Chicken Chorizo Albondigas Meatballs With Mango Bbq Sauce And Asian Slaw Recipes

ORANGE-GLAZED CHICKEN & CHORIZO MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Crush croutons into fine crumbs. Add 1/2 cup picante sauce and 1 tablespoon orange juice concentrate; let stand 10 minutes., Stir in 2 tablespoons cilantro, egg and salt. Crumble chicken and chorizo into crouton mixture; mix well. With wet hands, shape into 1-in. balls. Place on a greased rack in a 15x10-in. baking pan. Bake until a thermometer reads 165°, 15-20 minutes., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan over medium heat, stir together marmalade, pepper jelly, remaining picante sauce and remaining orange juice concentrate. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minutes. Stir in mango, 1 tablespoon cilantro and, if desired, 1/3 cup pomegranate seeds. Pour sauce over meatballs. Serve with remaining cilantro and, if desired, pomegranate seeds.

SPICY MANGO BBQ TURKEY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil.
• Put the turkey in a bowl and add the celery, garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Mix well and scoop into golf ball-size meatballs. Place them onto the prepared baking sheet as you go. Bake until cooked through and browned, 15 to 17 minutes.
• Meanwhile make the sauce. Add the mango, barbecue sauce, agave, soy sauce and habanero peppers to a saucepan with 1/2 cup of water and stir. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes to thicken slightly and enhance the heat of the peppers. Puree with an immersion blender or use a food processor.
• Toss the meatballs with the sauce until well coated. Place on a serving platter and garnish with the sliced green onions.

BBQ CHORIZO MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a large glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• Mix ground beef, chorizo, Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, egg, and garlic together until well combined.
• Form mixture into about 36 meatballs. Place meatballs in rows the prepared baking dish. Drizzle barbecue sauce over each meatball until a small puddle forms at the base.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the centers reads at least 160 degrees F (71 degrees C), 18 to 22 minutes.

ASIAN BARBECUE CHICKEN SLAW

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk soy sauce, honey, 3 tablespoons oil and vinegar until blended. Pour half of the honey mixture into a small bowl; stir in barbecue sauce. Sprinkle chicken with pepper. In a large nonstick skillet heat remaining oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir until no longer pink, 4-6 minutes. Add barbecue sauce mixture; heat through., Meanwhile, whisk salad dressing into remaining honey mixture until blended. Add coleslaw mix, green onions, 3 tablespoons almonds and 2 teaspoons sesame seeds; toss to coat. Serve with chicken. Sprinkle servings with remaining almonds and sesame seeds.

CHICKEN WITH MANGO BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium-sized skillet over medium-high.
• Add the onions and cook until translucent, about 2 minutes.
• Add the red peppers, garlic, salt and pepper, and allspice and cook for 2 minutes more.
• Stir in the vinegar, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, lime juice and tomato sauce and cook for 1 minute more.
• Transfer the mixture into a bender and add the mango and jalapeño.
• Blend until smooth.
• Put 1 cup of the barbecue sauce into a sealable plastic bag with the chicken and marinate for 1 hour.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Put the chicken on a broiler pan and discard the marinade.
• Broil the chicken on high for about 12 minutes, turning once.
• Let the meat rest for 10 minutes before slicing.
• Spoon about 1/2 cup of barbecue sauce over the meat slices and serve.
• **Cook time doesn't include marinating the chicken in the mango barbecue sauce for an hour.

GRILLED CHICKEN THIGHS WITH MANGO-ANCHO SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine mango, lime juice, honey, ancho chile powder, and salt in the bowl of a small food processor; pulse until smooth. Remove 1/4 cup of the sauce to a small bowl and whisk in rice wine vinegar and olive oil to make a marinade. Place remaining sauce in the refrigerator.
• Place chicken thighs in a resealable plastic bag and drizzle with mango-ancho marinade. Seal the bag and marinate in the refrigerator, 2 hours to overnight.
• Twenty minutes before grilling, remove chicken from the marinade, letting the excess drip off. Season chicken on both sides with salt and pepper. Discard the remaining marinade.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Place chicken on the hot grill, skin-side down, and grill for 3 to 4 minutes. Flip chicken over and grill on the other side for 3 to 4 minutes. Continue flipping every 3 to 4 minutes until an instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), 22 to 25 minutes total. Turn grill to low heat and brush both sides of the chicken with reserved mango-ancho sauce, grilling an additional 1 to 2 minutes.