Clean Eating Sesame Mango Chicken with Whole Grain Rice

Since I have been trying out clean recipes and learning how to cook in a whole new way, I am venturing out and challenging myself. I am making things with ingredients that I normally wouldn't eat, like tomatoes, mangoes and limes. :) 

I found this recipe on http://recipes.sparkpeople.com.

There are 2 parts to this recipe: rice and sesame mango chicken.

I LOVED this but my family was less than impressed...maybe it's because I'm used to eating clean now and they only try out a few meals here and there. I'm sure that makes a difference!

Anyway, here is the recipe!

Ingredients:

Rice -

*2 1/2 cups Water

*2 Tsp Salsa

(I would recommend adding more than 2 Tsp of Salsa! I used a clean salsa I bought at Trader Joe's.)

*1 cup brown whole grain rice

Chicken -

*2 tbsp Sesame Seeds

*1 tsp Olive Oil (I used Extra Virgin)

*1 Lb Boneless, skinless Chicken Breasts

*4 Cloves of Garlic, minced

*1/4 tsp Ginger

*1/4 tsp fresh ground Black Pepper

*1 Mango

*3 Medium on-the-vine Tomatoes

*Juice from half a Lime

Directions:

1) Prepare rice according to package directions, adding salsa and water at the same time.

(Note: I made more than 1 cup of rice because I like leftovers but 4 Tsp of salsa wasn't enough...my rice was a little bland. It was easy to add more salsa to the leftovers before warming up, but if you're making more rice, add a lot more salsa now.)

2) Toast sesame seeds over low heat for 2-3 minutes until golden brown. Move to a plate and allow to cool.

3) Pour olive oil in pan, swirl and add chicken. Sprinkle with garlic, ginger, and black pepper.

Increase heat to medium and cook about 4 minutes on each side, stir occasionally.

4) Add diced mango to pan, spooning evenly over chicken. Saute mango for about 2 minutes stirring occasionally.

5) Add tomatoes and squeeze lime juice over top. Simmer for about 5 minutes, until tomato is hot and mango is juicy.

6) Stir in sesame seeds and serve over rice.

Nutritional Information:

Number of servings - 4

 Calories - 171.5

Fat - 4.5g

Carbohydrates - 27.6

Protein - 7.4

Enjoy! Let me know your thoughts on this if you try it out on your family!