Grilled Chicken With Chipotle Orange Glaze Recipes

STICKY HONEY ORANGE GRILLED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl whisk together orange juice, orange zest, lemon juice, olive oil, hot sauce, dijon mustard and garlic.
• Place chicken thighs in a gallon size resealable bag, pour marinade over chicken then seal bag while pressing out excess air.
• Rub marinade over chicken, transfer to refrigerator and let marinate 1 - 6 hours.
• Preheat a grill over medium-high heat to about 400 degrees.
• While grill is preheating prepare glaze - in a small saucepan melt butter over medium heat.
• Whisk in honey, orange juice, orange zest, BBQ sauce and dijon mustard and remove from heat. Set aside about 1/3 cup for serving.
• Grill chicken about 4 minutes per side then brush with glaze and grill until cooked through (165 degrees in center) and slightly charred about 2 minutes per side more.
• Serve warm with reserved glaze, garnished with parsley if desired.
• Recipe source: adapted slightly from the Neely's

GRILLED CHICKEN WITH ORANGE-CHIPOTLE GLAZE

Steps:

• Place chicken in shallow glass or plastic dish or large resealable food-storage plastic bag. In small bowl, mix all marinade ingredients. Pour marinade over chicken; turn to coat chicken with marinade. Cover dish or seal bag; refrigerate, turning chicken occasionally, 8 hours or overnight.
• Heat gas or charcoal grill. In 2-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook onion and garlic in oil, stirring occasionally, until soft. Add 2 cups orange juice and the vinegar; heat to boiling. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered until mixture is reduced to 1 cup. Remove from heat; stir in brown sugar, ketchup and molasses. Stir in desired amount of chiles. Set aside.
• Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade. Place chicken on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 15 to 20 minutes, turning once or twice and brushing with glaze during last 2 minutes of grilling, until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (at least 165°F).
• Heat any remaining glaze to boiling; boil and stir 1 minute. Serve with chicken.

CHICKEN WITH ORANGE-CHIPOTLE GLAZE

Steps:

• Whisk together the orange juice concentrate, chipotle pepper, balsamic vinegar, molasses, and mustard.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper and grill or broil 2 minutes.
• Turn chicken and brush with glaze. Cook 5 minutes longer, brushing occasionally with glaze.
• Turn chicken again and brush well with glaze. Cook until done - center of chicken should no longer be pink - 2-3 minutes longer.