Mexican Inspired Chicken with Dates!

Name: Mexican Inspired Chicken with Dates!
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 serving
Ingredients: 1 kg chicken thigh fillets; 8 burritos; 150 gram dates; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 3 Tablespoons ground cumin; 1 teaspoon smoked paprika; 3/4 teaspoon sea salt; 3 Tablespoons chipotle chilli; 60 ml vinegar; 400 gram crushed tomatoes; 1 clove garlic; 40 ml oil; 2 each tomato; 50 gram Spanish onion; 1/2 bunch Coriander; 1 small avocado diced; 5 gram salt and pepper; 20 ml lemon juice; 100 gram cheddar cheese

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Cook Time
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Total Time
40 mins
Servings
4
Course
Main Course, Dinner

Mexican Inspired Chicken with Dates!

Iris Warren

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These is an easy recipe. You just need to make the marinade and bake . Serve with your favourite salsa and jalepeno peppers. You'll be very surprised how these flavours work together. This recipe uses Australian cup measurements

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Ingredients

Servings

1 kg chicken thigh fillets boneless about 6
8 burritos 10 inch

Marinade

150 gram dates fresh or dried (3/4 cup) cut1/2 and de seeded
1 teaspoon dried oregano a nice strong Mexican or Greek one
3 Tablespoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
3/4 teaspoon sea salt
3 Tablespoons chipotle chilli *Salsa
60 ml vinegar 3 Tablespoons, white or red wine
400 gram crushed tomatoes 1 tin including the juice
1 clove garlic
40 ml oil 2 Tablespoons

Salsa

2 each tomato diced into small cubes , 1 cup
50 gram Spanish onion diced
1/2 bunch Coriander chopped
1 small avocado diced. diced.
5 gram salt and pepper
20 ml lemon juice 1 Tablespoon

Sliced Jalepeno peppers *

100 gram cheddar cheese , grated

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Instructions

Set the oven to 190-200 C/ 400 F. Prepare an oven tray lined with baking paper.
To start put the dates, spices, chipotle salsa, salt, vinegar and tomatoes into a medium pot and put on a low heat. Stir and squash the dates as they heat. They need to break down and purée into the sauce.
Taste it and add salt if needed. Set aside to cool a bit .
Make the salsa by adding the tomatoes, onions and coriander. and stirring together in a bowl. Set aside
Put the chicken into the marinade and coat very liberally. Put each piece onto the tray and add a bit more marinade if there is some left. ( discard the remainder- don't use unless it is cooked due to the raw chicken)
Bake the chicken for 15 - 20 minutes. Test one of the thighs in the thickest part to ensure they are cooked through. if a little pink put back into the oven for another 5-8 minutes.
Serve the chicken with burritos and salsa and grated cheese.

Notes

I like to Dice the onion and stand in boiling water for two minutes to take out the heat, before draining and adding to the salsa. This cuts some of the burn.