After recently overwhelming my friend with a few cooking selfies, (which are extremely dangerous by the way), I have been encouraged to share my recipe with you all. It began with my obsession with bell peppers. They are so colorful, delicious, and healthy for you! You can pretty much incorporate them into any dish, but my favorite thing to do is to stuff those bad boys! I mean the possibilities are endless....ground turkey, shredded chicken, quinoa. Oh, and please NEVER ask me to pronounce QUINOA. I have a very difficult time with that one. I will get it wrong. You will laugh. And I will be upset and walk away. Anywhozies, back to recipe...
I came across a "Cilantro Lime Shredded Chicken Bell Pepper" recipe and I knew this was the direction I wanted to go in. So, I headed to my favorite store, Trader Joe's, aka TJ's. I picked up two chicken breasts, cilantro, lime, tomatoes, onion, avocado, green and red BP's, can of green chilies, chicken stock, TJ's taco seasoning, and wine of course.
You start off by boiling the chicken breasts so you can shred it later. While that is happening, you start chopping you life away and drinking. Make sure you half the BP's, not chop. After the chicken is boiled and shredded, throw a little EVOO into a pan with the onion. Then add the chicken, taco seasoning, and a little chicken stock. Next up, throw in the tomatoes, green chilies, cilantro, and squeeze lime all over that mug. Let the seasoning and lime juice soak into that yumminess. Taste as you go to determine how much more seasoning or chicken stock to add. I like my chicken juicy, so you already know I was drowning that beast. While that deliciousness is simmering, place your BP's into a deep pot, like one you would use for soup. Pour enough chicken stock in there to cover the bottoms of the BP's. Imagine them to be swimming in the kiddie pool. Don't drown them, they can't swim! Once your chicken is ready, go ahead and spoon it into the BP's. Cover and let simmer until the BP's have softened. Place on a plate and be sure to add a little avocado on top, along with cheese, and Tapatio, if you're a real Mexican! Then serve on a bed of blue corn tortilla chips, also from TJ's! Not only is she healthy and delicious, she is beaaaautiful! Just the way I like my food to be ;)
Happy Cooking and Eating! xoB
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| So colorful! |
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| Can you smell all that GOOD GOOD?! This is where I nearly burned my face off :( |
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| Isn't she a BEAUTY?! Tears... |
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| BEYOND delicious! Oh, and be sure not to send these kinds of selfies to the wrong person! You may end up having to cook for them one day... |
