Grilled Citrus Chicken With Tropical Fruit
From conner909 16 years agoIngredients
- 7 pounds chicken pieces, excluding wings, washed and dried shopping list
- ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice shopping list
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed lime juice shopping list
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice shopping list
- ½ cup dark rum (Michele uses Meyer’s Rum) shopping list
- 6 garlic cloves, chopped shopping list
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar shopping list
- 3 Chipotle chilies, canned or re-hydrated in vinegar shopping list
- 3 red peppers, seeded and chopped shopping list
- 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced shopping list
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar shopping list
- ¼ cup olive oil shopping list
- 2 large mangos, peeled, pitted and cut into 1 inch pieces shopping list
- 3 ripe bananas, peeled and cut on the bias into thick pieces shopping list
- 1 pineapple, peeled and sliced shopping list
- juice of 1 lime shopping list
- vegetable oil for the grill shopping list
- salt and freshly ground pepper shopping list
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted shopping list
How to make it
- Place the chicken pieces in a baking dish.
- In a blender, combine the citrus juices, rum, garlic, sugar, chipotles, red peppers, onion, vinegar and olive oil.
- Pulse gently.
- Pour marinade over the chicken pieces, cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight,
- Turn the chicken once.
- Remove the chicken from the refrigerator 30 minutes before cooking.
- Preheat grill.
- Place the mango pieces, banana slices and pineapple on a sheet of foil and brush with lime juice. Set aside.
- When the grill is ready, brush with vegetable oil.
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
- Place the chicken pieces, cavity side down, on the grill and cook for 10 minutes.
- Baste and turn chicken every 5 minutes for an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until chicken is tender.
- Lightly brush the fruits with melted butter.
- Set the foil on the grill during the last 10 minutes of cooking time. Perforate the foil to allow the heat to reach the fruit, then fold the foil into a packet and cook until the fruit is slightly limp and lightly charred.
- Place the chicken on a platter and arrange the fruit along the edges. Yields 6 to 8 servings
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OK. The chicken & all those fruits & chipotle would have been fine -- but it was the rum that sealed this one for me :) Great post, TY, Conner :)
kukla in Barrie, Ontario loved it
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