Skillet Chicken with Seared Avocado

Skillet Chicken with Seared Avocado

Written on 02/04/2020
Jamie Gilliam

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ancho chile powder
  • 2 small ripe avocados, halved and pitted
  • 1/4 teaspoon coconut sugar
  • 2 medium red onions, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch-thick rings
  • 4 green onions, trimmed
  • 1 poblano pepper, sliced
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon Bragg liquid aminos
  • 8 cilantro sprigs
  • 4 lime wedges
  • 1 teaspoon aleppo or other coarse red pepper (optional)

How to Make It

Step 1

Preheat oven to 450°.

Step 2

Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat. Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt, black pepper, and chili powder. Add chicken to pan; cook 4 minutes. Turn chicken over; cook 1 minute. Remove chicken from pan (chicken will not be fully cooked).

Step 3

Wipe pan clean with paper towels. Sprinkle avocados with coconut sugar. Add avocados, cut side down, to pan; cook 2 minutes or until charred. Remove avocados from pan. Add red onions; cook 3 minutes or until charred. Turn red onions; add green onions and poblano. Cook 3 minutes. Separate red onions into rings; toss with green onions and poblano. Stir in lime juice and liquid aminos. Nestle chicken and avocados into onion mixture. Place pan in oven; bake at 450° for 7 minutes or until chicken is done.

Step 4

Remove pan from oven. Garnish with cilantro and lime wedges. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and aleppo pepper, if desired.

  • Calories 429
  • Fat 22.7g
  • Protein 42g
  • Carbohydrate 17g
  • Fiber 8g
  • Sugars 3.9g