Orange-Chipotle Sauce (June, 2001) - Great variation

[Ralph]

Last week, I made the cumin-crusted chicken with this sauce. I made the full recipe for the sauce, & ended up with lots leftover.

Since it was way too good to toss out, I used it tonight as a BBQ sauce for grilling a whole chicken (FYI: 6 lbs., indirect heat, 1 hour & 50 minutes). Smeared most of it under the skin, then started basting with the rest halfway thru cooking. Absolutely incredible. Would definitely try to make again!

Oh, and BTW, the cumin-crusted chicken was excellent, too.

[KValley]

Ralph,

thanks for the great review and for the excellent idea on using the extra sauce.
I've had my eye on this recipe, but wasn't certain if the chipotle sauce was worth the effort. Now I think I will give it a go!

Cheers,

Julie.

[Lynn B]

Hey Ralph!!! GREAT suggestions - thanks for sharing! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Wish you'd have been in Birmingham last weekend - we'd have loved to have met you!

Lynn

[luv2cook]

just from the half I tasted, the other 7 ingredients would be great! I urge everyone to make it. I used the last over "half" sauce with pasta and chix for my mother for lunch...

[Kelli Kerrigan]

I've tried the sauce on salmon and thought it was wonderful. I think I may try it on pork next. Or maybe some grilled fruit for a nice side dish finished off with some snipped mint and cilantro.....yummy.
This is one of my favorite sauces. Thanks CL!

[KValley]

I made the cumin-crusted chicken and chipotle sauce last night. Outstanding!

I goofed with the chicken- I realized too late that I was out of cumin seed, so I made a rub with ground cumin. Seemed to me the sauce drowned out that flavor anyway (or was it me drowning the chicken in that yummy sauce?).

Plenty o'sauce left over, salmon, pork, sweet potatoes await to be grilled!!

[Ralph]

Originally posted by KValley:
I realized too late that I was out of cumin seed, so I made a rub with ground cumin. Seemed to me the sauce drowned out that flavor anyway (or was it me drowning the chicken in that yummy sauce?).

The seeds were quite a bit more flavorful than the ground cumin would be, but I did find the texture of the seeds (which were untoasted) a little, how shall I say, different. And in retrospect, knowing how good the sauce is, I'm not sure it even needed the rub!

[Grace]

Hey Ralph - I had to pull out this old thread and add my review. I would never have made this recipe had it not been for your review. My husband and I made this last night and we loved it. (He gave it an 8.5). The sauce is indeed fantastic, and I just used it to bbq (outside on the grill) plain chicken breasts (didn't bother with the crushed coriander, or whatever). I served it with my new favorite salad, the Roasted Corn, Black Bean and Mango salad (minus the chipotle pepper - didn't want to O.D. on chipotles!), and it was the PERFECT summer dinner. Light, healthy, colorful, DELICIOUS and easy (once the sauce was done). I'm going to freeze the leftover sauce, and probably make a double batch next time, and freeze it in smaller containers so I can make this all summer long. Thanks again for the great recommendation.

[Ralph]

Originally posted by Grace:
Hey Ralph - I had to pull out this old thread and add my review. I would never have made this recipe had it not been for your review. My husband and I made this last night and we loved it.

Glad you enjoyed it!

That's what I find so great about the BB: You'll likely end up trying something you might not have thought of trying originally (see multiple gripes on the "July issue" thread).


[This message has been edited by Ralph (edited 06-19-2001).]

[Peggy]

Another BIG thumbs up for this one. I also skipped the cumin-crusted part of the recipe and just basted the chicken breast with the Orange-Chipotle sauce. Delicious! We were doing a BBQ/Picnic dinner theme. Served the chicken with the Spicy Cucumber Salad with Peanuts (6/01) and the Old-Fashioned Potato Salad (Complete CL Cookbook). A very successful dinner... I'm going to have to make the now legendary Roasted Corn, Black Bean and Mango Salad very soon. Can't ignore all of the outstanding reviews!

Peggy

[Julia1Pin]

I made this recipe yesterday. Following Ralph's advice, I skipped the rub.

I used the marinade, to Marinade Lamb Steaks, and then re-applied on the grill, as I was (actually DH) grilling.

My family loved it!

Because it's more labor intensive then I'm used to, I would have never tried it. Thanks to everyone's comments I mad eit, and loved it. A definate repeater!

[Donna P]

I made the sauce this weekend - great! I used 2X the peppers and it is way hot!@! Will use on a chicken later this week.