Cashew Romesco Chicken Thighs

Name: Cashew Romesco Chicken Thighs
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 6 chicken thighs (3 lbs. total); 1 teaspoons hot sauce such as Tabasco; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 Tbsp lemon juice; 118 milliliters olive oil, divided; 59 milliliters roasted unsalted cashews; 454 grams jar roasted red bell peppers, drained, rinsed, and roughly chopped; 3 Tbsps white balsamic vinegar

Cashew Romesco Chicken Thighs might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains about 20g of protein, 40g of fat, and a total of 461 calories. This recipe is typical of European cuisine. If you have chicken thighs, roasted bell peppers, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 diet.

Instructions

Heat a grill to medium (350 to 450). Whirl peppers, cashews, vinegar, lemon juice, hot sauce, and salt in a blender. With motor running, add 1/3 cup oil in a steady stream through opening in lid until sauce is smooth and lighter in color. Set aside half the sauce.

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Lemon Juice

Hot Sauce

Cashews

Peppers

Vinegar

Sauce

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Blender

Grill

Put chicken in a bowl and drizzle with remaining oil.

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Whole Chicken

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Lay chicken skin side down on cooking grate and brush with some of remaining romesco sauce. Grill, turning often and brushing each time with more sauce, until chicken is well browned and cooked through, about 20 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

Sauce

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Grill

Serve over couscous with reserved sauce on the side.

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Couscous