Phil's Mesquite Grilled Chicken & Black Bean Salsa
"The best chicken I've ever had." Todd Jorgenson 4th grade
- Start about a year ago by finding a Mesquite tree (it's the ugly one) cutting off some branches and stacking them in your back yard to "age." or
- Buy a bag of Mesquite wood chips or
- Get that Mesquite marinade and follow their directions
Chicken
- Chicken Breasts boned and skinned
- Claude's Barbecue Brisket marinade
- Marinade chicken most of the day
- Prepare grill or better, a smoker if you have one
- Grill/Smoke chicken
- Let rest 5 min
- Slice on diagonal and serve with salsa
Black Bean Salsa
- Can of Black beans - minus can & liquid
- Can of Corn - minus can & liquid
- Large Tomato - diced
- Green Pepper or Red Pepper - diced
- A little or some Onion - red or white- diced
- Your favorite hot pepper - diced
- Garlic - a little or a lot - minced
- Some fresh lime juice
- Some Olive Oil
- Salt & pepper to taste
- A loose handful of Cilantro - chopped - added just before serving
- Mix everything together
- Let it sit overnight
- Stir and serve with Chicken
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