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    Mexican style chocolate chicken

    26 April 2014 by toondebacker 1 Comment

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    chocolate chicken

    This time I have a special combination with Mexican roots.  Chicken, chocolate, wine, cinnamon, raisons, all into one dish and surprisingly delicious: Mexican style chocolate chicken. The recipe was created by Chakall, a well known Argentine cook living in Germany for a long time. Nowadays he has some restaurants in Portugal.

    Mexican style chocolate chicken

    Mexican style chocolate chicken

    Get Mexico into your kitchen! This surprising Mexican style chocolate chicken is delicious and easy to prepare. Everybody will like it!
    5 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 30 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Total Time 40 mins
    Course lunch, Main Course
    Cuisine Mexican
    Servings 4 persons
    Calories 584 kcal

    Ingredients
     
     

    for the chicken

    • 4 chicken breasts
    • 2 tablespoons plain flour
    • 1 tablespoon butter
    • 0,5 teaspoon cinnamon
    • salt

    for the chocolate-wine sauce

    • 3 tablespoons olive oil
    • 1 red onion
    • 2 red chili peppers
    • 50 ml cream
    • 100 ml red wine
    • 200 ml chicken stock
    • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
    • 2 tablespoons dark sugar
    • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
    • 2 tablespoons raisins
    • 2 tablespoons almond slices
    • cilantro fresh
    • hazelnut crushed

    Instructions
     

    Baking the chicken breasts

    • Coat the chicken with the flour, cinnamon, salt . In the movie Chakall shows a very interesting way to do this with a freezer bag.
    • Melt the butter with a tablespoon of olive oil in a pan and fry the chicken fillets for two minutes . Later, we will put them in the oven.

    The chocolate-wine sauce

    • Cut the onions and peppers finely.
    • Add the onions and peppers with a little extra olive oil to the hot pan and cook a few minutes.
    • Add the red wine and let it boil for a while.
    • Then add successively the chicken broth, tomato paste , cocoa powder and sugar. Stir well.
    • Then add the cream, the raisins and the almonds to it at the end. The sauce should not cook anymore now.

    Baking in the oven

    • Preheat the oven to 200°C.
    • Place the chicken , topped with the bulk of the sauce into an ovenproof dish and cook for 10 minutes in the oven.
    • Put the chicken on plates, garnish with the remaining sauce and chopped cilantro and crushed hazelnut

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1personCalories: 584kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 53gFat: 29gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 171mgSodium: 434mgPotassium: 1222mgFiber: 3gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 531IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 66mgIron: 2mg
    Keyword chicken, chocolate, Mexican, wine
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    Mexican style chocolate chicken
    Mexican style chocolate chicken
    Mexican style chocolate chicken

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    1. Ceviche - pescado de ceviche – surprising recipes says:
      22 July 2018 at 19:46

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      […] Ceviche is on my to-do list for a long time already.  One of my favourite cooks, Chakall, made a very good version of ceviche with mango.  He is also the one that gave me the inspiration for the Mexican style chocolate chicken. […]

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