Spicy Grilled Tropical Chicken Wraps

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 1/3 cup orange juice or 1/3 cup pineapple juice, from crushed pineapple
• 2 chicken bouillon cubes or 1 tablespoon chicken stock powder
• 1 teaspoon chicken stock powder
• 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
• 3/4 teaspoon ground oregano
• 3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 1/4 cup unsweetened crushed canned pineapple, reserving juice for chicken
• 1 -2 tablespoon chopped almonds (optional) or 1 -2 tablespoon macadamia nuts (optional)
• 1 1/3 cups water or 1 1/3 cups organic low sodium chicken broth
• 2/3 cup rice
• parsley, chopped fine
• 4 large flour tortillas, warmed

Recipe

• 1 combine first 6 ingredients in a large sealable plastic bag, (from lemon juice through & including the red pepper flakes).
• 2 mix thoroughly and add chicken.
• 3 seal bag and marinate in refrigerator 2 hours.
• 4 combine cream cheese and pineapple in a bowlwith the nuts, if using.
• 5 mix thoroughly and refrigerate until ready to use.
• 6 about 40 minutes before cooking chicken, bring water to a boil in a heavy saucepan over high heat.
• 7 stir in rice and salt to taste.
• 8 bring to a boil.
• 9 immediately reduce heat to low.
• 10 cover and simmer 20-25 minutes or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.
• 11 set aside 10 minutes, fluff with a fork & add parsley.
• 12 cover and keep warm.
• 13 prepare grill or turn on broiler.
• 14 remove chicken from marinade, reserving marinade.
• 15 grill or broil chicken about 10 minutes, turning and basting occasionally with reserved marinade until cooked throughout.
• 16 transfer to a cutting board and slice thinly across the grain.
• 17 spread cream cheese mixture over center third of each tortilla.
• 18 add a large spoonful of rice.
• 19 top with sliced chicken breast.
• 20 fold tortillas, enclosing mixture to make a packet.
• 21 serve with a pinot blanc, or sauvignon blanc and enjoy thoroughly!