Cuban Chicken Mojo Bowls Recipe
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Ingredients: Two Options for your Mojo Marinade:
1. 1 Bottle of Prepared Mojo OR
2. Home made Mojo
Orange Juice
1 Pound Chicken Meat, Thigh meat is more flavorful, but I prefer breast meat.
1-2 Avocados, Sliced or diced, your preference
2-3 Red or Yellow Onions, Sliced thickly 1/2 inch wide
1 Tomato, Sliced in half moons or diced to about 1/2 inch cubes
1 Box of Yellow Rice (Arroz Amarillo) from the Cuban/Caribbean/Mexican food section of the store)
1/2 Bunch of Cilantro, chopped for garnish
1-2 Limes, quartered
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Directions:Marinating:
Mix your mojo ingredients, if you are making it from scratch.It's ok to just mix it in a large ziplok bag. Or, pour your bottled mojo mix into a ziplok bag. The bag needs to be large enough to hold the mojo juice and the chicken parts. Put the chicken in, seal it after squeezing out the air, and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours. I prefer to start the marinating process the day before cooking, so that it really has a chance to absorb. Do not marinate longer than 24 hours, as your chicken will start to get mushy.
Cook your rice according to the package directions and set aside covered, to keep it warm.
Place your chicken on the grill or in your stovetop grill pan and cook it. Discard the remaining marinade. Salt and pepper lightly. It takes about 4-5 minutes per side. Be sure to keep it juicy, by not overcooking.
Place your onion rings on the grill with a drizzle of oil and cook them until they are cooked through or slightly charred.
While the chicken and onions are grilling, Dice up your tomato, avocado, and cilantro separately and set aside.
To assemble:
Put rice in the bottom of your bowl. In each quadrant of the bowl place your onions, tomato, and avocado. Sprinkle cilantro overall and serve with lime wedges as a garnish. |
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Notes: This dish is super easy to prepare especially if you use bottled mojo, which you can find in the Mexican/Cuban/Caribbean foods section at the store. I find it at Big Lots as well. The rice, for the brand I use, is microwaved in 5 minutes.
This bowl is super healthy and offers some really refreshing flavors. Try to start the marinating precess the day before to ensure some great flavor and to save some time on the day of preparation.
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