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Times are hard, but your taste buds shouldn't have to suffer even though your bank balance might be. When it comes to food, cutting costs doesn't have to mean cutting corners. A little ingenuity goes a long way and we've come up with some resourceful recipes that will leave your finances intact.
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One-Dish Chicken and Rice (total time: 1 hr 20 min)
We’ve used our imagination to turn a (budget-friendly) family favorite, chicken and reice, into a sizzling stew. Start by using chicken tights, or turkey, and a basic tomato sauce, and let the herbs and spices to the rest. All this tasty dish needs is some chile peppers, oregano, and a dash of paprika and you are halfway to a delicious, spiced-up supper.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
4 Anaheim or poblano chile peppers, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 tablespoon dried oregano, crushed
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
1 teaspoon salt
1 can tomato sauce
1 tomato, chopped
1 can pimientos, rinsed
8 pimiento-stuffed green olives, sliced
2 tablespoons capers, rinsed
8 cups water
2 ½ cups brown rice
2/3 cups packed chopped fresh cilantro
2 ¼ pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces Directions
1. Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chicken, chiles, onion, oregano, paprika and salt and cook, stirring, until the onions have softened, 3 to 5 minutes.
2. Add tomato sauce, tomato, pimientos, olives, capers and water and bring to a boil. Stir in rice; return to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook, uncovered, until the sauce is thick, the rice is tender and the chicken is cooked through, 35 to 45 minutes. Stir in cilantro and serve.
3. Note: Anaheim chiles (a.k.a. New Mexico chiles) are 7 to 10 inches long, ripen from green to red and are mildly spicy. Poblano peppers (sometimes called pasilla peppers) are dark green in color, about 6 inches long and can be fiery or relatively mild; there's no way to tell until you taste them. The two can be used interchangeably and are found at most large supermarkets.
Serves 8
Nutritional Information(per serving)
Calories 451
Total Fat 14g
Saturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 85mg
Sodium 535mg
Total Carbohydrates 51g
Protein 30g
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