Photo: Marinated Grilled Chicken Pepitos Recipe
Marcela says, "A pepito is usually made with marinated grilled meat but I decided to give it a healthier kick with the chicken. The olive oil and red wine vinegar finish was my mom's secret to many of the things we ate - they enhance the flavor of all the ingredients in the pepito and I love using them because it takes me right back to my childhood when my mom would cook for us, sort of a trip down memory lane."
Ingredients
- 2 pounds thinly cut chicken breast
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon crumbled dried oregano
- 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice, or the juice of 3 oranges
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon chopped chipotle in adobo sauce
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 4 bolillo rolls
- Avocado slices, for serving
- Shredded iceberg lettuce, for serving
- Olive oil, for serving
- Red wine vinegar, for serving
Directions
Place the chicken in a 13-by-9-inch glass dish. Heavily sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Toss the chicken with the thyme and oregano, making sure everything is evenly incorporated. Pour the orange juice all over the chicken. Let it marinate for 10 minutes.
Heat the vegetable oil on a heavy grill pan over high heat. When the pan is hot, add the chicken. Cook about 5 minutes on one side and flip over, using tongs. Cook on the other side until perfectly browned and the chicken is cooked through, another 5 minutes. Remove the chicken from the heat and reserve, covered.
In a medium mixing bowl, mix the mayonnaise, chipotle and garlic until all ingredients are evenly incorporated. Season with salt. Reserve.
Spread 1 tablespoon of the mayonnaise mixture on the inside of a bolillo roll. Slightly toast the bolillo roll on the grill pan on medium-high heat, about 1 minute per side. Place a chicken breast on the inside of the roll. Add the avocado slices and top with lettuce. Drizzle with a little bit of olive oil and red wine vinegar. Close the sandwich and serve immediately.
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By lnpangelstar_CC
Twinsburg, OH
on October 11, 2012
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This is delicious. We make it at least once a month. We prefer using onion buns instead of bolillo rolls though.
By Life 24
on August 08, 2012
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This was absolutely delicious!!!! I didn't have bolillo rolls and instead used kaiser rolls and instead of 2 tbsp of fresh thyme , only used 1 tbsp. I will definitely be making this again and again, so GOOD!!!!
By evesaga84
on August 01, 2012
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This sandwich is awesome!!!! The chipotle mayo is delish! I am going to start using it in all my sandwiches now.
Very easy to make, I cut the chicken in smaller pieces so it would cook faster, I have cheap olive oil so I didn't want to mess up my sandwhich so I didn't add the vinegar or the oil. It's probably much better that way. My husband said it was the best sandwich he had ever had so I will be making these again soon.
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