Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Chicken Fajita Win

A few days ago my sister Paige "pinned"  recipe for Seared Chicken with Avocado because she knew it right up my alley.  Monday night I decided to make a batch of White Bean Chicken Chili to eat one night this week and freeze for nights when my classes run late. There was some overlap in ingredients I don't always keep on hand (avocados, cilantro, jalapeno) so I decided to make the chicken dish for dinner as well.

Or at least, I started out with that recipe.  I ended up with chicken fajitas. And they were awesome.


Blackened Chicken Fajitas with Guacamole
Adapted from: Seared Chicken with Avocado; Blackened Seasoning; & Alton Brown's Guacamole Recipe

Guacamole Ingredients:
1 avocado
1/2 lime
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp caynne
1/4 cup onion, diced
1/2 jalapeno
3 campari tomatoes diced
Lots of chopped cilantro
2-3 cloves of garlic

Blackened Chicken and Pepper & Onion Ingredients
7.5 ounce chicken breast
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 onion sliced
1 red pepper sliced
2 La Tortilla Factory Low Carb Tortillas
1/4 cup fat free sour cream


Blackened Seasoning Ingredients: (not 100% accurate/I'm never going to be able to recreate this)
heaping 1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp ground cayenne papper
a decent amount of black pepper
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp oregano
1/4 tsp cumin

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375


Make the guacamole - scoop avocado into bowl, squeeze 1/2 lime on top, add remaining ingredients and stir to combine (without overly mashing avocado); set aside at room temperature for 1 hour

Gently squeeze 1/2 lime over chicken breast; top with blackening seasoning; bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes

Saute peppers & onions in olive oil

When chicken is done, let it rest for a few minutes; set aside peppers & onions and heat tortillas in the same skillet

Assemble fajitas, top with chopped cilantro and a squeeze of lime.

Take pictures, text them to people to brag and then write a blog post about it.

***
Training plan - run 18 minutes

My plan - warm up 2 minutes; run 18 minutes, cool down 5 minutes; try to maintain at least 9:30 for the 18 minutes

Actual - Ended up pushing hard than I thought I would/could! Ended up running intervals with no interval slower than about a 9:00 mile and I added in some incline this time around. I felt pretty good while doing it as well!


MPH                      Min/Mile         Incline                      # of Minutes      Cumulative Minutes
 5.0                         12:00               0%                         0:30                   0:30
 6.0                         10:00               0%                         1:30                   2:00
 6.6                          9:05                0%                         3:00                   5:00
 7.5                          8:00                0%                         3:00                   8:00
 6.7                          8:57                1.5%                      3:00                   11:00
 7.5                          8:00                0%                         3:00                   14:00
 6.7                          8:57                1.5%                      3:00                   17:00
 7.5                          8:00                0%                         3:00                   20:00
Cool down             various              0%                         5:00                   25:00


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