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Grilled Mexican Chicken

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"Tasty, easy to prepare chicken. Not too spicy with great flavor."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 3.9 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (6)

What to Drink?
Beer Beer
Prep Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
1 Hr 30 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 6 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups water
  • 2 tablespoons pineapple juice
  • 1 teaspoon lime juice
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 pinch saffron
  • 4 teaspoons salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
  • 1 (3 pound) whole chicken, quartered

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, mix the water, pineapple juice, lime juice, garlic, saffron, salt, and pepper. Place the chicken in the bowl, and marinate 45 minutes in the refrigerator. Turn chicken, and continue marinating 30 minutes.
  2. Preheat grill for high heat.
  3. Lightly oil the grill grate. Discard marinade, and grill the chicken, turning occasionally, 45 minutes, or until juices run clear.

Footnotes

  • The nutrition data for this recipe includes information for the full amount of the marinade ingredients. Depending on marinating time, ingredients, cooking method, etc., the actual amount of the marinade consumed will vary.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 291 | Total Fat: 17.1g | Cholesterol: 97mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2008 by Warriormom   view full review
I followed the recommendation of a previous poster and brined the chicken (always brine the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on May 15, 2008 by LISBETT   view full review
The key to this is soak the chicken in salt water for an hour. This seasons the chicken and...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 12, 2009 by McCrearyacres   view full review
The chicken that comes from this brine is juicy and delicious. The only change I made was to...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 18, 2008 by cda   view full review
I did not add all the water and I did not have saffron. I did use smoked black pepper, I also...
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 15, 2008 by pam3322   view full review
My husband and I did not like this at all. It has no flavor.
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 4, 2011 by A & B   view full review
we cut the chicken into chunks, used real lime, doubled the saffron b/c ours was a bit old,...

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