Monday, March 24, 2014

Avocado Tomato Chicken

We seem to eat a lot of chicken and because of that I am always looking for new and wonderful recipes so that our meals don't always taste the same.   Along with chicken recipes, I am also looking for wonderful flavours and spices to add to the recipes.

My hubby feels that a lot of the meals made here are very bland but then he is used to meals with lots of spices ~ ginger, garlic, anise.   That is probably true in a way as I grew up with only salt and pepper as my spices, although after I left home I did spread out to more spices.

I found this recipe from allrecipes.com by doing their ingredient search.  I had some avocados to use up and tomatoes.  I also read the comments that were added and this is what I came up with.  I think the spices complimented the chicken and vegetables.

Avocado Tomato Chicken 

 Adapted from California Chicken

Ingredients:
3-4 chicken breasts
1 tbsp plus 1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp cilantro (dried)
1 tsp rosemary (dried)
salt and pepper to taste
1 -2 avocados (pitted and sliced)
1-2 slices cooked bacon per chicken breast
3-4 tomato slices ~ 1 used one large slice per chicken
Monetary Jack Cheese ( I used shredded cheese and just added enough for taste) *

Directions
Pound chicken breast between wax paper until they are flat and approximately the same thickness.
Marinate chicken with 1 tbsp olive oil, cilantro and rosemary for 10 -15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In skillet, warm 1 tsp oil, add chicken and cook on medium high heat until brown and just about done. I used my Lodge Cast Iron Skillet for this.  
Remove from heat and add *shredded cheese or cheese slices (2-3 slices) to each chicken breast.
Add 1 -2 bacon slices to each chicken breast.
Add 1 tomato slice to each chicken breast.  Season with salt and pepper.
Place oven safe skillet into oven and bake for 10-15 minutes until cheese has melted and chicken completely cooked.
Remove from oven and serve immediately with avocado slices onto of chicken.

Cooks Notes:  I used not quite a half of the avocado per chicken breast, the rest of the avocado we ate on the side.  Pit and slice avocados just before eating.

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12 comments:

  1. This sure does look delicious! Stumbled it while I was here today :)

    Shauna @ The Best Blog Recipes

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  2. G'day! Love avocados Marlys! So healthy!
    Cheers! Joanne

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  3. Oh, I love avocados! This looks like such a healthy and delicious meal, Marlys. Thank you for sharing!

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  4. This looks wonderful! Thanks for bringing it by and linking up at the Weekend Social on www.KitchenDreaming.com! We hope to see you again next week.

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  5. What a fantastic recipe! We thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you so much for attending Weekend Social Blog Hop and Link Party #13 ! Don't forget the requirements of being featured .We hope to see you there Friday at 9 PM to kick off week 14! We can hardly wait to see what you surprise us with!!

    Heidy L. McCallum of The McCallum's Shamrock Patch

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  6. This does sound good! Where did your husband grow up to have had so much spice? I was like you...we used a lot of the basics, and it was only when I went to uni that I discovered a whole new world of flavor:) Quite literally.

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    1. Christine, my husband grew up in Africa and there foods are wonderful full of spices and flavor. I thought I used a lot of different spices until I married him and found that I didn't use hardly any.

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  7. My 4 year old daughter adores avocado, and my 2 year old son is a huge tomato eater. I'll have to try this out on them! Thanks for sharing at Saturday Dishes! Pinned.

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  8. This sounds like a wonderful chicken recipe. Love the added avocado. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday.

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