Chipotle peppers freeze really well, especially if the recipe does not call for the entire can. Generally, we tend to pulse/puree them. It adds to the heat of the dish and makes carb counting/weighing easier.
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Mexican, Portuguese, Spanish
Keyword
Adobo, Chicken, Chipotle
Ingredients
1 - 3lb.(1361 gr) whole chicken 0 CHO
1TBSPolive or avocado oil 0 CHO
¼tsp.minced garlic 0 CHO
½cup(60 gr) diced onion 5 CHO
½cup(140 gr) ketchup 40 CHO
1TBSPDijon mustard 0 CHO
½TBSP(6 gr) Splenda Brown Sugar Blend 6 CHO
2TBSP(30 gr) canned chipotle pepper in adobo sauce 4 CHO
½TBSPGF French’s Worcestershire Sauce 1.5 CHO
1TBSPcider vinegar 0 CHO
½tsp.salt 0 CHO
¼tsp.pepper 0 CHO
TOTAL CHO 56.5 CHO
TOTAL SAUCE WEIGHT BEFORE COOKED 224 GRAMS
56.5CHO Divided By 224 Grams = .252 CHO/GRAM
1TBSP= 18 GRAMS(.252 CHO x 18 GRAMS) 4.53 CHO/TBSP
¼CUP= 4 TBSP(4.53 CHO x 4) 18.14 CHO/1/4 CUP
TOTAL SAUCE WEIGHT AFTER COOKED (fat skimmed) 120 GRAMS
ASSUME 3 TBSP REMAINS ON CHICKEN
56.5TOTAL CHO –3 TBSP= 13.59 CHO = 42.91 CHO REMAINING
42.91REMAINING CHO DIVIDED BY 120 GRAMS = .357 CHO/GRAM
1TBSP= 18 GRAMS(.357 X 18 GRAMS) 6.42 CHO/TBSP
¼CUP– 4 TBSP(6.42 CHO x 4) 25.68 CHO/1/4 CUP
¼CUP= 72 GRAMS
Instructions
Pre heat oven to 400.
Heat oil in a small saucepan and add diced onion. Gently sauté for 3 minutes and add minced garlic. Sauté 2 more minutes.
Add remaining ingredients (except chicken). Stir to incorporate and gently simmer, stirring often for 5 more minutes. Remove from heat.
Let sauce cool slightly and pulse in a mini processor until consistency of a thick paste. Spread half of the chipotle sauce over the chicken.
Cook chicken at 400 covered for 1 hour and then baste with remainder of sauce.
Cook another 30 – 60 minutes.
Test to make sure it’s cooked through. Remove chicken and whisk pan sauce, keeping warm over low – medium heat.
Carve chicken, drizzle a little sauce on the chicken and serve the remaining sauce on the side with the chicken and rice.
*Tip: Part of a can of Chipotle peppers are also used in Beef Tacos with Chipotle Dressing.