★ Lunch
LunchIngredients
- 2 cans Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce
- To taste Salt
- Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs
Instructions
- 1Buy Chipotles in Adobo if you don’t have it. 7 ounces is probably enough for two pounds of thighs
- 2Take your boneless skinless chicken thighs and make sure they’re “unrolled” and open so all the surface area is exposed. Put them in a bowl with the contents of the can. Leave for at least 3 hours to marinate.
- 3Grill. If your indoor ventilation is bad, cook this outside. The peppers will aerosolize capsaicin otherwise which without proper ventilation is the equivalent of pepper spraying your whole kitchen.
- 4Make sure your thighs get to 190-195 degrees Fahrenheit internal temp.
- 5Remove from grill, let sit 5 minutes.
- 6Cut them into strips or however you choose to plate it. I use mine in rice bowls and to make quesadillas for a late night meal.
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