Mai Tai Chicken Recipes

THE PERFECT MAI TAI

Steps:

• In a large jar or drink cooler, combine the light rum, dark rum, 151 rum, orange liqueur, almond syrup, simple syrup, and lime juice. Stir and top off with orange juice. Do not use grenadine if you want the true Mai Tai! Serve in 8 to 12 ounce glasses with ice.

EASY THAI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. To make the sauce, whisk together chili sauce, soy sauce, garlic, fish sauce, ginger, lime juice and Sriracha in a small bowl; set aside. Melt butter in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes per side. Stir in chili sauce mixture. Place into oven and roast until completely cooked through, reaching an internal temperature of 165 degrees F, about 25-30 minutes. Then broil for 2-3 minutes, or until caramelized and slightly charred. Serve immediately, garnished with peanuts and cilantro, if desired.

MAI TAI CHICKEN SKEWERS

Steps:

• Soak skewers in water at least 30 minutes to prevent burning. Spray grill rack with cooking spray. Heat gas or charcoal grill.
• Cut each chicken breast in half lengthwise, then cut crosswise to make 10 (about 1-inch) pieces. Cut onions into 20 (about 2-inch) pieces. In small bowl, mix corn syrup, rum, lemon juice, lime peel, lime juice and almond extract. Reserve 3 tablespoons.
• On each skewer, alternately thread 2 chicken pieces, 2 onion pieces and 1 pineapple chunk. Brush kabobs with about half of the remaining sauce.
• Place kabobs on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 7 to 10 minutes, turning and brushing with remaining sauce after 5 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink in center. Place kabobs on serving platter. Thread end of each skewer with cherry. Spoon reserved 3 tablespoons sauce evenly over kabobs; sprinkle with coconut.

MAI TAI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Place the chicken breasts in the prepared dish. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Cook in preheated oven until no longer pink, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, stir together the mai tai drink, pineapple, and sweet and sour mix in a bowl until evenly blended. Remove chicken from oven, and top with half of the pineapple mixture. Return to oven, and cook chicken until juices run clear, about 15 minutes more. Serve with remaining pineapple mixture.

MAI TAI

Steps:

• Mix together the pineapple juice, orange juice and grenadine in a large pitcher. Add the spiced rum, coconut rum and sparkling clementine juice if using; mix well to combine.
• Cut the ends off the pineapple, and then remove the skin, being careful to trim away the eyes. Slice the pineapple about 1/2-inch thick. Use mini cookie cutters to cut fun shapes.
• Load picks with the pineapple, clementine wedges and cherries.
• Pour the juice mixture into glasses over ice and garnish with the fruit skewers.

MAI TAI

Steps:

• Combine the rums, lime juice, orange liqueur, almond syrup, orange juice and pineapple juice in a mason jar and secure the lid. Shake well. Fill 4 rocks glasses with ice and pour over the mixture.
• Add a splash of cherry juice to each glass. Garnish with the cherries, wedges of fresh pineapple and mint leaves.

MAI TAI

Steps:

• In a cocktail mixer full of ice, combine the spiced rum, coconut rum, grenadine, pineapple juice and orange juice. Shake vigorously and strain into glass full of ice.

MAI TAI II

Steps:

• Fill a 12 ounce glass with ice cubes. Pour in rum and amaretto. Fill remainder of glass with half orange juice and half pineapple juice. Add a splash of grenadine for color.

MAI-TAI

Steps:

• Shake all liquid ingredients with ice. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with a mint sprig.

MAI TAI

Steps:

• Combine ingredients in a shaker with crushed or cracked ice and shake vigorously. Pour, with shaken ice, into a double old-fashioned glass and garnish with the spent lime shell and a sprig of fresh mint. Some, who live large and dangerously, like to float an extra 1/2 ounce of dark rum atop it.