Chipotle Chile Pepper Chicken

Chipotle Chile Pepper Chicken

Rub Ingredients

• 12 -16 trimmed, boneless, skinless chicken breasts

• 2 Tablespoons chili powder
• 1 Tablespoon ground cumin
• 2 tbl minced garlic or 4 fresh cloves finely chopped
• 1 tbl ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoon ground kosher salt

Thoroughly coat the trimmed, boneless, skinless chicken breasts with the rub. Refrigerate the chicken and let it sit in the rub for at least one hour.

Chipotle Citrus Sauce

• 4 cups orange juice
• 1/2 cup soy
• 1/2 cup honey
• 4 tablespoons chipotle chile peppers in adobo sauce finely chopped (you can purchase these in small cans at most grocery stores, specialty shops, and even WalMart)
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup orange juice

Combine 4 cups of orange juice, the honey, soy sauce and chipotle peppers in a heavy sauce pan. Bring to a boil and continue to gently boil for one minute. In the meantime, dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining orange juice and slowly add this to the sauce.

Utilize 1/2 - 1 cup of the sauce to baste the chicken breasts in as you are grilling them.  Reserve the remaining sauce to serve with the chicken.

Set your grill on medium heat. Place the chicken breasts on the grill and cook, basting and turning the breasts, for about 6 minutes per side. The cooking time will depend on the thickness of the chicken breasts and your own personal preference. Do not overcook.

You can vary the spicy flavor of this dish by simply adding or subtracting the amount of chipotle peppers that you utilize.