Pollo Asado Navideño [Video+Recipe] Dominican Christmas Chicken

Looking for the easiest chicken recipe for the Christmas Eve Dinner? Check out this chicken roast Dominican-style, with all the flavors you've come to expect, in a less-complicated centerpiece for the biggest feast of the year.

Course Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine Dominican

Keyword chicken christmas dinner, christmas chicken dishes, christmas chicken recipes, easy chicken recipes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 2

Resting time 12

Total Time 14 15

Servings servings

Calories 1021kcal

Author Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

1 cubanela (cubanelle pepper) (or green bell pepper)
1 medium red onion chopped
¼ cup minced parsley plus extra sprigs for garnish
6 garlic cloves
¼ cup capers
½ tablespoon oregano (dry, ground)
2 tablespoons salt
1 small bunch parsley
3 tablespoons soy sauce
Juice of half a bitter orange or a whole lime, or 1½ lemon
1 whole chicken 4 lb [1.8 kg], thawed overnight in the fridge if previously frozen

Instructions

1. Making the seasoning

In the bowl of the food processor or blender, combine cubanelle pepper, onion, garlic, capers, salt, parsley, soy sauce, and bitter orange juice. Blend to obtain a coarse paste.

2. Marinating the chicken

Place the chicken in a large bowl. Pour the seasoning, and rub the chicken making sure the inside of the whole chicken cavity is coated with it, and leaving some of it covering the chicken breast.
Cover the bowl with aluminum foil and let it rest in the fridge for 12 hours. Remove from the fridge and let it rest on the counter for about an hour to reach room temperature.

3. Roasting the chicken

Heat the oven at 350 ºF [175 ºC].
Remove the chicken from the bowl and place it on a roasting pan (with wire tray). Loosely cover the chicken with the aluminum foil. Roast in the preheated oven for 1¾ hours or until the internal temperature measured inside the thigh indicates 165 ºF. If you do not have a thermometer, puncture the flesh between the thigh and the body and check there is no pink liquid present.
Remove the aluminum foil, and broil until the skin is golden brown.
⚠️ Using a meat thermometer is very highly recommended [1] for safety and for better results.

4. Serving

Remove from the oven, garnish with parsley (rosemary or fresh thyme also make great garnishes, if you have some), and serve.

Video

Notes

For easy cleaning, line the bottom baking tray with aluminum foil when baking (I forgot to do it for the video and had to spend some time scrubbing the tray).

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