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Pollo Tropical Marinated Chicken
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Pollo Tropical Marinated Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 pounds cut up Chicken Pieces (choose the pieces you like), bone-in or boneless, your choice
- 1 tablespoon fresh Garlic peeled and mashed into a paste.
- 1 tablespoon Cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon White Pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon dried Oregano
- 4 cups Sour Orange/Bitter Orange Juice (or 2 cups each Orange and Lime Juices)
- 1 cup Pineapple Juice
- 1 Jalapeño Pepper seeded and minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh Cilantro Leaves chopped
Instructions
- Place chicken pieces on a work surface or cutting board.
- Rub chicken all over with the garlic paste.
- In a small bowl combine cumin, salt, black pepper, white pepper and oregano. Mix well.
- Sprinkle spice mixture over chicken pieces. Rub spices over chicken until well and evenly coated.
- Pour orange juice and pineapple juice into a large shallow dish.
- Add minced jalapeño. Mix
- Add chicken to marinade. Turn to cover chicken pieces completely.
- Cover dish and place in refrigerator. Allow chicken to marinate for at least 4 hours or overnight (overnight is better) shaking or stirring occasionally to evenly marinate the chicken.
Cooking
- Prepare grill for cooking.
- Remove chicken from marinade, allowing excess to drip off.
- Pour leftover marinade into a cup to take to the grill.
- Place chicken on grill and cook, brushing with the marinade, until done. Be sure to thoroughly cook chicken after last basting. Do not baste after cooking. Discard any remaining marinade.
- Serve with rice and black beans.
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