What are some good recipes fot chipotle chicken and southwest rice?

Answer 1

Chipotle Chicken

INGREDIENTS
1 (7 ounce) can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
2 tablespoons sour cream
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 cup sour cream
10 ounces baby spinach, rinsed
1/2 cup chicken broth
salt to taste

DIRECTIONS
Combine chopped chile peppers with 2 tablespoons sour cream. Mix together and spread mixture over chicken breasts. Sprinkle lightly with salt to taste, cover and marinate in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
Place marinated chicken in an ungreased 9x13 inch baking dish and broil for about 5 minutes (rack should be about 6 inches from the top.) Pour 1 cup sour cream around edges of chicken and turn over chicken breasts. Broil for an additional 5 minutes. Sour cream should be lightly brown on the edges. Move breasts into a separate dish and cover to keep warm. Set aside.
Pour leftover broiled sour cream into a medium saucepan over high heat. Add spinach, broth and salt to taste. Boil for about 1 minute until all melted and mixed together. Pour mixture over chicken breasts and serve.

Arizona Southwest Rice Pilaf

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 cup long-grain white rice, uncooked
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can beef broth
1 tomato, diced
1 large jalapeno chile, minced (or 1-4 oz. can)


Heat olive oil in a heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add onion, red pepper, carrot and celery.
Saute until vegetables begin to soften, about 7 minutes.
Add rice and stir to coat well.
Add broth and bring to a boil.
Cover skillet, reduce heat to low and simmer until rice is tender and broth is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
Mix in tomato and jalapeno; heat through.
Serve.

Answer 2

For the chicken, you could use chipotle paste or powder. It's really hot, so make sure you blend it with other stuff. For powder, add salt, pepper, cumin, oregano and garlic powder. You could add it to flour and then fry or bake the chicken. For the paste or the chipotle in adobo, you could just add it to a sauce you make for the chicken, say if you roast the chicken. For the rice, just fry the rice with some oil until it's not translucent anymore, then add one can or cup of prepared salsa, green or red, and chicken broth or water to make the right proportion of rice to water. Taste the liquid to make sure it has enough flavor (salt), bring to a boil and then cover and bake in the oven for 20 minutes. (For really yummy green rice, use green salsa, add cumin, a little lime juice and chopped cilantro.)