Mike's Tropical Chicken & Rice
- 4 large Boneless Chicken Breasts
- 1 can 8 oz Dole Pineapple Chunks & Juice
- 3 cup Orange Juice & Orange Chunks reserve 1 cup
- 3 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 2 small Tangerines & 1/4 tsp Zest
- 2 tbsp Each: Minced Garlic - Garlic Chili Sauce - Dried Red Onions
- 2 Jalapenos chopped with seeds removed
- 2 box 32 oz Chicken Or Vegetable Broth
- 1 tbsp Each: Lemon & Lime Juice - Red Pepper Flakes - Fresh Ginger - Soy Sauce -
- 1 Green & Red Bell Pepper
- 1 large Mango
- 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 GARNISHES & ADDITIONS
- 3 tbsp Sesame Seeds garnish
- 1/4 cup Fresh Cilantro garnish
- 1/4 cup Fresh Green Chives garnish
- 1/4 cup Fresh Parsley garnish
- 1 Bottle Soy Sauce for serving
- 1 Bottle Garlic Chili Sauce for serving
- 1 THICKENER
- 2 tbsp Cornstarch more may be needed
- 1 RICE
- 4 cup Uncooked Rice
- Trim fat from chicken breasts.
- This is what a boneless, fat trimmed breast should look like.
- Pound to tenderize meat by placing a Ziplock Bag over your breasts and pounding them with a kitchen mallet.
- Zest tangerine, peel and cut sections in half, chop oranges and mango, pineapples and chives, mince garlic and slice bell peppers and jalapenos.
- Mix everything except garnishments, cornstarch, broth and rice together, including chicken breasts in a bowl or Ziplock Bag and refrigerate for at least 2 hours minimum to marinate.
- Stir occasionally and make sure your chicken is submerged.
- Pull chicken breasts out and cut into 1" x 1" cubes and lightly season any way you'd like.
- powdered ginger-lemon pepper-onion powder-garlic powder Place on non stick tinfoil and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.
- You can also fry them.
- After baking or frying, set to the side.
- I cook mine in a T-Fal ActiFry.
- Separate your garnishments from your marinade vegetables.
- FOR THE MARINADE: Place the marinade and veggies + 2 cups chicken broth and 1 cup of reserved orange juice in a pan and simmer for 20 minutes.
- If your mixture boils down too much, add more broth.
- Now you can tinker with your recipe to suit your tastes.
- Is the marinade sweet enough?
- Does it need more ginger?
- It's all up to you.
- You're the Chef!
- TO THICKEN MARINADE: Mix 2 tbs cold water and 1 tbs cornstarch and slowly add to your simmering pan.
- You can make this marinade as thick or as thin as you'd like, or as much as you'd like by adding more broth.
- You'll be hard pressed to dilute the citrus flavor by adding more broth.
- FOR THE RICE: Rinse 4 cups rice in a bowl until the starch water runs clean then drain well.
- Add 2 or 4 cups chicken broth instead of water or whatever amount your rice package calls for, to a separate pot.
- Add rice, bring to a boil and stir.
- At boil, place lid on tight and reduce temperature to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Do not remove lid.
- After simmer, shut off flame and let rice stand with lid on for 10 more minutes.
- SERVING: Pack warm rice in to a clean Ramekin.
- Place a clean plate on top of it.
- Turn the Ramekin over to place rice on serving plate.
- Gently top rice with some marinade reduction, add on chicken pieces and top again with your reduction.
- GARNISH with chopped chives, parsley, cilantro, sesame seeds, orange twists and serve with soy sauce.
- Or you can serve your rice flat on individual dishes or buffet style.
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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/345345-mikes-tropical-chicken-rice (may not work)