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Mint Chicken (Pollo a la Menta)

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Recipe Ingredients:

1 chicken cut into pieces
1 cup of orange juice
1 tablespoon of grated orange peel
1/2 cup of mint leaves
1/4 cup of sugar
5 tablespoons of vinegar
oil
salt

Recipe Instructions:

Chop up the mint finely and let it soak in the sugar, orange juice and orange peel gratings. Wash and dry the pieces of chicken. Salt them and fry them until golden. Drain off the excess grease. Boil the vinegar for a few seconds and add the orange juice mixture. Pour the sauce over the chicken and cook until tender. Serve hot.

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Review for Mint Chicken (Pollo a la Menta)

By Clay and family on June 12, 2011

Made this dish tonight for my family, used a bit more of the orange flesh to fry with the chicken, and I used whole thighs instead of pieces, I served it all with rice, baked potato cubes and char girlled vegetables.