Recipe Achiote chilli chicken

Morning Glory

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It doesn’t get much simpler than this and if you haven’t got achiote then get some! Achiote is a really special spice and tastes like no other. Serve the chicken hot or cold with salad and boiled new potatoes. A pineapple salsa or chutney is a rather nice accompaniment. The recipe makes enough for a very light meal for two people. Multiply quantities up, using more chicken breasts for larger/more portions.

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Ingredients
1 large chicken breast
1 tbsp Kashmiri chilli
1 tbsp ground achiote
½ tbsp garlic powder
A pinch of salt
Juice of 1 lime
1 tbsp pineapple juice
Fresh thyme or organo leaves
Slices or small wedges of lime

Method
  1. Place the chicken breast on a sheet of clingfilm. Cut it through, horizontally to form 2 pieces. Cover the pieces in another piece of clingfilm and beat with a rolling pin to increase surface area and flatten them to an even thickness. Remove cling film and cut each piece into 3 or 4 evenly sized pieces.
  2. In a suitable bowl, mix the chilli, achiote, garlic powder salt, lime juice and pineapple juice to a thick paste. Add the chicken pieces and coat them thoroughly in the paste. Cover and marinate for a few hours or overnight.
  3. Heat the oven to 180C. Place the chicken pieces on a baking tray and cook for 25 minutes, turning once. Sprinkle the thyme/oregano over.
  4. Serve with lime slices or wedges.
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Feel you on the achiote! It's a prevalent addition to American Southwest cooking given the Mexican and Latino influences. I've always got the dry powder and a block of the paste. Sometimes I use it just for coloring and sometimes for flavoring but either way I've always got some! 👍
 
Barriehie said:
Feel you on the achiote! It's a prevalent addition to American Southwest cooking given the Mexican and Latino influences. I've always got the dry powder and a block of the paste. Sometimes I use it just for coloring and sometimes for flavoring but either way I've always got some! 👍
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Yeah. I also have the block of paste which has other ingredients in it. Its a very good product. I think there is only one brand?
 
Morning Glory said:
It doesn’t get much simpler than this and if you haven’t got achiote then get some! Achiote is a really special spice and tastes like no other. Serve the chicken hot or cold with salad and boiled new potatoes. A pineapple salsa or chutney is a rather nice accompaniment. The recipe makes enough for a very light meal for two people. Multiply quantities up, using more chicken breasts for larger/more portions.

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Ingredients
1 large chicken breast
1 tbsp Kashmiri chilli
1 tbsp ground achiote
½ tbsp garlic powder
A pinch of salt
Juice of 1 lime
1 tbsp pineapple juice
Fresh thyme or organo leaves
Slices or small wedges of lime

Method
  1. Place the chicken breast on a sheet of clingfilm. Cut it through, horizontally to form 2 pieces. Cover the pieces in another piece of clingfilm and beat with a rolling pin to increase surface area and flatten them to an even thickness. Remove cling film and cut each piece into 3 or 4 evenly sized pieces.
  2. In a suitable bowl, mix the chilli, achiote, garlic powder salt, lime juice and pineapple juice to a thick paste. Add the chicken pieces and coat them thoroughly in the paste. Cover and marinate for a few hours or overnight.
  3. Heat the oven to 180C. Place the chicken pieces on a baking tray and cook for 25 minutes, turning once. Sprinkle the thyme/oregano over.
  4. Serve with lime slices or wedges.
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Ok.a Indian spice place s5spice is 5 away from me . They have it in stock. I will go later.

Russ
 
Achiote in México; onoto in Venezuela; annato in other parts of the world.
It's a deliciously earthy spice, when used as the star of a dish - like MG's chicken!
In México, it's used for a thousand dishes, especially in moles. In Venezuela, it's used in our Xmas hallacas (something like tamales, but more complex) and as a colouring agent.
Talking about colouring, it's also used to make Cheshire, Red Leicester, Cheddar, Edam and Mimolet a yellowish-orange colour.
It grows easily from seed; I had some in the garden, until a tree fell on it!
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