Mexican-Style Chicken Sandwiches - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lime peel
- 1 15- to 16-ounce can black beans, drained, 2 tablespoons liquid reserved
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 4 French rolls, split horizontally, lightly toasted
- 4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves
- 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 1/4-inch-thick slices hot pepper Monterey Jack cheese
- 2 medium tomatoes, sliced
- 1 large avocado, peeled, pitted, sliced
Instructions
- Whisk mayonnaise, lime juice and lime peel in small bowl to blend; season with salt and pepper. Stir beans and cumin in small skillet over medium heat until heated through, about 5 minutes. Add reserved bean liquid. Using fork, mash beans in skillet to coarse paste. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Arrange French roll bottoms on plates. Spread with bean mixture.
- Sprinkle chicken with 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper and salt. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to skillet and sauté until just cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Top chicken with cheese slices. Cover skillet, reduce heat to low and cook until cheese melts, about 1 minute.
- Place chicken on bean mixture. Top with tomato, then avocado. Spread lime mayonnaise generously on cut side of each roll top; press onto sandwiches.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Chicken Breast.
Skinless chicken breast, often heralded for its lean nutritional profile, is undeniably a powerhouse when it comes to protein content. With an impressive 21 grams of protein packed into every 100 grams of the breast, it emerges as a preferred choice for those conscious about their protein intake. Delving deeper into the nutritional matrix of chicken, one can't overlook the copious amounts of vitamin B6 it houses. This particular vitamin plays an indispensable role in our body, especially when di...
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