Jamaican Chicken Calypso Recipe
Ingredients
| Pineapple chunks - 1 can (8 ounces), un-drained | ||
| Rum | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Lime juice | 3 Tablespoon | |
| Soy sauce | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Dark brown sugar | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Garlic | 2 Clove (5gm) (Curry powder - 2 teaspoons) | |
| Ground ginger | 1/2 Teaspoon (Curry powder - 2 teaspoons) | |
| Ground cloves | 1/4 Teaspoon (Curry powder - 2 teaspoons) | |
| Red pepper Hakes - 1/4 teaspoon, crushed | ||
| Chicken breast halves (with bones) - 4 (about 2 pounds) | ||
| Mandarin oranges | 1 Can (10oz) (Curry powder - 2 teaspoons) | |
| Lime | 1 , cut into wedges (Curry powder - 2 teaspoons) | |
Directions
GETTING READY
1) Take a large non-metal dish and drain the juice from pineapple chunks in it. Put the pineapple chunks aside and refrigerate after covering.
2) Add rum, soy sauce, lime juice, curry powder, brown sugar, ginger, garlic red pepper flakes and cloves. Blend nicely.
3) Add chicken to the prepared marinade and coat evenly. Leave chicken turned with the skin side down. Cover and leave for marinating in the refrigerator for 3-6 hours.
4) Preheat oven to 375° F.
5) Drain marinade and keep aside.
MAKING
6) Take a shallow roasting pan and place chicken on it, with the skin side up.
7) Bake in the oven for about 35 minutes, basting repeatedly with the marinade and pan juices.
8) Add pineapple chunks and mandarin oranges to the pan. Bake of another 5-10 minutes or until chicken turns pink around the bone.
SERVING
9) Arrange chicken with mandarin oranges and pineapple chunks on a platter. Pour pan juices, after skimming the fat from them, over the chicken. Garnish with lime wedges, if desired.
1) Take a large non-metal dish and drain the juice from pineapple chunks in it. Put the pineapple chunks aside and refrigerate after covering.
2) Add rum, soy sauce, lime juice, curry powder, brown sugar, ginger, garlic red pepper flakes and cloves. Blend nicely.
3) Add chicken to the prepared marinade and coat evenly. Leave chicken turned with the skin side down. Cover and leave for marinating in the refrigerator for 3-6 hours.
4) Preheat oven to 375° F.
5) Drain marinade and keep aside.
MAKING
6) Take a shallow roasting pan and place chicken on it, with the skin side up.
7) Bake in the oven for about 35 minutes, basting repeatedly with the marinade and pan juices.
8) Add pineapple chunks and mandarin oranges to the pan. Bake of another 5-10 minutes or until chicken turns pink around the bone.
SERVING
9) Arrange chicken with mandarin oranges and pineapple chunks on a platter. Pour pan juices, after skimming the fat from them, over the chicken. Garnish with lime wedges, if desired.
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