MOJITO CHICKEN BREAST
Looking for a delicious recipe with a hint of Cuban flair? Try our tasty take on chicken with Mojito accents, garnished with asparagus and Fisher Slivered Almonds.
Provided by Fisher Nuts
Categories Chicken
Time 10m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large sheet pan, spread the asparagus out and drizzle with 1-2 tablespoons of the olive oil to coat. Season with salt and pepper.
- Next, place the almonds on the pan, add 1 teaspoon of oil to coat then roast in at 400 degrees F for 10 minutes. Remove and set aside.
- In a large skillet, heat 1 teaspoon of oil until very hot.
- Add the chicken and begin to brown. Add the onion and garlic and sauté until tender - about 7-8 minutes.
- Add the lime juice and carefully add the rum and lime zest. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer slowly until cooked.
- Toss in half of the almonds and place the hot rice on a warm platter.
- Top the rice with the chicken, arrange the roasted asparagus, drizzle the juices on top and garnish with the remaining almonds and mint.
MOJITO CHICKEN
A great and tasty summer recipe that combines the tastes of a Mojito and grilled chicken. This comes from the WeightWatchers "Sizzle It' book.
Provided by hpitler
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 35m
Yield 6 breasts, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Combine lime zest, lime juice, orange juice, honey, garlic, cumin, chopped mint, olive oil, and salt in a small bowl.
- Transfer one half of mixture into a covered container and refrigerate.
- Transfer the remaining the remainder of the mixture into a gallon size Zip Lock bag and add the chicken.
- Squeeze out the air from bag and seal.
- Let chicken marinade for at least 2 hours, or over night.
- Preheat grill.
- Remove the chicken from the bag and discard excess marinade.
- Place chicken on grill and cook for 20-30 minutes, turning occasionally.
- While chicken is cooking, pour reserved marinade into a small saucepan and bring to boil.
- Transfer cooked chicken to a platter and spoon hot marinade on top.
- Garnish with lime wedges and a sprig of mint and serve.
GRILLED MOJITO LIME CHICKEN WITH FRESH TOMATO SALSA
Fresh Tomato Salsa is a lively accompaniment to grilled chicken breasts that's been marinated in the bold new Grill Mates® Mojito Lime Marinade.
Provided by McCormick Kitchens
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 31m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- For the Fresh Tomato Salsa, mix first 7 ingredients in medium bowl. Cover. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- For the Chicken, mix, oil, lime juice and water in small bowl. Reserve 2 tablespoons marinade for brushing. Place chicken in large resealable plastic bag or glass dish. Add remaining marinade; turn to coat well.
- Refrigerate 15 minutes or longer for extra flavor. Remove chicken from marinade. Discard any remaining marinade.
- Grill over medium-high heat 6 to 8 minutes per side or until cooked through, brushing with reserved marinade halfway through cooking. Serve with Fresh Tomato Salsa.
MOJITO-MARINATED CHICKEN RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: chicken breasts, white rum, fresh mint, garlic, rock salt, ground pepper, limes, extra virgin olive oil
Provided by Tasty
Categories Dinner
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Slice the chicken breasts in half lengthways.
- Put all of the ingredients into a ziplock bag and stir them all about so everything is coated and mixed up.
- Marinate for at least 4 hours, but try to leave them over night if you have the time.
- Cook the chicken as you usually would, we used a griddle pan on a medium heat for about 6-7 minutes on each side, but these can go in a regular pan, the oven or even on the BBQ!
- Don't forget to give it one last squeeze of lemon juice to give it that extra kick!
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 275 calories, Carbohydrate 5 grams, Fat 7 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 35 grams, Sugar 0 grams
OVEN-ROASTED MOJITO CHICKEN
Steps:
- Spread the chicken out in a baking dish, and pour the Mojito Marinade over it. Get personal with the pieces and rub some of the marinade right up under the skin. Marinate the chicken for 4 hours, or overnight, in the fridge.
- Turn the oven on to 375°. Scatter the onion slices over the bottom of a roasting pan, and put the chicken on top, skin side up. Pour the remaining marinade over the chicken and onions, and pop the pan into the oven. Roast for 1 hour and 15 minutes, til the chicken is golden and cooked through.
- Lift the chicken pieces out of the pan and arrange them on a platter. Stir up the pan juices, adding a bit of freshMojito Marinade (if you have it) to wake up the flavors. Spoon the onions and pan juices over the chicken. Sprinkle with parsley or cilantro and garnish the dish with lime wedges. Get everybody to squeeze some lime over their portion for added flavor. Serve with rice.
MOJITO CHICKEN
Provided by Guy Fieri
Categories main-dish
Time 2h30m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Remove backbone of chicken with poultry shears; flatten chicken out by pressing firmly on skin part of chicken so it will sit evenly in a pan.
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Combine all the dry spices and rub chicken with spice mixture, especially under the skin. Put into a resealable plastic bag and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl combine all the ingredients for the marinade, then add chicken to marinade and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Remove chicken from marinade and shake off excess marinade. In a large saute pan over medium to high heat, add 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. When oil is hot, place chicken skin side down and sear.
- When skin is golden brown flip chicken and add 1/2 cup of marinade into pan; place pan in oven and cook the chicken for 25 minutes or until chicken has internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
- Remove the chicken from oven and brush with Mojito Glaze. Place chicken under broiler for 5 minutes. Remove from broiler, cut and serve immediately with more glaze on the side.
MOJITO MANGO CHICKEN
This was created for Ready, Set, Cook 2006. A mojito is a traditional Cuban cocktail made with rum, mint and lime. This dish incorporates the mojito into a mango salsa. Once you pour this Caribbean "cocktail" over your gingery, garlicky chicken, you have a highly flavorful Caribbean entree.
Provided by tara portee
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 55m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- To make salsa, heat oil in a skillet over medium high heat.
- Add green pepper and onions and saute about 4 minutes.
- Add minced ginger and red pepper flakes, saute another 1 minute.
- Now add mango and cook an additional 5 minutes.
- Now add rum and lime juice and simmer for one minute.
- Take off the heat and stir in mint. Set mango salsa off to the side.
- For the chicken breast preparation pat the breasts dry.
- Combine the flour, garlic powder, ginger, salt and pepper.
- Lightly pat the chicken into the flour mixture.
- Heat the oil over medium high heat in an oven proof skillet.
- Lightly brown the chicken for about three minutes on each side.
- Pour the mango salsa over the chicken.
- Put the uncovered skillet in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 348.5, Fat 15.8, SaturatedFat 1.5, Cholesterol 68.4, Sodium 370.8, Carbohydrate 19.6, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 12.2, Protein 28.5
MOJITO CHICKEN
Provided by Guy Fieri
Categories main-dish
Time 2h30m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 24
Steps:
- Remove backbone of chicken with poultry shears; flatten chicken out by pressing firmly on skin part of chicken so it will sit evenly in a pan.
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Combine all the dry spices and rub chicken with spice mixture, especially under the skin. Put into a resealable plastic bag and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl combine all the ingredients for the marinade, then add chicken to marinade and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Remove chicken from marinade and shake off excess marinade. In a large saute pan over medium to high heat, add 4 tablespoons of extra- virgin olive oil. When oil is hot, place chicken skin side down and sear.
- When skin is golden brown flip chicken and add 1/2 cup of marinade into pan; place pan in oven and cook the chicken for 25 minutes or until chicken has internal temperature of 165 degrees F. on an instant-read thermometer.
- Remove the chicken from oven and brush with Mojito Glaze. Place chicken under broiler for 5 minutes. Remove from broiler, cut and serve immediately with more glaze on the side.
- Combine all ingredients in mixing bowl.
- In medium sauce pot, place rum, chicken broth and brown sugar. Reduce by 1/3 over high heat. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together water and cornstarch. When rum mixture is reduced, add cornstarch mixture slowly to simmering liquid and whisk for 3 minutes, until 50 percent thicker. Keep in mind that you might not need all of it. When glaze is at desired thickness, add mint leaves and transfer to small bowl. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
MAMA'S FRIED CHICKEN
A classic fried chicken recipe from Curtis Aikens (Food Network). Prep time does not include 2 hours chilling time.
Provided by SharleneW
Categories Whole Chicken
Time 1h
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
- Place chicken in shallow dish or ziploc plastic bag; add buttermilk.
- Cover or seal, and chill at least 2 hours.
- Remove chicken from buttermilk, discarding buttermilk.
- Dredge chicken in flour.
- Pour oil to a depth of 1 1/2 inches in a deep skillet or Dutch oven; heat to 360°F.
- Add chicken, a few pieces at a time; cover and cook 6 minutes.
- Uncover chicken and cook 9 minutes.
- Turn chicken; cover and cook 6 minutes.
- Uncover and cook 5 to 9 minutes, turning the chicken the last 3 minutes for even browning, if necessary.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Test chicken with meat thermometer (170°F) or by piercing thickest portion with fork.
- When juices run clear it is done.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 525, Fat 35.9, SaturatedFat 10.6, Cholesterol 165.3, Sodium 859.7, Carbohydrate 6.2, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 5.9, Protein 41.8
DINOSAUR BBQ MOJITO CHICKEN
From the Dinosaur BBQ cookbook. I haven't made the sauce from scratch since a store near my house sells it in bottles in the bbq sauce section but the chicen is very good. Cooking time does not include cooling time for the marinade or marinating time for the chicken.
Provided by Sandyg61
Categories Chicken
Time 2h
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- To make the marinade:.
- Mix the garlic, onions, orange and lime juices in a bowl.
- Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan until just smoking.
- Cover your arms and put on potholder mitts. Slide the contents of the bowl into the hot oil - be very careful because the liquid will spatter.
- Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Season the marinade with the rest of the ingredients.
- Pour everything into a blender or food processor and pulse 3 times to combine. Pour into a plastic container and cool to room temp; then cover and refrigerate. Will keep for up to 2 weeks.
- To make the chicken:.
- Spread the chicken out in a baking dish and pour the marinade over it. Rub some of the marinade under the skin.
- Marinate the chicken for 4 hours or overnight in the fridge.
- Turn the oven onto 375.
- Scatter the onion over the bottom of a roasting pan, and put the chicken on top, skin side up.
- Pour the remaining marinade over the chicken and roast for 1 hour and 15 minutes, til the chicken is golden and cooked through.
- Serve the chicken with pan juices and sprinkle with parsley to garnish. If desired, squeeze lime wedges over chicken.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 349.3, Fat 27.7, SaturatedFat 3.8, Sodium 9.3, Carbohydrate 26.1, Fiber 2.2, Sugar 13.6, Protein 2.5
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