Tequila Lime Chicken, Roasted Veggies & Basmati Rice

A little more experimenting in the kitchen.....took some other recipes and made some alterations.  First is the tequila lime chicken.  Got the basics from Barefoot Contessa at LINK. Here's basically what I used for the marinade.  (Disclaimer....I rarely measure anything when cooking so these are approximate.)

- 1/2 cup tequila
- juice from 3 limes
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 TBSP chili powder
- 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 3 tsp kosher salt
- 3-4 TBSP diced red onion
- 2 TBSP chopped cilantro

Got a 2 lb package of chicken strips and put them in the marinade.  I only let them marinade for about 2.5 hours.  Probably should have let them marinade much longer.  Just FYI

I broiled them at the same time as the roasted veggies.  This was sliced red, yellow and green peppers, roma tomatoes, and red onion.  Covered them in salt, pepper and olive oil.  Broiled together with the chicken for about 20 min on high broil.

I also made a chunky salsa to put on the chicken.  This recipe came from my cooking class.


2 medium ripe tomatoes, cored, seeded, diced
1/4 cup diced onion
1/4 cup diced yellow pepper
1/4 cup diced green pepper
1 TBSP chopped cilantro
1-2 TBSP fresh lime juice
1 TBSP extra virgin oliveoil
Kosher salt and black pepper to taste
(called for 1 med jalapeno, minced but I left this out)

Served with Basmati brown rice