Hoisin Chicken with Cucumber Salad

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Recipe courtesy Food Network Magazine

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Total Time:
50 min
Prep
25 min
Cook
25 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

For the Chicken:

  • 3/4 cup hoisin sauce
  • 3 scallions, coarsely chopped
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 1 2-inch piece fresh ginger, sliced
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, stemmed and halved (remove seeds for less heat)
  • Zest and juice of 2 limes, plus lime wedges for garnish
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 2 pounds skin-on chicken thighs and drumsticks (separate pieces)

For the Salad:

  • 1/2 cup rice vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • Kosher salt
  • 1 seedless cucumber, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced

Directions

Prepare the chicken: Preheat a grill to medium on one side. Combine the hoisin sauce, scallions, garlic, ginger, jalapeno, lime zest and juice, vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste in a mini food processor or blender; process until almost smooth. Season the chicken with salt; toss with the hoisin mixture in a large bowl.

Make the salad: Bring the vinegar, sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring. Remove from the heat; stir in 1/4 cup ice cubes until melted. Toss the cucumber and red onion in a serving bowl with the vinegar mixture; place in the refrigerator.

Grill the chicken over direct heat until the skin is crisp, 5 minutes per side, basting with extra marinade. Transfer to the cooler side of the grill; cover and grill until cooked through, 10 to 15 more minutes. Serve with the cucumber salad and lime wedges.

Per serving: Calories 375; Fat 16 g (Saturated 4 g); Cholesterol 107 mg; Sodium 1,906 mg; Carbohydrate 30 g; Fiber 1 g; Protein 32 g

Photograph by Antonis Achilleos

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  • on September 02, 2012

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    Delicious dish that is refreshing with fresh flavors and very quick to make. Nice change form the typical BBQ tomato based sauces. When I make this again, I will marinate the chicken overnight in the sauce to see if there is a big difference in flavor. Marinating overnight does NOT always guarantee intense flavoring but this is a very good marinade.

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  • on August 30, 2012

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    Needed something quick for dinner tonight and made this. The family loved it !!! Will definitely make again

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  • on June 19, 2012

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    I don't like jalepenos, although I still love spice, so I grated the garlic and the ginger instead of just chopping it in the food processor. Also, I have made the cucumbers on their own several times because they are so good and refreshing!

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