Lime Marinated Chicken Breast with Ancho-Rubbed Sweet Potato

 

~ 4 Servings ~

 

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

 

Marinade:

1 cup fresh lime juice

1 shallot, minced

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 Serrano chilies, stemmed, seeded, and chopped finely

4 scallions, thinly sliced

˝ cup cilantro, rinsed, de-stemmed and chopped finely

˝ cup parsley, rinsed, de-stemmed and chopped finely

2 Tbsp honey

˝ cup water

˝ cup olive oil

salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

 

  • Mix all marinade ingredients, except olive oil and salt

 

  • Slowly whisk olive oil into above ingredients.

  • Season to taste with salt

 

  • Pour marinade over chicken one hour before grilling. 

 

  • Remove chicken from marinade five minutes before grilling, and drain.

 

Ancho-Rubbed Sweet Potato Spears

1 large sweet potato, cut into spears.  May be peeled, or skin left on.

1 dried ancho chile

Pinch of salt

 

  • Soak 1 dried ancho chile in water for 15 minutes.  Reserve water

  • Carefully remove stems and seeds from chile.

  • Puree in a blender with a pinch of salt, slowly adding reserved water until you reach the consistency of mayonnaise.

  • Preheat oven to 3500

  • Using a pastry brush, gently dab the potato spears with the chile puree.

  • Roast potato spears until crisp, 20 to 30 minutes.

 

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