Chicken with Tangerine, Honey, and Chipotle Glaze
A flavorful grilled chicken dish glazed with a sweet and spicy combination of tangerine juice, honey, and chipotle peppers. The meat is marinated in fresh herbs and citrus before being grilled to perfection and finished with a sticky, caramelized glaze.
Ingredients
- •2 cups fresh tangerine juice
- •5 tablespoons honey
- •¼ cup soy sauce
- •2 tablespoons finely grated tangerine peel or orange peel
- •2 teaspoons minced canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce*
- •1 cup fresh tangerine juice or orange juice
- •⅓ cup chopped fresh parsley
- •⅓ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- •3 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
- •3 tablespoons minced peeled fresh ginger
- •3 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar
- •2 tablespoons olive oil
- •2 tablespoons finely grated tangerine peel or orange peel
- •1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- •1 whole 2 3/4- to 3-pound chicken, quartered, backbone removed
- •1 spray Nonstick vegetable oil spray
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Boil juice, honey, and soy sauce in heavy medium saucepan until reduced to 2/3 cup, about 20 minutes. Mix in grated peel and chipotle chiles.
20 min
- 2.
Whisk first 9 ingredients in 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish to blend. Add chicken; turn to coat with marinade. Cover; chill at least 2 hours and up to 1 day, turning occasionally.
120 min
- 3.
Spray grill rack with nonstick spray and prepare barbecue (medium-low heat). Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade. Sprinkle chicken lightly with salt. Grill chicken until cooked through, turning and repositioning occasionally for even cooking, about 20 minutes. Brush chicken all over with glaze; grill 2 minutes longer on each side. Transfer chicken to platter. Serve, passing remaining glaze separately.
24 min
- 4.
*Chipotle chiles are dried, smoked jalapeños canned in a spicy tomato sauce, which is sometimes called adobo. They are available at some supermarkets, specialty foods stores, and Latin markets.
