Due to the amount of components and pictures I took I will post the chicken recipe right now and will share the rest in a future post... it's really more because I'm still learning how to make everything look good in 1 picture...
Step 1: take the skin off chicken thighs (think 2/3 per person) and place in large pan (note: Dominicans typically leave the skin on.)
Step2: juice 1 whole lemon, add salt and pepper and add 1 packet of seasoning to the chicken (David uses Goya's Sazon con culantro y achiote)
Step 3: cut 1/2 red pepper and 1/2 yellow onion
Step 4: add the onion and red pepper to the chicken. If you have cilantro (we ran out) add to the pot at this point. I love cilantro so we usually put a whole bunch but if you're not a fan, you can leave it out.
Step 5: season with oregano and garlic powder. You can be generous with the garlic powder OR use real garlic, up to you and what you have in your kitchen.
Add the juice of 1 whole lemon (yes, that's 2 so far) and THEN, the fun part: put your hands in it and mix, mix, mix...
Store in a ziploc bag or other container until cook time or until you feel the meat has absorded enough of the flavor. David likes using large Ziploc bags so that 1) he can flip the bag over to make sure the juices goes on all sides of the meat and 2) so he doesnt have to wash the container afterwards.
Store in a ziploc bag or other container until cook time or until you feel the meat has absorded enough of the flavor. David likes using large Ziploc bags so that 1) he can flip the bag over to make sure the juices goes on all sides of the meat and 2) so he doesnt have to wash the container afterwards. Note that you will only be cooking the chicken - everything else is just to marinate the meat and give it its delicious dominican flavor.
David loves his grill so step 6 was all natural: GRILL IT.
et voila:
Final step: don't forget to compost!! Here's a picture of my composting pile for today's meal.
Tostones, rice and beans and platanos amarillos recipes coming shortly. 