Chipotle-Mango Barbecue Chicken With Cilantro Chimichurri

Guy Fieri

Recipe courtesy Guy Fieri for Food Network Magazine

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Total Time:
1 hr 10 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
50 min
Yield:
4 to 6 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

For the chicken:

  • 3 mangoes, peeled, pitted and chopped
  • 1 1/4 cups loosely packed fresh cilantro, not chopped, stems and all
  • 3 chipotle chile peppers in adobo sauce, plus 1 tablespoon sauce from the can
  • 3 tablespoons rice vinegar (not seasoned)
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil, plus more for the grill
  • Kosher salt and freshly cracked pepper
  • 12 pieces skin-on, bone-in mixed chicken thighs and drumsticks (about 5 pounds)

For the chimichurri:

  • 1 1/2 cups fresh cilantro leaves
  • 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
  • 2 scallions, white parts only, roughly chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cup grapeseed oil
  • 1 teaspoon agave syrup
  • 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
  • Kosher salt and freshly cracked pepper

Directions

Prepare the chicken: Put the mangoes, cilantro, chipotles, adobo sauce, vinegar, garlic, lemon juice, canola oil, 1 tablespoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper in a food processor and puree until smooth. Adjust the seasoning to taste.

Toss the chicken with half of the mango mixture in a resealable plastic bag and massage to coat the chicken with the sauce. Refrigerate at least 6 hours to marinate.

Put the other half of the mango mixture in a small saucepan and simmer over low heat until thick, stirring often, about 15 minutes. Season with salt. Set some of the simmered mango sauce aside for serving and use the rest for basting.

Preheat a grill to medium and brush with canola oil. Remove the chicken from the marinade, brushing off the excess marinade so it doesn't burn, and put on the grill. Grill the chicken, turning, until cooked through, about 30 minutes, basting with the simmered mango sauce during the last 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the chimichurri: Combine the cilantro, parsley, scallions, garlic, grapeseed oil, agave, lime juice, and salt and pepper to taste in a food processor and pulse to roughly chop. Continue processing until the sauce is finely chopped but not smooth (it shouldn't be a puree). Set aside at least 15 minutes before serving.

Transfer the chicken to a platter and serve with the chimichurri and the reserved mango sauce.

Photograph by Kat Teutsch

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  • on August 27, 2012

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    Great recipe, tasty! Next time I make it I will probably add an extra chipotle pepper or two for a bit more heat. For the chimichurri sauce, I think I will add just a bit more garlic and more cilantro.

    I have one friend who is a vegetarian and I think I could grill a tofu patty with this sauce and he would go crazy with it!

    Will make it again!

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  • on August 27, 2012

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    First let me say I rarely follow a recipe in its entirety but did so here. I too, had mango sauce more the color of yellow curry - nothing like the picture in Food Net Mag. It was tasty as made, but seemed to lose some of the heat during cooking. Also, all the sugar from the mangoes had a tendency to burn the chicken a little more than usual. The chimichurri sauce rocked! I have made this sauce again as hubby loved it too! Overall, there was a lot of prep work involved cleaning and drying the herbs, cutting up the mangoes (drippy but yummy! and a mess in preparing both sauces Might try it again, but not sure.....

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  • on August 10, 2012

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    This was a Killer meal!!! Made it for 15 people. Served fried plantains, and black beans and rice. EVERY BODY wanted more. Next time I will double it!!

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