Southwest Chicken

Name: Southwest Chicken
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon salt; 2 teaspoons garlic powder; 2 teaspoons chili powder; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 2 teaspoons pepper; 1/2 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa; 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts

Submitted by bmcnichol

"Grilling season is fast approaching. This is one of my OAMC recipes that we love to cook on the grill. Adapted from Southern Living."

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Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 6

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Great grilled chicken rub! We especially liked the addition of the cocoa; it gave the seasoning a nice "mole"-type flavor. Used on boneless skinless breasts, on the grill, and really enjoyed - thanks for sharing the recipe! Made for Spring Pick-A-Chef 2012

loof751
This was a really good seasoning mix - i did use it on boneless, skinless chicken breasts which I pounded to about 3/8-inch thick. I then baked the chicken in the oven and we had the finished product on top of a "chicken taco salad". The spices were just right and gave the chicken a nice flavor. Made for "I RECOMMEND" tag game.

kitty.rock
I omitted the slat and cumin. This chicken has a very good taste. Thanks Bonnette :) Made for Gimme 5 tag game

Boomette
Yum, this was good and got two thumbs up from all of us. I made these into Southwest chicken burgers. Grilled for about 5 minutes each side and served on buns with lettuce, tomato, red onion and mango chutney. They were delicious. The amount of heat was spot on and the cocoa was something we've never tried before with a savoury dish...we liked it a lot. Thanks for the recipe - it will go into our favourites!

Fairy Nuff
This was a wonderful way to do chicken! It was also so easy to prepare. I discovered that I was out of garlic powder, so I just omitted the salt and used garlic salt in place of the garlic powder and salt. I was nervous about the cocoa, but I have heard that chocolate and spice work great together. It totally worked! Wonderful. It was nice and juicy. It was spicy, but not like really out of control spicy. You could taste the spices and the flavor of the heat...and not just feel the heat! lol. Great recipe I will make often. Thanks for posting.

Shelby Jo

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Tweaks

This was a wonderful way to do chicken! It was also so easy to prepare. I discovered that I was out of garlic powder, so I just omitted the salt and used garlic salt in place of the garlic powder and salt. I was nervous about the cocoa, but I have heard that chocolate and spice work great together. It totally worked! Wonderful. It was nice and juicy. It was spicy, but not like really out of control spicy. You could taste the spices and the flavor of the heat...and not just feel the heat! lol. Great recipe I will make often. Thanks for posting.

Shelby Jo

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