Three Alarm Blackened Chicken Recipes

BLACKENED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet. Heat a cast iron skillet over high heat for 5 minutes until it is smoking hot.
• Mix together the paprika, salt, cayenne, cumin, thyme, white pepper, and onion powder. Oil the chicken breasts with cooking spray on both sides, then coat the chicken breasts evenly with the spice mixture.
• Place the chicken in the hot pan, and cook for 1 minute. Turn, and cook 1 minute on other side. Place the breasts on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 5 minutes.

THREE ALARM BLACKENED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut chicken into bite sized pieces.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet.
• Combine cayenne pepper, cinnamon, Cajun seasoning, paprika an salt in a bowl.
• Rub spice mixture into chicken.
• Place chicken in skillet and cook until cooked thoroughly.
• Serve with Alfredo (recipe #4205) and your choice of noodles.
• Variation: If you are using this recipe for something besides pasta, pound chicken breasts to 3/4 inch and cook as directed.
• Variation: If you want to downgrade to One Alarm Blacken Chicken: use 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, cinnamon, and Cajun seasoning and 1/2 teaspoon paprika and salt.