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Chipotle Chicken
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A tasty chipotle chicken recipe with a smoky flavor, mild spiciness, and aromatic herbs, perfect to serve with rice or beans.
00:45:00 total
Serves 6
medium
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Ingredients
- chicken - 2 kg (2 kg, well washed)
- black pepper - watch the video to see (to taste)
- chipotle chili in adobo - watch the video to see (amount to taste)
- tomatoes - 5 (5 whole tomatoes)
- onion - 1/2 (1 whole onion, only half used)
- pasote sprigs - watch the video to see (a few sprigs)
- garlic cloves - 4 (4 cloves)
- salt - watch the video to see (to taste)
- water - watch the video to see (a little, for grinding sauce)
Instructions
- Prepare tomatoes: Roast the tomatoes lightly until cooked but not overly charred.
- Prepare onion and garlic: Chop half an onion and 4 garlic cloves into small pieces for grinding.
- Grind onion, garlic, and pepper: In a mortar, grind the chopped onion, garlic, black pepper, and a little salt until well combined.
- Season chicken: Spread the ground onion, garlic, pepper, and salt mixture evenly over the 2 kg of washed chicken using your hands.
- Brown chicken: Heat a pot and brown the seasoned chicken pieces evenly on all sides.
- Prepare chipotle tomato sauce: Chop the roasted tomatoes and chipotle chili in adobo into smaller pieces. Grind them together with a little water, salt, and pasote sprigs until smooth.
- Cook chicken in sauce: Add the chipotle tomato sauce to the browned chicken in the pot. Cook until the chicken is fully cooked and tender.
- Serve: Serve the chipotle chicken hot, ideally with white rice or beans.
