Chocolate Chicken

princess buttercup's Note:

Found this on the net. I'm intrigued...Sounds like something different and simple. I intend to try this and grill the chicken.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 2 chicken breasts (not frozen)
• 1 teaspoon semisweet cocoa powder or 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon paprika
• 1 dash cayenne pepper or 1 dash dried red chili pepper
• enough lemon juice , to make it goopy
• 1 tablespoon cilantro or 1 tablespoon basil (or other greenish stuff)

Directions:

1. Put everything but the chicken in a cereal bowl, mix it up.
2. Wash the chicken, coat it with the mix, cook the chicken.

Reviews

[justcallmetoni]

As a big fan of dishes like mole, adovada and such, this recipe had tremendous appeal to me. I was a tad dissapointed but see some potential here. First, the recipe did not specify the type of breast -- I used one with skin and bone. This did not work well at all as the paste did not penetrate much beyond the surface. So, you had a top that had a wee bit of flavor and the rest of the chicken was bland and flat. Use a boneless breast cut pretty thin instead. Also, a bit of cumin or garlic powder might improve this as well. The choolate paste itself was sort of dull - certainly when there was no whiskey for me or the chicken. I served mine with Black Bean and Couscous salad and I have to say the bites were the two things were mixed made a much tastier chicken. Will play with this a bit more.

[amthrupm]

delicious, easy to make. i would suggest cutting open the breasts and putting some of the sauce in before grilling. I also threw vegetables in the skillet (green capsicum, baby corn, and mushrooms) to soak up some of the flavors and finished the dish with scotch whisky and a quick flambe. -- Dessert??? whiskey hot chocolate! what a way to warm up the spirit and body on a december evening!