So many of those Old World recipes that were passed from Great-Grandma to Grandma to Mom and so on down the line, originated from leftovers. Take rice pudding, for example. A perfectly delicious way to use up last night's leftover rice.
Can you guess which leftover last night's dinner is based on?
I'll give you a hint. It's not the chicken. I took that out of the freezer, per yesterday's "One chicken breast, 4 mouths to feed" post.
I'm calling this my "Salsa, Chicken and Black Bean One-Pot Medley."
The ingredients are:
1/2 chicken breast (see!? I didn't even use the whole thing)
1/2 can of black beans
jarred salsa
chopped onion
chopped green pepper
Brown chicken breast on all sides. Add a little water to the pan. Cover and cook on med-high until simmering. Then turn down to low and continue to cook until chicken is no longer pink in the middle. Remove from heat. Prep your onion and green pepper. Find jar of salsa in back of fridge. Add to chicken drippings in pot. Cook the onion and pepper in that. Then add chicken and stir. Add black beans at the very end. Combine with cooked pasta (see below) and serve hot.
ANNND the mystery leftover ingredient that made this all possible was...
Homemade mac 'n cheese!
Did you guess right? Yep, there's mac and cheese in there. That was the "pasta" that I added at the very end. I made a home cooked chicken helper style meal, without the helper!
What's your favorite way to use up and transform leftovers? Leave a comment, get a link.
xo,
Mom
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