Jamaican Style Chicken with Tropical Fruit Salsa

This dish has both the sweet and the spicy! The marinade with the jalapeno peppers provide the right about of spice while the tropical fruit salsa provides the balance with the sweet factor. This chicken is different from regular chicken dinners with it's bold flavors and provides freedom from the regular boring chicken dinners!
This recipe is from my favorite cookbook: Eat, Shrink & Be Merry by Janet and Greta Podleski.

Ingredients for the marinade 

1/3 cup of chopped green onion (with the white parts)
1/4 cup of freshly squeezed lime juice 
2 tbsp of olive oil 
2 tbsp of reduced-sodium soy sauce 
2 tbsp of liquid honey 
1 tbsp of grated gingerroot 
2 tsp of minced garlic 
2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced
2 tsp of ground allspice 
1 tsp each of thyme, salt and freshly ground pepper 
1/2 tsp each of ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg

5 - 6 chicken breasts 

Whisk together all marinade ingredients in a medium bowl. Place chicken in a large, heavy duty, resealable plastic ziplock bag. Add marinade and seal bag. Turn bag several times to coat chicken with marinade. Marinade overnight in the refrigerator. Once marinaded, BBQ chicken until cooked.

Ingredients for the Tropical Fruit Salsa

1 cup of diced fresh pineapple
1 cup of diced fresh mango 
1/4 cup each of diced red onions, red bell pepper and green pepper 
1 tbsp of minced fresh cilantro
1 tbsp of freshly squeezed lime juice 
1 tsp of granulated sugar 
1/4 tsp of salt 

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

 

Top chicken with tropical fruit salsa and serve. Delicious, flavorful, sweet & spicy chicken! YUM-O 

Jamaican Me Hungry!