How to Cook Grilled Tropical Chicken With Peanut-Plantain Dip
Yields: 3 dozen
Preparation time: 10 mins + 30 mins (inactive)
Cooking time: 1 hour
Ingredients needed to make Grilled Tropical Chicken With Peanut-Plantain Dip:
- 1 ½ lb boneless chicken breasts, skinned and chopped into 1 ¼’’ chunks
- 2 scotch bonnet chilli peppers, deseeded, ribs removed and minced
- 1 unripe pineapple, chopped into bite-sized chunks
- 1 unripe mango, chopped into 1 ¼’’ chunks
- 2 firm avocados, chopped into 1 ¼’’ chunks
- 1 unripe papaya, chopped bite-sized chunks
- 1 ripe, mushy plantain, sliced
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- ½ cup dark rum
- 1 cup packaged pineapple juice
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- 2 tbsp packed dark-brown sugar
- ½ cup peanut oil
Cooking instructions for Grilled Tropical Chicken With Peanut-Plantain Dip:
- Soak 36 wooden skewers in water and set aside for about 15 minutes or until required.
- Whisk the all the juices, rum, allspice, sugar, peppers and peanut oil together in a medium saucepan until well combined and heat until it starts boiling.
- Reduce it to a simmer and continue to cook likewise at slow heat for half an hour.
- Turn off the heat and set aside this marinade aside to cool.
- Pour half of it in a food processor and drizzle rest of it in a couple of glass baking dishes; keep aside until required.
- Insert a chicken piece through a skewer, followed by a couple of fruits, except plantain.
- Prepare rest of the skewers until all the chicken and fruits are used up.
- Arrange them in the baking dishes and flip them over to coat well with the marinade.
- Wrap the surface with a plastic sheet and leave in the fridge for half an hour.
- Warm up your outdoor grill over moderately high heat.
- Plop the plantain slices into the food processor and pulse them into a smooth puree.
- Pour it into a serving bowl and set aside until the time of serving.
- Transfer the skewers onto the hot grill rack and grill for about 5-7 minutes.
- Flip it over to grill the other side similarly until cooked through.
- Arrange the skewered chicken and fruits on a large serving platter and serve alongside the prepared dip.
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