Cuban Chicken

[arcoiris]

In a large skillet, brown chicken in oil. Add onion, garlic, and bell peppers and cook tender. Add coconut milk over the top. Add salt and red pepper flakes to taste. Cook down for 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a large baking dish. Bake at 425 till veggies are done. (about 30 minutes or so)

[Laura]

"You can slice the peppers and onion ahead of time. Or you can do like I do and drink a few rum and cokes whilst dancing badly about the center island of the kitchen. Whichever is easier."

:party2:LMAO!!!

[arcoiris]

Dancing badly is the trick. If you don't dance badly, you'll never get it right.

[J3NNI]

what veggies do you add?

[jsierra1982]

this looks really good! i'm going to do this tonight, just got to get coconut milk.

[arcoiris]

Veggies are the onion, bell pepper, and garlic. You've already cooked them tender in the skillet, but they still need a bit of baking to let the flavors meld.
Oh, I like to serve mine over saffron rice. makes it awesome.

[Cfloresgirl]

..sounds yummy I have always wanted a recipe to use coconut milk..I'm sure my hubby will appreciate the dancing part... your too cute:bounce:

[christytorres]

hey sounds like a nice dinner for tonight..something crazy..and yet creative..right..what do you have to lose right..thanks...

[jsierra1982]

ok, now i'm going to need a recipe for saffron rice. i'm going to google it, but if someone has one they really like, post it!

[arcoiris]

Saffron rice is sold in a little package. It's that yellow rice. Mahatma and Viggo are the brands I use.

[jsierra1982]

wow arco, this is fabulous! i just burned my mouth because i couldn't wait for it to cool down. i loaded it up on the pepper flakes and the sweet/salty/spicy combination is fantastic!

lolollll i made it before i saw your saffron rice post...so i made saffron rice from scratch. it was really, really easy. just make rice with some diced onion and garlic, and i used the remaining bell peppers for color, and put in a pinch of turmeric and a pinch of ground saffron stems for each cup of uncooked rice. i used chicken broth instead of water, too.

[arcoiris]

HAHAHAH! What a good improv! Be sure and post that as a new recipie! I really like this dish. It's great on a summer day.

[J3NNI]

we liked it, i used less garlic though because my Carlos hates it. i think i will add more coconut milk next time so we have sauce for our rice.

[jsierra1982]

that's odd, i had tons of sauce with this amount of coconut milk.