Achiote-Marinated Chicken Wrapped in Banana Leaves

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Cuisine: Central/South American | Course Type: Main Courses

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Recipe Review

A lovely flavor, albeit a bit too salty for me.

Chicken is marinated in an achiote (annato seeds)-cumin-orange juice-vinegar-oregano mixture. We substituted boneless thighs for breasts, and marinated for about 10 hours.

My husband did a superb job of wrapping with the banana leaves and grilling. Be sure to use a sweet onion (I used white onion - not so good).

Also avoid getting the excess salt on the chicken as you wrap it. Some bites were too salty.

I agree with Andrew - these would be spectacular for a party. We found the banana leaves and aciote (annato seeds) in a local hispanic market.

If you click through the pictures, you will see the packets pre-cooked and after cooking. So pretty!

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Comments

southerncooker - 9th July 2012
What lovely presentation. These look and sound delicious.

andrew - 13th July 2012
I agree - very nicely wrapped. Mine are much messier. Just did these again recently and I didn't grind the annato seeds very well, which I don't recommend. Still tasted good, though!

Queezle_Sister - 13th July 2012
Thanks so much, SC and Andrew. Those annato seeds are tough - I've now dedicated an old coffee grinder for spices, and especially for that one! My husband did the wrapping. I was floored at what a beautiful job he did.

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