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Island Chicken with Tropical Salsa
Recipes
Island Chicken with Tropical Salsa
4 servings
30 minutes total
  • Prepare salsa and chill (15 minutes)
  • Prepare chicken and serve (15 minutes)

Island Chicken

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ lb boneless chicken cutlets
  • 2 teaspoons garlic salt
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • ¼ cup fresh prediced red onions
  • 4 thin slices Swiss cheese

Steps

    1. Preheat large sauté pan on medium-high 2–3 minutes. Sprinkle both sides of chicken with garlic salt (wash hands).
    2. Place butter in pan, then add chicken (wash hands); cook 4 minutes. Flip chicken over, add onions, and cook 4–5 more minutes and until chicken is 165°F.
    3. Top chicken with cheese slices. Cover and cook 1 more minute or until cheese melts. Serve with Tropical Salsa.

Tropical Salsa

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
  • 1 lime, for juice
  • ⅓ cup jalapeño pepper jelly
  • 1 papaya
  • 1 mango
  • 1 cup fresh pineapple chunks
  • 1 avocado

Steps

    1. Chop cilantro; place in large bowl. Squeeze lime for juice (1 ½ tablespoons) into bowl; stir in pepper jelly until well blended.
    2. Cut fruit into bite-size pieces, in order listed; add to bowl.
    Papaya: Cut in half lengthwise; remove seeds and peel. Cut up one fourth of papaya (2 cups). Reserve remainder for another use.
Mango: Cut mango away from pit. Remove peel; cut fruit (1 cup).
Pineapple: Cut, as needed.
Avocado: Cut into quarters; remove peel and cut fruit (1 ⅛ cups).
3. Gently stir to coat ingredients; chill until ready to serve. (Makes 8 servings.)

Serving Suggestions

  • Complete your meal with seasoned rice, multigrain bread, and Key lime pie for dessert.
  • Don’t want to cook chicken tonight? This flavorful salsa would make a perfect topping for sliced rotisserie chicken, crab cakes, grilled fish, or pork chops.

Island Chicken

Amount per ¼ recipe serving: Calories 310, Total Fat 15g, Sat Fat 8g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 125mg, Sodium 650mg, Total Carb 1g, Fiber 0g, Sugars 0g, Protein 40g, Calc 20%, Vitamin A 6%, Vitamin C 0%, Iron 6%

Tropical Salsa

Amount per ⅛ recipe serving: Calories 110, Total Fat 3.5g, Sat Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 0mg, Sodium 10mg, Total Carb 20g, Fiber 3g, Sugars 14g, Protein 1g, Calc 2%, Vitamin A 15%, Vitamin C 70%, Iron 2%