Cumin Chicken with Black Bean Stuffing
This Cumin Chicken with Black Bean Stuffing, created by Jeffrey Saad, is a delicious main dish option for Thanksgiving dinner!
If you want to change up your menu a bit for Thanksgiving this year, you’re going to love this post today!
Recently I was in Montana with these friends, who I consider very “warm” friends. I never dreamed I’d have friends all over the country when I started blogging 5 years ago, the connections being far more than acquaintances.
This group in particular is like family.
(Cheryl, Katie, Aggie, and me) :)
What are warm friends? When there are feelings of acceptance, love, lots of hugs, smiles, laughter, compliments, invitations, conversation, and encouragement.
Cumin Chicken with Black Bean Stuffing
Today I want to share with you Jeffrey Saad’s Cumin Chicken with Bush’s Black Bean Stuffing recipe. It’s fantastic and a great main dish to serve for Thanksgiving this year.
How comfortable are you cutting up a whole chicken? At our recent retreat, we got a great lesson from Jeffrey on how to cut a chicken.
W also did some grilling. We had 2 variations of the recipe, both turning out fantastic.
The taste and flavor from tossing the tortillas on the grill, and mixing in with the peppers to make a “stuffing” was brilliant!
A delicious, tasty black bean recipe that just may replace your Thanksgiving stuffing!
ENJOY!
Get the Recipe:
Cumin Chicken with Black Bean Stuffing
Ingredients
- 5 pounds whole chicken
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1 tablespoon cumin seed
- 3 tablespoons agave syrup or honey
- STUFFING : 1 each green pasilla chile*
- 1 each jalapeño pepper*
- 4 each corn tortillas, 6 inch
- 1 can, 15 ounces BUSH’S® Black Beans or BUSH’S® Reduced Sodium Black Beans, drained and rinsed
- ¼ cup chicken stock
- ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 6 wedges lime
Instructions
- Cleanout inside of chicken, rinse chicken inside and out with cold water. Pat dry with paper towel and cut chicken into pieces.
- Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper and lightly cover with oil. Mix cumin seeds with agave syrup and set aside.
- Set one side of clean, well-oiled grill to medium high heat and the other side to medium low heat. When grill is hot, using tongs, place chicken skin side down on hot side of grill until there are nice grill marks (about 5 minutes). Then flip chicken over (skin side up), place on cooler side of grill, close grill lid and let chicken cook (3-5 minutes for breast meat; 12 minutes for bone in leg/thigh meat).
- In the last two minutes of cooking, brush cumin seeds and agave syrup on both sides of chicken and cook each side for one minute. Chicken is done when internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F.
- Remove chicken from grill and let rest at least 10 minutes before serving.
- For Stuffing: Using metal tongs blacken chile and jalapeño peppers on the grill for 3 minutes per side. Place chile and jalapeño in small bowl, cover with foil tightly. Let sit for 10 minutes. Once cool, wipe skin off (do not rinse under water). Discard stems. Discard seeds (unless you want it spicier). Chop chile and jalapeño into ½-inch pieces. Set aside.
- Using metal tongs, place tortillas on the grill for 30 seconds on each side or until slightly charred. Chop tortillas into ¾-inch strips.
- Pour black beans in medium-sized grill-safe pan. Add chile, jalapeño, tortillas, chicken stock, paprika and ¼ teaspoon salt. Place the pan directly on the grill and heat just until mixture comes to a boil. Remove pan from heat and set aside to cool briefly.
- Serve chicken with a side of black bean stuffing and garnish with cilantro and lime wedges.
- *Substitution: Use ½ cup canned roasted chiles in place of green pasilla chile and jalapeño pepper.
(Top photo of the Bush’s group courtesy of Crackle Photography.)
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I know how to cut up a chicken; my grandmother taught me when I was about 10 years old. But I don’t do it because the whole bone-breaking sound gives me some serious heebee-jeebees!
And my favorite “bean recipe”? Tortilla soup, baby!
I never cut a whole chicken up. I love bean soup.
Yes, I can cut up a whole chicken.
My favorite black bean recipe is black bean salsa! mmmmm
I have never cut up a chicken. and never really cooked with beans all that much….hope that doesn’t disqualify me from the contest :P
I’ve cut up a whole chicken once. And there were tears. I now ask the butcher. And I’m okay with it.
Mostly.
I don’t know how to cut up a chicken because I have been a vegetarian for most of my life! But I love the sound of this Black Bean stuffing (and stuffing doesn’t necessarily need to be “stuffed” to be yummy!). The only Bush’s beans I’m familiar with are the baked beans — which I love!
ive never cut up a whole chicken. tacos with chicken and beans and all kinds of onions and toppings are yum
I can cut up a chicken… didn’t we all learn when we started buying those whole cooked chickens from the grocery store?!!! I make a recipe called Pam’s cans….it’s a mexican layered dish…easy and tastes great!
I’ve never cut up a chicken and I’m not all that sure that I would want to. My husband and I do not like dark meat. Using a whole chicken seems like a waste to us.
I can’t cut up a chicken. We always end up with the weirdest pieces when I try, that and a “butterflied” finger or two on the cook.
I’m hopeless!
“Know” how is definitely a stretch…I’ve done it, but not well. And I don’t have a fave chicken/bean recipe, but this one you’ve shared looks like it’s in contention to be the one!
Hi! I’ve not yet tried to cut up a chicken; it’s a little intimidating! One of my favorite chicken and beans recipe is White Chicken Chili. Yum!
I do not know how to cut up a whole chicken but I wish I did. My favorite recipe with chicken and beans are fajitas. Yummy.
Sad to say I don’t know. I should learn b/c it’s a lot cheaper than buying one cut up most of the time. I think I need better knives!
My favorite bean recipe is either red beans and rice in the crockpot or homemade refried beans, either from canned or dry.
Oh…I have cut up chickens but I am really not that good at it. I need a true lesson. My favorite recipe with chicken and beans is White Chicken Chili…..good on these fall evenings!
I have cut up a whole chicken before. I am not very good at it but I have done it. As for making beans and chicken I have not done anything other than just the plain beans with a grilled chicken on the side.
I have never cut up a raw chicken before, but I’ve been thinking about trying it lately. I’m worried it would gross me out too much! =)
I’m not sure I cut up a chicken correctly… but I sure love this giveaway!!
What a great post… great recipe… and GREAT giveaway!
Thanks Sandy!
I have no idea how to cut up a chicken–and I’m not sure I want to learn! I HATE touching raw meat!
I can cut up a chicken, sort of! The hardest part for me is getting the leg away from the thigh without shredding the meat! Ha! My favorite recipe with chicken and beans is chicken tostadas. I used diced or shredded cooked chicken, black beans mashed up so they’re like refried, and lettuce, tomatoes, onions, jar taco sauce, all over heated tostada shells. My family loves these and they are quick and easy.
I do know how to cut up a chicken, but I confess, I don’t do it very much!
I love to add black beans, rice and chicken broth with my cooked chicken! Thanks for the chance!
This looks like a blast with some of my favorite people! Great giveaway
I have cut up a chicken before, but not well. : )
My favorite way to cook chicken and beans together is to put chicken breasts in the crockpot and cover them with salsa and black beans. Then I shred them either over a big salad or in tortillas.
Yes, I learned how to cut up a chicken in a home ec course in college. I stood in front of the class with a chicken and a knife and the professor explained how it was done as I cut it up. Never have forgotten that lesson!
My favorite chicken and bean recipe would have to be White Lightning Texas Chili. Yummo!
yes, i know how to cut up a chicken. i have never made beans with chicken, but look forward to trying same.