Coconut Chicken Fingers With Mango Rum Salsa
- Ready In:
- 2hrs
- Ingredients:
- 41
- Serves:
-
4-5
ingredients
- 4 lbs chicken breast halves
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1⁄2 cup chopped celery
- 1⁄2 cup chopped carrot
- 2 cups cornmeal
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1⁄2 cup milk
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Marinade
- 1⁄2 cup merlot
- 2 tablespoons x-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon cilantro
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cumin
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 gallon ziploc bag
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Mango Rum Salsa
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
- 1⁄2 cup chopped red onion
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄8 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 cup mango, peeled and chopped
- 1 cup papaya, peeled and chopped
- 1 cup yellow sweet pepper, chopped
- 1 cup sweet red pepper, chopped
- 1 tablespoon lime zest
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1⁄4 teaspoon mild chili powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cumin
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cilantro
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup rum
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Rice
- 2 cups long grain white rice
- 4 cups chicken stock
directions
- Debone chicken breasts and cut the chicken breasts into strips; 3 or 4 depending on size of chicken breasts. set aside.
- Place chicken bones,yellow onion, celery, and carrots into a 6 quart stock pot with 10 cups of water and boil for about 1 hour hard. Drain off the broth into a large bowl;discard bones and vegetables. Set broth aside.
- Into a small mixing bowl place all the ingredients for the marinade, mix well and place in zip lock bag with the chicken fingers. Put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Into a 4 quart sauce pan put 2 tablespoons butter the red onion, garlic, salt and peppers. Cook until onion is cooked but not brown. Add mango,papaya,Peppers, and tomatoes; stir well. Add lime zest and lime juice and all your dry spices. Add to this 1 cup of the chicken broth, mix well and reduce heat to a simmer. Pour in your rum slowly and carefully. Add your brown sugar and simmer slowly until it reduces to a sauce.
- Preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Drain the marinade off your chicken finger. Put your cornmeal in a bowl,the egg mixture in a bowl and your coconut in a bowl. Take the chicken fingers one at a time dip in cornmeal,the in the eggs,then roll in coconut. Place battered fingers in well sprayed baking dish and cook uncovered in your preheated oven for approximately 1 hour or until done. Checking occasionally to make sure coconut does not burn.
- Put your 4 cups chicken stock into a 6-quart sauce pan. Bring to a boil add your rice, stir well and cook on low heat, covered until done.
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