This recipe comes from my personal trainer through cdKitchen.com. It is a Crockpot recipe and as today was pastel class I decided to use it. In addition to the recipe you need to make rice to accompany it.


1# black beans, cooked, I used canned
1# boneless pork or chicken, I used chicken, cut in 1” cubes
1t chili powder
1t ground coriander
1t salt
1 onion chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 16 oz. can of stewed tomatoes
2C water
Ground pepper
Cilantro leaves

Put beans in the crock pot. Toss the chicken with the chili powder, coriander and salt. (Might have been better to marinate it overnight) Mix the tomatoes with the beans. Add the onions, garlic, chicken and 2 cups water. Cover and cook 9 hours on low.

Ladle over rice and garnish with cilantro.

When I came home from class, the house smelled divine. It tasted good, but the chicken did not absorb any of the flavors and tasted wooden. Maybe the pork would be better. Friday Donna and I discussed the recipe.  She says that yess, it tastes better with the pork, but the chicken is better for you.  We came up with the following.  Use chicken theigh meat instead of breasts.  If using breast meat, cook in the mixture whole, then shred the brests.  Finally we thought turkey kielbasa would taste wonderful in thins dish.  Jim served beer, Warsteiner Oktoberfest. It went very well with the meal.