Tarbell's Heart-Healthy Recipes

The annual Heart Ball is coming up on November 17.  Mark Tarbell, owner of Tarbell's, shares some heart healthy recipes with the FOX 10 crew.

Lime Marinated Chicken Breast with Ancho-Rubbed Sweet Potato

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  

Marinade:

• 1 cup fresh lime juice
• 1 shallot, minced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 Serrano chilies, stemmed, seeded, and chopped finely
• 4 scallions, thinly sliced
• ½ cup cilantro, rinsed, de-stemmed and chopped finely
• ½ cup parsley, rinsed, de-stemmed and chopped finely
• 2 Tbsp honey
• ½ cup water
• ½ cup olive oil
• salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

1. Mix all marinade ingredients, except olive oil and salt
2. Slowly whisk olive oil into above ingredients.
3. Season to taste with salt
4. Pour marinade over chicken one hour before grilling.  Remove chicken from marinade five minutes before grilling, and drain.

Ancho-Rubbed Sweet Potato Spears

• 1 large sweet potato, cut into spears.  May be peeled, or skin left on.
• 1 dried ancho chile
• Pinch of salt

1. Soak 1 dried ancho chile in water for 15 minutes.  Reserve water
2. Carefully remove stems and seeds from chile.
3. Puree in a blender with a pinch of salt, slowly adding reserved water until you reach the consistency of mayonnaise.
4. Preheat oven to 350°
5. Using a pastry brush, gently dab the potato spears with the chile puree
6. Roast potato spears until crisp, 20 to 30 minutes.

Courtesy:

Tarbell's
3213 E. Camelback Road
Phoenix AZ 85018
602-955-8100
www.tarbells.com

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• Tangelo Pork Stir-Fry
• Coconut-Lime Chicken & Snow Peas
• Black Bean Smothered Sweet Potatoes
• Couscous & Fruit Salad

Phoenix Heart Ball
Nov. 17, 6:30pm
The Phoenician
6000 East Camelback Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Tickets: $750
Benefits the American Heart Association
www.phoenixheartball.org
www.americanheart.org