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Cuban Chicken and Black Bean Quinoa Bowls

URL: https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/cuban-chicken-black-bean-quinoa-bowls-fried-bananas/

Ingredients

Chicken

  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced or grated
  • 1 unit red chile, seeded
  • a good pinch unit pepper
  • ¾ cup orange juice, divided
  • 4 unit limes, juiced + 1 lime zested
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • ¼ cup cilantro
  • 1 pound boneless chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 2 tablespoons butter

Black Beans + Quinoa

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 unit onion, chopped
  • 1 unit red pepper, chopped
  • cups dry quinoa
  • 2 cups cooked black beans, rinsed and drained if using canned
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced or grated
  • to taste unit salt and pepper

Bananas + Mangos

  • 2 units bananas, sliced + chili powder if desired
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 1 unit mango, diced
  • 1 red chile, seeded and chopped
  • ½ unit lime, juiced
  • ¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped

Instructions

  1. Blend the marinade ingredients in a blender until smooth.
  2. Marinate the chicken in half of the marinade for at least 20 minutes.
  3. Cook the quinoa by sautéing onion and red pepper, then adding quinoa and water or broth, simmer until cooked.
  4. Fry the banana slices in coconut oil, sprinkling with chili powder if desired.
  5. Cook the chicken in a hot skillet until browned and cooked through.
  6. Prepare the mango salsa by combining diced mango, red chile, lime juice, and cilantro.
  7. Assemble the bowls with quinoa, chicken, black beans, fried bananas, and mango salsa, drizzling with remaining marinade.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
4
Calories
862
Total fat
30g
Total carbohydrates
99g
Total protein
42g
Sodium
600mg
Cholesterol
80mg

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