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Chipotle Roasted Chicken

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 - 3 lb. (1361 gr) whole chicken 0 CHO
  • 1 TBSP olive or avocado oil 0 CHO
  • ¼ tsp. minced garlic 0 CHO
  • ½ cup (60 gr) diced onion 5 CHO
  • ½ cup (140 gr) ketchup 40 CHO
  • 1 TBSP Dijon mustard 0 CHO
  • ½ TBSP (6 gr) Splenda Brown Sugar Blend 6 CHO
  • 2 TBSP (30 gr) canned chipotle pepper in adobo sauce 4 CHO
  • ½ TBSP GF French’s Worcestershire Sauce 1.5 CHO
  • 1 TBSP cider vinegar 0 CHO
  • ½ tsp. salt 0 CHO
  • ¼ tsp. pepper 0 CHO

TOTAL CHO 56.5 CHO

TOTAL SAUCE WEIGHT BEFORE COOKED 224 GRAMS

  • 56.5 CHO Divided By 224 Grams = .252 CHO/GRAM
  • 1 TBSP = 18 GRAMS (.252 CHO x 18 GRAMS) 4.53 CHO/TBSP
  • ¼ CUP = 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
  • 56.5 TOTAL CHO – 3 TBSP= 13.59 CHO = 42.91 CHO REMAINING
  • 42.91 REMAINING CHO DIVIDED BY 120 GRAMS = .357 CHO/GRAM
  • 1 TBSP = 18 GRAMS (.357 X 18 GRAMS) 6.42 CHO/TBSP
  • ¼ CUP – 4 TBSP (6.42 CHO x 4) 25.68 CHO/1/4 CUP
  • ¼ CUP = 72 GRAMS

Instructions

  1. Pre heat oven to 400.
  2. Heat oil in a small saucepan and add diced onion. Gently sauté for 3 minutes and add minced garlic. Sauté 2 more minutes.
  3. Add remaining ingredients (except chicken). Stir to incorporate and gently simmer, stirring often for 5 more minutes. Remove from heat.
  4. 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.
  5. Cook chicken at 400 covered for 1 hour and then baste with remainder of sauce.
  6. Cook another 30 – 60 minutes.
  7. Test to make sure it’s cooked through. Remove chicken and whisk pan sauce, keeping warm over low – medium heat.
  8. Carve chicken, drizzle a little sauce on the chicken and serve the remaining sauce on the side with the chicken and rice.
  9. *Tip: Part of a can of Chipotle peppers are also used in Beef Tacos with Chipotle Dressing.