Adobo-Rubbed Chicken

Name: Adobo-Rubbed Chicken
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters chicken broth, preferably organic; 12 corn tortillas, warmed; 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped; 10 guajillo chiles, stemmed, seeded, deveined and cut into 2-inch pieces; 4 servings Lime wedges, for serving; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil; 1 small white onion, chopped; 2 kilograms whole chicken, backbone removed and flattened slightly

Adobo-Rubbed Chicken is a gluten free and dairy free main course. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 687 calories, 42g of protein, and 39g of fat. If you have chicken, vegetable oil, garlic, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lime wedges you could follow this main course with the Frozen Key Lime Pie as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

Heat the oil in heavy, medium saucepan over medium heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add the onions and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes.

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Onion

Add the garlic and cook for 3 minutes longer.

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Garlic

Add the chiles and cook until darkened on both sides, about 1 minute.

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Chili Pepper

Add the broth and bring to boil. Continue boiling until the chiles are soft, about 5 minutes.

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Chili Pepper

Broth

Transfer the mixture to blender and puree. Season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

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Blender

Preheat a grill or large grill pan over medium-high heat.

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Grill Pan

Grill

Meanwhile, rub the adobo mixture all over the chicken, using about half of the adobo. Sear the chicken, breast-side down, until grill marks appear, about 6 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Grill

Brush some adobo sauce on the other side of the chicken. Turn the chicken breast-side up, place in a baking pan and transfer to the oven. Cook the chicken, basting with the extra adobo sauce every 20 minutes, until a meat thermometer registers an inner temperature of 165 degrees F, about 40 minutes.

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Chicken Breast