La Porta Chicken

Since we just had this again this weekend and enjoyed it thoroughly, (its one of the very few meals we don't have to coax Braden to eat, spaghetti being the other), I thought I'd share this recipe with the world!

La Porta Chicken
(Named for a restaurant by the same name on the San Antonio Riverwalk)
Serves 4

Ingredients

3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
chili powder

Guacamole
4 avocados
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 lemon
4 Tablespoons picante sauce
1/2 Tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro

Fresh fruit

Directions

1. Sprinkle chili powder on the chicken breasts before cooking them on the grill. Allow to cool slightly, then slice into bite-size pieces. Set aside.

2. Make the guacamole by using a fork to mash together the avocados, garlic powder, juice of 1/2 lemon, picante sauce and cilantro. Add salt and pepper (or more of the other ingredients) to taste.

3. Combine chicken with guacamole in a serving bowl.***

4. Serve with bite-sized pieces of seasonal fresh fruit. We like pears, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, apples, white grapes and/or kiwi fruit. (Try to include the kiwi fruit - it just looks so cool.) 3 or 4 choices of fruit should be plenty.

Serve with tortilla chips and picante sauce (obviously!) and a bottle each of cerveza w/lime for the adults.

The only way to make this dish any better is to eat it outdoors on the patio.

***Since the boys don't like avocados (Braden calls it "crock-amole"), we let them have the grilled chicken without the guacamole. No extra work for Sheila or me and the boys get some protein with their fruit.