Pioneer Woman's Pollo Asado
Nina Simone's pioneer woman-inspired recipe for pollo asada is a meal worth making together.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 2 lemons juiced
- 2 limes juiced
- 4 garlic cloves peeled and minced
- 2 onions peeled and quartered
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 16 whole chicken legs
- flour tortillas warmed
- corn tortillas warmed
- pico de gallo
- guacamole
- 1 can beans pinto or black, but I prefer black
Instructions
Pioneer Woman Pollo Asado
- In a small bowl, mix olive oil, orange juice, lemon, limes, salt, pepper, and garlic cloves. Keep leftover juiced fruit. Whisk together. Place chicken legs, juiced fruit, and quartered onions in large plastic resealable bags. Pour marinade over the top, tossing to cover completely. Let fruit and chicken marinate for at least two hours; the longer, the better. Remove bags and toss several times over the hours.
- Preheat broiler on high. Place rack on the bottom of the oven.
- Arrange chicken legs on a broiler pan or any pan with a drip tray. Broil for 25 minutes. Turn the chicken once halfway through to coat the other side.
- Warm tortillas wrapped in foil in a separate oven at 300 degrees F or microwave on a plate for 15-20 seconds.
- Serve pollo asado with a fiesta of sides: tortillas, beans, guacamole, salsa verde, guacamole, sour cream (and, if you're me, Hint o' Lime Tostitos)
Nutrition
Calories: 645kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 43gFat: 55gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gMonounsaturated Fat: 27gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 240mgSodium: 509mgPotassium: 641mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 276IUVitamin C: 25mgCalcium: 42mgIron: 2mg
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