Take the zest of 1 lime, the juice of 2, about 1/4-1/3 cup of honey (or agave nectar if you have it/prefer it), 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder, and about 1.5 teaspoons of salt. Mix, and reserve about 1/4 cup of the mix, then take 1-2 chipolte chilis in adobo (smoked/dried, then rehydrated in adobo), diced up and deseeded, and a tablespoon or so of the adobo sauce, and add to the remainder of the marinade.
Mix, and put the marinade in a zip top bag, along with the chicken, squeeze out as much air as possible, refrigerate. Marinate at least 8 hours (overnight is better), flipping the bag every now and then.
When you're ready to cook it, pull it out, also pull out the reserved marinade, remove most of the chunks of the chilis, grill until done. Remove from the grill, place in a foil pouch, and pour in the reserved marinade. Wait 10-15 minutes, remove from the pouch, and serve.
This also works with pork. I've played around with it a lot as well, using different citrus, different sweetners, etc. Basically, you're looking for 1/2 cup sour/acid to 1/4 cup sweet for the base. I have done, for example, a pork tenderloin with apple cider vinegar and molasses as the base.
The original recipe I got from Alton Brown, and have modified it depending on what I had on hand, and what I was in the mood for.
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