Pollo Asado

Name: Pollo Asado
Prep time: 2 h 25 min
Cook time: 2 h 25 min
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon Black Pepper; 8 servings Cooked Beans (pinto, Black, Refried); 8 servings Corn Tortillas, Warmed; 8 servings Flour Tortillas, Warmed; 8 servings Guacamole; 2 whole Lemons, Juiced; 2 whole Limes, Juiced; 118 milliliters Olive Oil; 2 whole Onions, Peeled And Quartered; 118 milliliters Orange Juice (freshly Squeezed If Possible; Save Juiced Orange Halves); 8 servings Pico De Gallo; 1 teaspoon Salt; 16 whole Chicken Legs; 4 whole Garlic, Cloves Peeled And Smashed

Pollo Asado might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 54g of protein, 58g of fat, and a total of 966 calories. This dairy free recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 25 minutes. If you have salt, onions, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

In a bowl, combine olive oil, orange juice, lemons, limes, salt, pepper, and garlic cloves, saving juiced fruit.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Orange Juice

Olive Oil

Lemon

Pepper

Fruit

Lime

Salt

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Bowl

Whisk together.

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Whisk

Place chicken legs, juiced pieces of fruit, and quartered onions in large plastic bags or bowl.

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Chicken Leg

Onion

Fruit

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Ziploc Bags

Bowl

Pour marinade over the top, tossing to combine. Cover with plastic wrap (if using bowl) and marinate for at least two hours--several hours is better. Toss a few times during the marinating process. Preheat broiler to high. Arrange oven rack toward bottom of oven.

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Marinade

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Oven

Bowl

Lay chicken legs on a broiler pan, or other baking dish with a drip tray. Broil for 25 minutes, turning once and marinating other side halfway through.

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Chicken Leg

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Baking Pan

Broiler Pan

Remove pan from oven when done. Wrap tortillas in foil and warm in separate oven while chicken is broiling, or after chicken is removed from oven (reduce oven temp to 300.)

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Wrap

Whole Chicken