Chicken with Black Bean Salsa

Serve this as is, or slice the chicken and pair it with warm flour tortillas, sour cream, and shredded cheese for chicken fajitas.

Yield: 1 serving (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and 3/4 cup salsa)

Ingredients

• Salsa:
• 1/2  cup  canned black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/4  cup  fresh corn kernels
• 1  tablespoon  chopped red onion
• 1  teaspoon  chopped seeded jalapeño pepper
• 1  teaspoon  fresh lime juice
• 1  teaspoon  extravirgin olive oil
• 1/8  teaspoon  salt
• 1/8  teaspoon  ground coriander
• 4  grape or cherry tomatoes, quartered
• 
  Chicken:
• 1  teaspoon  butter
• Cooking spray
• 1  (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast half
• Dash of salt
• Dash of freshly ground black pepper
• Lime slice (optional)

Preparation

To prepare salsa, combine first 9 ingredients, tossing well to combine.

To prepare chicken, heat butter in a small nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken with dash of salt and black pepper. Add chicken to pan; cook 6 minutes on each side or until done. Serve with salsa and lime slice, if desired.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

425 (26% from fat)

Fat:

12.2g (sat 3.7g,mono 5.1g,poly 2.3g)

Protein:

48.4g

Carbohydrate:

29.1g

Fiber:

9.2g

Cholesterol:

109mg

Iron:

4.6mg

Sodium:

867mg

Calcium:

69mg