Grilled Mojo Chicken Recipes

MOJO GRILLED CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• In a ziploc bag or a large mixing bowl combine orange juice, olive oil, cilantro, garlic, and salt; whisk to combine.
• Remove ¼ cup of the marinade and reserve for later. Keep covered and refrigerated until ready to use.
• Add chicken to the marinade in the bag and coat it all around. Seal and marinate for 1 to 2 hours, and up to 24 hours in the fridge.
• Heat outdoor grill to MEDIUM-HIGH Heat. Oil the grill grates with vegetable oil or canola oil.
• Add chicken to the hot and greased grill grates.Grill for 5 minutes, or until chicken is golden brown on the bottom; flip and continue to cook for 5 to 6 more minutes, or until cooked through. The thicker the chicken, the longer it will take to cook through. Chicken is cooked through when internal temperature registers at 165˚F.
• Transfer chicken to a platter and garnish with reserved marinade.Serve chicken with black beans, guacamole, and lime wedges.

CUBAN MOJO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350°F
• Add to the food processor, orange juice, lime juice, garlic, cilantro, lime zest, cumin, oregano, salt, and black ground pepper.
• Process for 10 seconds. You don't want the sauce to become too creamy.
• Add the olive oil and process for 5 seconds, just to combine ever so slightly.
• Add the chicken and chopped onion in a large bowl.
• Pour half of the mojo sauce over the chicken and onions. Cover with cling film, and marinate in the fridge for 3 hours.
• Set aside the remaining half of the mojo sauce for later use.
• When the chicken is done marinating, add chicken and onions the the baking tray, together with the sauce it marinated in.
• Bake at 350°F for 35-40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, chop up the pineapple, avocado, and cherry tomatoes into small pieces and add them in a small bowl. Mix in the remaining half of Mojo sauce you saved earlier. Your salsa is ready!
• Drizzle pineapple-avocado salsa over baked chicken, serve with steamed rice and beans, and enjoy!

MOJO GRILLED CHICKEN WITH CHARRED RED ONION

Steps:

• Combine all marinade ingredients into a large ziploc type baggie.
• Reserve quarter cup to baste chicken as it grills.
• Add chicken to remaining marinade and let it rest for at least 20 minutes.
• Rub olive oil on red onion slices and keep on separate platter.
• Heat grill to high and place chicken and onions on the grill.
• Reduce heat to medium high..
• Cook for about t 5-6 minutes on each side, basting with reserved marinade.
• Chicken is done with internal temp reaches 165 degrees.

GRILLED MOJO CHICKEN SALAD WITH ASPARAGUS AND ORANGES

Steps:

• Whisk first seven ingredients plus 2 Tbs. oil in a 2-cup measuring cup. Pour all but 3/4 cup of mixture into a gallon-sized zipper bag. Add chicken; seal and refrigerate 30 minutes to 4 hours. Whisk 1/4 cup of oil into remaining mixture for dressing. Peel and section oranges. Sprinkle asparagus with oil, salt, pepper.
• Build a fire on only one side of grill (to conserve charcoal). When coals are covered with white ash, place chicken on rack over direct heat, cover and grill until well browned, 4 to 6 minutes. Turn, cover and grill another 4 to 6 minutes. Remove chicken and add asparagus, spears perpendicular to rack. Grill 3 to 5 minutes, until well browned and just cooked through.
• Remove chicken and let stand for 5 minutes or up to 1 hour. Cut, crosswise, into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Toss greens, oranges, salt and pepper with most of the dressing. Arrange salad in six shallow bowls. Place chicken and asparagus over each. Drizzle with remaining dressing.

GRILLED MOJO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Fillet chicken breast to give you 2 or 3 pices of an even size. Place chicken and enough mojo to coat chicken in a sealable plastic bag. Press air out of bag, seal and turn to coat. Let sit in fridge for a least a 1/2 or a couple of hours.
• Remove chicken from mojo and grill over direct heat till no longer pink and cooked thru.
• Remove from grill and allow to sit for a couple mins.,slice chicken and serve with sliced, chopped tomatoes

CUBAN-STYLE GRILLED MOJO CHICKEN WITH GREENS, AVOCADOS AND MANGOES

Steps:

• Make dressing:
• Whisk vegetable oil, orange juice, orange peel, honey and soy sauce in small bowl to blend. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper. (Dressing can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Make chicken:
• Stir cumin seeds in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat until seeds are fragrant and slightly darker in color, about 2 minutes. Transfer seeds to medium bowl. Add minced garlic, minced chili and salt to seeds; mash mixture with back of fork to form coarse paste. Heat olive oil in same skillet over medium-high heat until very hot, about 2 minutes. Pour hot olive oil over garlic mixture; stir to blend. Let stand 15 minutes. Whisk in orange juice and lime juice. Pour marinade into 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish and cool. Add chicken to marinade; turn to cnd cool. Add chicken to marinade; turn to coat. Cover chicken and refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 3 hours.
• Combine mangoes and avocados in medium bowl. Add 6 tablespoons dressing and toss to coat.
• Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade. Grill chicken until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to work surface. Let stand 5 minutes. Cut each chicken piece crosswise into 1/3-inch-thick slices.
• Place lettuces in large bowl. Toss with enough dressing to coat thoroughly. Season to taste with salt and pepper; mound lettuces on 6 plates. Arrange 1 sliced chicken piece atop lettuces on each plate. Spoon mangoes and avocados alongside chicken. Sprinkle salads with cashews. Serve, passing any remaining dressing separately.