CONFETTI RICE AND CHICKEN

Good morning.  What a day yesterday, house cleaned for hours, getting ready for the Party on Saturday.  Shopping today for food and beverages, baking the cakes on Friday, making food on Saturday.  Hopefully our beautiful weather will still be around.  I love doing all this prep and cooking.  I'm in heaven. We are having a real feast.  Celebrating three Birthdays means making 3 separate requests for food.  Each Birthday person gets their choice.  So we are having a real variety on Saturday.  Today however, I have new recipe for you that I made for myself for dinner last night.  It was great.  Give it a try I think your whole family will love it.

CONFETTI RICE AND CHICKEN

4 Chicken cutlets
8 green beans julienned
1 carrot julienned
1/2 red pepper julienned
1/3 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup fresh pineapple cut into small chunks
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
3 cups cooked brown rice
3/4 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup honey

Blanch the beans, carrots, red pepper in boiling water for 2 minutes.  Remove and plunge into ice water. Remove and set aside.  Cook the rice.  When it is done melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet.  Add the rice and all the veggies and cranberries.  Saute just for a few minutes.  Add the Pineapple and the Pine Nuts and stir.  In a small saucepan combine the pineapple juice and the honey.  Bring to a boil.  Add to the rice mixture and set aside with a cover on the pan.

Brush the cutlets with olive oil on both sides.  Salt and pepper each one.  Grill on your stovetop grill.  They take about 6 or 7 minutes.  Let set for a few minutes, then cut on a diagonal.  On a large platter, put the rice mixture.  Place the chicken on top.  When serving put a slice of fresh pineapple on each plate.

I hope you try this dish, it was really great and a different way to serve Chicken.

Thanks for stopping in today
Ciao
Grayce