PRICKLY PEAR CHICKEN

Prickly Pear Chicken image

Chicken cooked with a prickly pear marinade has a sweet and spicy taste.

Provided by jrb4087

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Thigh Recipes

Time 2h30m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

6 chile peppers, minced
2 limes, juiced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 ½ orange, juiced, divided
3 tablespoons molasses
2 prickly pears, washed with spines removed
4 chicken legs
4 chicken thighs
2 potatoes, chopped
½ cup peeled and cubed turnips
5 large mushrooms, chopped

Steps:

Combine chile peppers, lime juice, and garlic in a bowl. Add 1/4 cup orange juice and molasses; stir until marinade is combined.
Shred the prickly pears in a food processor; mix into marinade.
Place chicken legs, chicken thighs, potatoes, turnips, and mushrooms in a baking pan; pour in marinade and remaining orange juice. Refrigerate until flavors combine, 1 to 8 hours.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Bake chicken in preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 319.9 calories, Carbohydrate 22.9 g, Cholesterol 106.6 mg, Fat 10.8 g, Fiber 3.1 g, Protein 32.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.9 g, Sodium 117.8 mg, Sugar 7.4 g