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Chipotle Honey Lime Chicken with rice and coleslaw
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5 from 6 votes

Chipotle Honey Lime Chicken

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Marinating Time1 hour
Total Time2 hours 15 minutes
Course: Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Chipotle Honey Lime Chicken, Creamy Coleslaw, grilled chicken, Roast Chicken
Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

For the Coleslaw:

  • 1 small savoy cabbage roughly chopped
  • 4 green onions finely chopped
  • ¼ cup fresh curly parsley roughly chopped
  • 1 carrot coarsely grated
  • ½ cup avocado oil mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly-cracked black pepper

For the Chipotle Honey Lime Chicken:

  • 2.5 pounds bone-in and skin-on chicken quarters substitute chicken thighs, breasts or whole chicken
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 3 tablespoons coconut aminos
  • 3 chipotle peppers packed in adobo finely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic finely grated
  • ¼ cup freshly-squeezed orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons freshly-squeezed lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons avocado oil
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly-cracked black pepper
  • Steamed jasmine rice for serving

Instructions

For the Coleslaw:

  • In a bowl, combine the cabbage, green onion, parsley, carrot, mayonnaise, vinegar, honey, salt and pepper and toss well to combine. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before tasting and adjust with salt, pepper, mayonnaise or vinegar, as desired.

For the Chipotle Honey Lime Chicken:

  • In a bowl, combine the chicken, honey, coconut aminos, chipotle peppers, garlic, orange juice, lime juice, avocado oil, paprika, salt and pepper and toss well to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 1 to 6 hours.
  • Preheat your Traeger Grill to 475F.
  • Transfer the chicken to the lowest racks of your Traeger Grill, skin side-down at first, and cook until golden brown, around 30 minutes. Meanwhile, pour the reserved chicken marinade into a small sauce pan along with ¼ cup water. Place the saucepan onto a medium heat, bring the liquid to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until it has reduced in volume by at least ¼. Set aside.
  • Flip the chicken and baste each piece with some of the glaze. Continue cooking the chicken, flipping occasionally and basting it once or twice more, until lightly charred all over and the thickest part of each piece reaches 185F, around 15 more minutes (if using chicken breast, cook until the thickest part reaches 160F).
  • Transfer the chicken to a serving platter, brush with a bit more of the glaze and serve with a side of steamed jasmine rice and coleslaw.

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Nutrition

Calories: 954kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 45g | Fat: 69g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 22g | Monounsaturated Fat: 26g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 248mg | Sodium: 1570mg | Potassium: 1228mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 6338IU | Vitamin C: 89mg | Calcium: 133mg | Iron: 4mg