BBQ Spiced Chicken, Salsa Salad and Pumpkin-Chipotle Polenta

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Total Time:
30 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
15 min
Yield:
4 servings
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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon grill seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder
  • 1/2 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1 tablespoon coriander
  • 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • 4 plum tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  • 1 red onion, chopped
  • 1/4 fresh pineapple, cut into spears and grilled
  • 2 limes
  • A handful fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 1 cup milk or half-and-half
  • 1 chipotle in adobo, finely chopped and 2 teaspoons adobo sauce
  • 3/4 cup quick cooking polenta
  • 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin puree
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons honey

Directions

Heat grill pan over medium-high heat.

Mix spices and sugar in a large plastic food storage bag. Coat chicken with 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil and add to bag. Coat the chicken evenly in the spices and sugar. Let the chicken hang out a few minutes.

Chop and combine the tomatoes, bell pepper, onions and grilled pineapple spears.

Place chicken on grill and cook 6 to 7 minutes on each side.

Dress the salad with lime and a couple tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil. Season the salad with cilantro, salt and pepper.

Heat the stock and milk or half-and-half in a sauce pot with chipotle and adobo sauce. Whisk in the polenta and thicken 2-3 minutes, stir in pumpkin to warm through. Stir in butter and honey and season with salt and pepper.

Serve polenta with chicken and salsa salad.

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  • on March 04, 2013

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    Made this for dinner tonight & flavors were terrific, interesting play of textures, very easy to make. Gave it a 4 rating only because the general consensus of all was that there was too much chipotle called for and the heat detracted from the overall tastiness. Will definitely be a repeat, just with half the chipotle.

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  • on April 14, 2012

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    Chicken has a great spicy flavor to it! Made salsa salad but did not use pineapple or red onion since I do not care for those flavors...may add pineapple next time to tone down the spicy/smoky favor with chicken and polenta. Polenta has unusual combination of ingredients but definitely worth making to go along side with chicken and salsa on top

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  • on July 29, 2011

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    We have only tried the chicken and the salsa salad, but we love both! For the chicken, I used chipotle chili powder for some extra flavor, but I used less because it is so much hotter than regular chili powder. The salsa salad is truly amazing, with the great punch of the grilled pineapple. Plus, it gets better the longer it sits!

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