Fruit Salsa with Grilled Chicken Breast

by Ariel Ezra, age 11, from NJ

The sweet and spicy flavors mix to create this fresh, tangy, salsa!

Ingredients:

SALSA:

  • 6 strawberries
  • 1/2 mango
  • 1 large tomato
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 red pepper
  • 2 kiwis
  • 2 jalapeños
  • 1/2 onion
  • a half of a handful of cilantro
  • fresh lime juice
  • olive oil
  •  salt
  •  ground black pepper

 GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST:

  • 8 pieces of chicken breast
  • olive oil
  • salt
  • ground black pepper

Tips:

-Put on gloves while cutting the jalapeños. If you touch your eyes, or mouth, after cutting a jalapeño, you will feel a sting.

-Wash your hands thoroughly after cutting the jalapeño.

-Salsa also goes well with tortilla chips.

Directions:

1. Dice the tomato, red pepper, green pepper, kiwis, strawberries, peach, mango, jalapeños, onion, and cilantro, them pour all of the diced vegetables into a large bowl. Squeeze a fresh lime onto the salsa, and drizzle olive oil to your taste. Shake salt and ground black pepper onto the salsa to your taste. Mix well. (Optional: let salsa sit in fridge for about 12 hours so flavors can marinate.)

2. Smother chicken breast in olive oil so the chicken is totally covered in a thin layer of olive oil. Shake salt and pepper on it, also to your taste.

3. Grill the chicken until fully cooked, and serve with salsa on top!