Jalapeño Chicken

Name: Jalapeño Chicken
Total time: 115 min
Ingredients: 4 garlic cloves, peeled; 4 small jalapeño peppers, stemmed and seeded; 1 cup orange juice; 1 cup honey; 1⁄4 cup lime juice; 1 tsp. cayenne pepper; 1 tsp. salt; 1 whole chicken (2 1⁄2 lbs.), cut into 4 serving pieces

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Serve this with simple rice and vegetable dishes so you don’t detract from the complex flavors in the chicken.

Serves: 4Hands-on: 25 minutesTotal: 1 hour 55 minutesDifficulty: Easy

Serves: 4

Ingredients

4 garlic cloves, peeled
4 small jalapeño peppers, stemmed and seeded
1 cup orange juice
1 cup honey
1⁄4 cup lime juice
1 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 tsp. salt
1 whole chicken (2 1⁄2 lbs.), cut into 4 serving pieces

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Step 2
Put the garlic, peppers, orange juice, honey, lime juice, salt, and cayenne pepper in a blender or food processor; blend on medium setting for 5 minutes or until the peppers and garlic are well chopped up.
Step 3
Place the chicken in a roasting pan. Brush the glaze on the chicken liberally but save about half for later.
Step 4
Cook for 1 1⁄2 hours. After 30 minutes, turn the chicken and again glaze liberally. After another 30 minutes, turn the chicken over again and use the remaining glaze.