Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mike's tropical chicken & rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mike's Tropical Chicken & Rice is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Mike's Tropical Chicken & Rice is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Mike's Tropical Chicken & Rice MMOBRIEN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO Here's a spicy Carribean Chicken & Rice dish that you can make all your own! Add as little or as much citrus and garnishments as you'd like. Pollo Tropical (literally "Tropical Chicken" in English) is a Miami, Florida-based restaurant chain and franchise specializing in the cuisine of the Caribbean. This is hands down the best chicken I've ever eaten!
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mike's tropical chicken & rice using 24 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mike's Tropical Chicken & Rice:
- Get Tropical Chicken - Rice - Garnishes
- Get large Boneless Chicken Breasts
- Get Dole Pineapple Chunks & Juice
- Get Orange Juice & Orange Chunks [reserve 1 cup]
- Make ready Brown Sugar
- Get small Tangerines & 1/2 tsp Zest
- Get Each: Minced Garlic - Garlic Chili Sauce - Dried Red Onions
- Make ready Jalapeños [chopped with seeds removed]
- Get Chicken Or Vegetable Broth
- Get Each: Lemon & Lime Juice - Red Pepper Flakes - Fresh Ginger - Soy Sauce -
- Make ready Green & Red Bell Pepper
- Make ready large Mango
- Make ready Black Pepper
- Get garnishes & additions
- Make ready Sesame Seeds [garnish]
- Take Fresh Cilantro [garnish]
- Prepare Fresh Green Chives [garnish]
- Prepare Fresh Parsley [garnish]
- Take Soy Sauce [for serving]
- Get Garlic Chili Sauce [for serving]
- Get thickener
- Get Cornstarch [more may be needed]
- Make ready rice
- Take Uncooked Rice
View the online menu of Mikes Chicken and other restaurants in Dallas, Texas. Mikes Chicken « Back To Dallas, TX. Well, what better place than Mike's Fish & Chicken right here in Cincinnati! Haha anyhow.my co-workers and I have driven by this place and have always wondered how the chicken would be like from a place attached to a laundry mat.
Instructions to make Mike's Tropical Chicken & Rice:
- Trim fat from chicken breasts. This is what a boneless, fat trimmed breast should look like. Pound to tenderize meat by placing a Ziplock Bag over your breasts and pounding them with a kitchen mallet.
- Zest tangerine, peel and cut sections in half, chop oranges and mango, pineapples and chives, mince garlic and slice bell peppers and jalapeños.
- Mix everything [except garnishments, cornstarch, broth and rice] together, including chicken breasts in a bowl or Ziplock Bag and refrigerate for at least 2 hours minimum to marinate. Stir occasionally and make sure your chicken is submerged.
- Pull chicken breasts out and cut into 1"x 1" cubes and lightly season any way you'd like. [powdered ginger-lemon pepper-onion powder-garlic powder] Place on non stick tinfoil and bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes. You can also fry them. After baking or frying, set to the side. I cook mine in a T-Fal ActiFry.
- Separate your garnishments from your marinade vegetables.
- FOR THE MARINADE: Place the marinade and veggies + 2 cups chicken broth and 1 cup of reserved orange juice in a pan and simmer for 20 minutes. If your mixture boils down too much, add more broth. Now you can tinker with your recipe to suit your tastes. Is the marinade sweet enough? Does it need more ginger? It's all up to you. You're the Chef!
- TO THICKEN MARINADE: Mix 2 tbs cold water and 1 tbs cornstarch and slowly add to your simmering pan. You can make this marinade as thick or as thin as you'd like, or as much as you'd like by adding more broth. You'll be hard pressed to dilute the citrus flavor by adding more broth.
- FOR THE RICE: Rinse 4 cups rice in a bowl until the starch water runs clean then drain well. Add 2 or 4 cups chicken broth [instead of water] or whatever amount your rice package calls for, to a separate pot. Add rice, bring to a boil and stir. At boil, place lid on tight and reduce temperature to low and simmer for 15 minutes. Do not remove lid. After simmer, shut off flame and let rice stand with lid on for 10 more minutes.
- SERVING: Pack warm rice in to a clean Ramekin. Place a clean plate on top of it. Turn the Ramekin over to place rice on serving plate. Gently top rice with some marinade reduction, add on chicken pieces and top again with your reduction.
- GARNISH with chopped chives, parsley, cilantro, sesame seeds, orange twists and serve with soy sauce.
- Or you can serve your rice flat on individual dishes or buffet style.
Well, what better place than Mike's Fish & Chicken right here in Cincinnati! Haha anyhow.my co-workers and I have driven by this place and have always wondered how the chicken would be like from a place attached to a laundry mat. The chicken was surprisingly really good. The batter is seasoned well and the fried chicken is not overly battered. In a small bowl, mix together the ginger, paprika, onion powder & garlic salt, then add the Worcestershire sauce & mix well.
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