Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Black Bean, chicken, avocado Salad

 I had found a recipe for this once before. Loved it. Lost the recipe, forgot about it. Until recently a friend mentioned it to me, and all those memories came flooding back. Yummy yummy memories.

 So the recipe I once had called for already cooked chicken, but I cook my own, its cheaper, and I know its real chicken, not stuck together hotdog type chicken.

 So this may not be the original recipe, but after having just ate it, its okay if its not... Because its darn good!

 Ingredients:

 Chicken breast
 cumin
 garlic
 chili powder
 Juice from 1/2 lime
 can of black beans rinsed and drained
 one tomato chopped
 1/2 a purple onion, minced
 cilantro, chopped (as much as you desire)
 salt, pepper, garlic powder to taste
 avocado, diced

 To start:

 Cook your chicken breast in a little oil, with some cumin, chili powder, garlic and if you want salt and pepper. Cook until the chicken is done. Set it aside to cool.

 Meanwhile mix your black beans, tomato, onion, cilantro salt pepper garlic and the juice of a lime and stir. taste to make sure its to your liking. If you like spice, you could add some jalapeno in there as well.

 Once your chicken has cooled off, cut it into diced up pieces, and add it to your black bean mixture. Chill in the fridge for at least an hour. The longer the better the flavors will be!

 When your ready to serve, add a diced up avocado and sir lightly. Serve. YUM!