter)
• 3 -4 pinches cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/8 teaspoon adobo seasoning
• 3/4 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper (more or less to taste)
• 2 dashes sea salt
• table salt
• light sour cream, as a topping
• 2 -8 tablespoons water

Recipe

• 1 remove pre-boiled chicken breasts from fridge.
• 2 season with sea salt, 3 pinches of cumin and 4 grinds of fresh black pepper and slice thinly.
• 3 heat 1/2 tbs oil on med heat in a large frying pan and add garlic.
• 4 brown garlic slightly (do not caramelize).
• 5 add chicken and zucchini and almost all of the paprika and another 1/2 tbs oil; add adobo and sugar sprinkling on entire mixture and stirring in gently -- let it brown, flip and sprinkle the other side.
• 6 cook on med heat, flipping regularly until slightly browned, slide chicken and zucchini to one side and then add banana slices.
• 7 continue to cook on med heat turning bananas until browned; remove from heat and set aside.
• 8 add remaining oil to pan, heat and then stir in corn.
• 9 dash with remaining paprika.
• 10 turn up the heat slightly (in between high and med).
• 11 add margarine and a few cracks of fresh pepper.
• 12 brown corn stirring every so often (it will start to make a popping sound).
• 13 add sweet red pepper for color.
• 14 stir in rice and water and cook until hot, stirring constantly.
• 15 salt and pepper to taste.
• 16 remove from heat and set aside.
• 17 return chicken mixture to pan to heat.
• 18 divide rice mixture onto two plates and top with chicken mixture add a dallop of sour cream to each.
• 19 serve immediately with warm greens of your choice (i prefer kale with this dish).