Prickly Pear Chicken recipe

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Ingredients

6 chile peppers, minced
2 limes, juiced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 ½ orange, juiced, divided
3 tablespoons molasses
2 prickly pears, washed with spines removed
4 chicken legs
4 chicken thighs
2 potatoes, chopped
½ cup peeled and cubed turnips
5 large mushrooms, chopped

Nutrition Info

319.9 calories
carbohydrate: 22.9 g
cholesterol: 106.6 mg
fat: 10.8 g
fiber: 3.1 g
protein: 32.7 g
saturatedFat: 2.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 117.8 mg
sugar: 7.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Combine chile peppers, lime juice, and garlic in a bowl. Add 1/4 cup orange juice and molasses, stir until marinade is combined.

  2. Shred the prickly pears in a food processor, mix into marinade.

  3. Place chicken legs, chicken thighs, potatoes, turnips, and mushrooms in a baking pan, pour in marinade and remaining orange juice. Refrigerate until flavors combine, 1 to 8 hours.

  4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  5. Bake chicken in preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

Chicken cooked with a prickly pear marinade has a sweet and spicy taste.

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