Roast Chicken and Plantains
- Ancho Chili Sauce
- 4 to 5 pounds chicken pieces, a combination of breasts, thighs, and legs, or 1 1/2 medium chickens, quartered
- Salt, to taste
- 3 large plantains or 4 green bananas, peeled, halved lengthwise, and cut into 1/4-inch-thick pieces
- 18 corn or 12 flour tortillas, warmed or crisped just before serving
- Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
- 2 cups chopped avocado
- 2 cups sour cream
- 2 cups cilantro sprigs (optional)
- Heat the oven to 450F.
- Spread 1/4 cup of the Ancho Chili Sauce on the bottom of a roasting pan.
- Place the chicken pieces, skin side up, in the roasting pan.
- Spread another 1/4 cup Ancho Chili Sauce over the top of the chicken and salt lightly.
- Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- Baste the chicken pieces with the pan juices and bake for 10 minutes more.
- Baste the chicken again.
- Add the plantains to the pan.
- Bake until the chicken is cooked through and the meat is beginning to pull away from the bones.
- 20 to 25 minutes more.
- Remove from the oven and let cool enough to handle.
- Shred the chicken; discard the skin and bones.
- To assemble, place about 1/3 cup of the chicken and plantains in the center of a tortilla.
- Top with some of the remaining Ancho Chili Sauce, Toasted Pumpkin Seeds, chopped avocado, sour cream and cilantro sprigs.
- Fold and serve.
chili sauce, chicken, salt, plantains, corn, pumpkin seeds, avocado, sour cream, cilantro sprigs
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/roast-chicken-and-plantains (may not work)