Make our Pollo Tropical Marinated Chicken Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Marinated Chicken will taste just like Pollo Tropical.
Photo by Scott Feldstein
Pollo Tropical Marinated Chicken
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Pollo Tropical Marinated Chicken Recipe
Make our Pollo Tropical Marinated Chicken Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Marinated Chicken will taste just like Pollo Tropical.
Yield: 4 People
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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