
I started off by creating a quick rub for the chicken with what appears to be everything from my spice cabinet-always nice to have a range of flavors right? I combined brown sugar, cayenne pepper, Italian seasoning blend, smoked paprika, salt and a few other "secret" ingredients, and then poured the mix over five thin boneless, skinless chicken breasts waiting in a Ziploc bag. While they marinated a bit in their rub, I added chopped celery, onion, and garlic to a large sauce pan with just a tablespoon


In the meantime, I got to work on the rest of the dip. As you might have guessed from earlier posts, I love making dips. They are so amenable to getting creative with, so you can combine all sorts of different ingredients and come up with wonderful end products. Sunday, I decided to create a base of white beans blended with sour cream, hoping that the sour cream would make the beans creamy and refreshing, without making the dip overly heavy and caloric. In my Cuisinart I combined

I then removed the dip from the appliance bowl and placed about 75% of it in a mixing bowl, and the remainder I reserved in a small container just in case. To the mixing bowl, I then added 1/2 can of black beans, a red bell pepper chopped, 1/2 a jalapeno, lime zest, a few

When I finished pulling the chicken, I just added it to the mixing bowl of dip ingredients and stirred away. It was then that I realized that it wasn't really a "dip" but much more a tasty chicken salad that I would happy to eat either as a sandwich, or in a lettuce wrap (yum)! However, lettuce had not been purchased that day, and sandwiches wouldn't do as my contribution, so I brought my pulled chicken concoction to The Small Boston Kitchen's gathering as a dip.
It was a bit unwieldy on a chip, and made for an awkward bite, but it was delicious! I would have liked a bit more heat from the jalapeno, especially since the sour cream flavor offered cooling properties, but the other flavors just combined so nicely that it was hard to complain about lack of spice. Each bite presented something a little different, whether it was a bit of lime, perhaps the salty tang of olives, some sweet heat from the chicken or just the earthy goodness of the beans.
This chicken salad dip was so easy to make, delicious to eat, and provided such great nutritional value, I know I'll be making it many more times. I am thrilled that I have leftovers for lunch!!
1 comment:
Ummmm, yum. That is all I have to say about this one....YUM
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