Easy Chicken with Black Beans

Ingredients

• 2 Boneless
• Skinless Chicken Breasts
• 3 teaspoons Olive Oil
• 1/2 teaspoons Ground Black Pepper
• 1/2 teaspoons Garlic Powder
• 1/4 teaspoons Red Pepper Flakes
• 1/4 teaspoons Ground Cumin
• 1/4 teaspoons Salt
• 1 can (15 Oz. Size) Black Beans
• 1/4 cups Diced Jalapeno Pepper
• 3 dashes Onion Powder
• 2 dashes Cumin
• 1/2 cups Crumbled Cacique Panela Cheese
• 1 whole Lime
• 1/2 cups Chopped Tomatoes
• 1/4 cups Chopped Red Onion
• Optional Garnish: Parsley
• Chopped Green Onions Or Chopped Jalapenos

Instructions

1. For the chicken:
2. Cut the chicken into bite size pieces.
3. Heat a skillet on medium heat and add the olive oil.
4. Add the pieces of chicken to the skillet with the hot oil.
5. Next add the ground black pepper, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, cumin and salt.
6. Stir the spices in with the pieces of chicken.
7. Continue to stir chicken.
8. It should start to brown fairly quickly.
9. It may take about 8 to 10 minutes for the chicken to cook.
10. For the beans:
11. While the chicken is cooking, add the beans to a small pot.
12. Then, add the chopped jalapeno, a few dashes of onion powder and a couple dashes of cumin.
13. Stir the beans and cook them until they are hot (about 7 minutes).
14. Toppings and assembly of dish:
15. Add the beans into two serving dishes.
16. Then split half of the crumbled cheese between the two dishes (reserving the other half for later).
17. Next, add the chicken and squeeze the juice from the lime over the chicken (1/2 a lime per serving).
18. Top with the remaining crumbled cheese.
19. Then add the chopped tomatoes and chopped red onions.
20. Lastly, garnish with something green, such as a piece of parsley, chopped green onions or chopped jalapenos.