Recipe: Delicious Mike's Tropical Chicken & Rice

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Mike's Tropical Chicken & Rice. This Pollo Tropical Chicken Recipe is one of my favorite copycat recipes. The tropic pollo marinade is bursting with citrus and tropical flavors to satisfy hungry taste buds. In this video I show you how to make crispy pineapple coconut milk chicken.

Mike's Tropical Chicken & Rice Pollo Tropical (literally "Tropical Chicken" in English) is a Miami, Florida-based restaurant chain and franchise specializing in the cuisine of the Caribbean. The tropic pollo marinade is bursting with citrus and tropical flavors to satisfy hungry taste buds. Absolutely delicious with the best ingredients from Woolworths. You can cook Mike's Tropical Chicken & Rice using 24 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mike's Tropical Chicken & Rice

  1. Prepare of Tropical Chicken - Rice - Garnishes.
  2. Prepare of large Boneless Chicken Breasts.
  3. It's of Dole Pineapple Chunks & Juice.
  4. It's of Orange Juice & Orange Chunks [reserve 1 cup].
  5. Prepare of Brown Sugar.
  6. You need of small Tangerines & 1/2 tsp Zest.
  7. It's of Each: Minced Garlic - Garlic Chili Sauce - Dried Red Onions.
  8. Prepare of Jalapeños [chopped with seeds removed].
  9. You need of Chicken Or Vegetable Broth.
  10. Prepare of Each: Lemon & Lime Juice - Red Pepper Flakes - Fresh Ginger - Soy Sauce -.
  11. You need of Green & Red Bell Pepper.
  12. It's of large Mango.
  13. It's of Black Pepper.
  14. It's of garnishes & additions.
  15. You need of Sesame Seeds [garnish].
  16. Prepare of Fresh Cilantro [garnish].
  17. You need of Fresh Green Chives [garnish].
  18. Prepare of Fresh Parsley [garnish].
  19. It's of Soy Sauce [for serving].
  20. You need of Garlic Chili Sauce [for serving].
  21. It's of thickener.
  22. You need of Cornstarch [more may be needed].
  23. It's of rice.
  24. It's of Uncooked Rice.

Skip to Tropical Chicken Tacos content. Once the chicken is ready and the roll is toasted we need to get the guac and mango salsa from the refrigerator. These grilled chicken breasts are marinated in a simple citrus marinade made with lime Tropical Grilled Chicken Breast. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Hamilton Beach's Tropical Chicken recipe and other delicious recipes for Meals can be found at hamiltonbeach.com.

Mike's Tropical Chicken & Rice step by step

  1. Trim fat from chicken breasts. This is what a boneless, fat trimmed breast should look like. Pound to tenderize meat by placing a Ziplock Bag over your breasts and pounding them with a kitchen mallet..
  2. Zest tangerine, peel and cut sections in half, chop oranges and mango, pineapples and chives, mince garlic and slice bell peppers and jalapeños..
  3. Mix everything [except garnishments, cornstarch, broth and rice] together, including chicken breasts in a bowl or Ziplock Bag and refrigerate for at least 2 hours minimum to marinate. Stir occasionally and make sure your chicken is submerged..
  4. Pull chicken breasts out and cut into 1"x 1" cubes and lightly season any way you'd like. [powdered ginger-lemon pepper-onion powder-garlic powder] Place on non stick tinfoil and bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes. You can also fry them. After baking or frying, set to the side. I cook mine in a T-Fal ActiFry..
  5. Separate your garnishments from your marinade vegetables..
  6. FOR THE MARINADE: Place the marinade and veggies + 2 cups chicken broth and 1 cup of reserved orange juice in a pan and simmer for 20 minutes. If your mixture boils down too much, add more broth. Now you can tinker with your recipe to suit your tastes. Is the marinade sweet enough? Does it need more ginger? It's all up to you. You're the Chef!.
  7. TO THICKEN MARINADE: Mix 2 tbs cold water and 1 tbs cornstarch and slowly add to your simmering pan. You can make this marinade as thick or as thin as you'd like, or as much as you'd like by adding more broth. You'll be hard pressed to dilute the citrus flavor by adding more broth..
  8. FOR THE RICE: Rinse 4 cups rice in a bowl until the starch water runs clean then drain well. Add 2 or 4 cups chicken broth [instead of water] or whatever amount your rice package calls for, to a separate pot. Add rice, bring to a boil and stir. At boil, place lid on tight and reduce temperature to low and simmer for 15 minutes. Do not remove lid. After simmer, shut off flame and let rice stand with lid on for 10 more minutes..
  9. SERVING: Pack warm rice in to a clean Ramekin. Place a clean plate on top of it. Turn the Ramekin over to place rice on serving plate. Gently top rice with some marinade reduction, add on chicken pieces and top again with your reduction..
  10. GARNISH with chopped chives, parsley, cilantro, sesame seeds, orange twists and serve with soy sauce..
  11. Or you can serve your rice flat on individual dishes or buffet style..

The Tropical Chicken Wraps recipe out of our category Tropical Fruit! The chicken mixture, mango, cashew, and cilantro leaves don't have to remain in lettuce wraps, though. Serve this tropical creation in a whole-wheat wrap or over a bed of leafy greens for a healthy. Boston Pizza copycat Tropical Chicken Pizza has alfredo sauce, spicy chicken, and pineapple! A crazy but insanely good combination!