Southwestern Roast Chicken Recipes

SOUTHWEST CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat. Brown chicken breasts on both sides. Add tomatoes with green chile peppers, beans and corn. Reduce heat and let simmer for 25 to 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear. Add a dash of cumin and serve.

GLUTEN-FREE SOUTHWEST ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Fold wings of chicken across back with tips touching. Tie or skewer drumsticks to tail. Place chicken, breast side up, on rack in shallow roasting pan. Insert meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of inside thigh muscle and does not touch bone.
• Roast uncovered 30 minutes. Mix remaining ingredients; brush generously over chicken. Roast uncovered about 1 hour longer, brushing 1 or 2 times with butter mixture, until thermometer reads 180°F and juice of chicken is no longer pink when center of thigh is cut. Let stand about 15 minutes for easier carving.

SOUTHWESTERN CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the garlic powder, chili powder, salt and paprika. Rub over both sides of chicken. In a large skillet coated with cooking spray, brown chicken on both sides; drizzle with lime juice. Cover and cook for 5-7 minutes or until chicken juices run clear.

SOUTHWEST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Or prepare grill for direct-and indirect-heat cooking.
• Combine first 8 ingredients;reserve. Line roasting pan with foil. Rub sugar mixture over all sides of chicken;place in pan. Coat chicken with cooking spray.
• Roast chicken in oven until no longer pink near bone, about 45-60 minutes.Or place chicken meaty side down over direct heat;cook until just browned, 4-5 minutes. Turn;place over indirect heat. Cover;cook until chicken is no longer pink near bone, 40-50 minutes. Transfer to serving platter;sprinkle with parsley. If desired, serve with lime wedges.

SOUTHWESTERN ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine the first four ingredients in a blender, or use a handheld immersion blender. Process until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides.
• Remove the giblets, and rinse the chicken with cold water; pat dry. Place the sage leaf and 1 garlic clove in the cavity of the chicken. Tie the legs together with string. Lift the wingtips up and over back, and tuck under the bird to keep them from burning. Place the chicken on a lightly greased rack in a shallow roasting pan, breast side up. Insert a meat thermometer into the meaty portion of a thigh, making sure it doesn't touch bone.
• Brush the chicken with the oil mixture.Rub some of the oil mixture under the skin of the chicken so the flavor penetrates the meat. Bake uncovered, at 500 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees, and bake an additional 50 minutes or until the thermometer registers 180 degrees. Remove the sage and garlic from the chicken cavities; set aside. Remove the chickens to a serving platter and set aside. Keep them warm. Skim the fat from the drippings; reserve the pan drippings.
• Combine the dried sage flakes, 1 garlic clove, vinegar, and next 4 ingredients and blend with a handheld immersion blender (or use regular blender); process until smooth. Add the reserved pan drippings; process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down the sides. Serve the chicken with the sauce.

SOUTHWESTERN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Coat a large nonstick frypan with cooking spray, and place over high heat until hot.
• Add chicken, stir fry 3 minutes.
• Stir in chili powder and cumin.
• Remove chicken from frypan, set aside.
• Add oil to frypan, and heat over medium high heat.
• Add green pepper strips and onion, stir fry 3 minutes.
• Return chicken to frypan and stir in corn and salsa.
• Stir fry 2 minutes more or until thoroughly heated (Alternately, thinly sliced into strips, turkey, beef or pork may be used).