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Week of 9/3/18

Chicken Wings and Drumettes with Honey-Adobo Sauce
with roasted broccoli / cumin cauliflower rice

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Original GF Paleo Vegetarian
Chicken Wings and Drumettes with Honey-Adobo Sauce

Chicken wings and drumettes can get surprisingly crisp in the oven, largely thanks to a coating of arrowroot powder, which helps to draw out any extra liquid in the skin. This version is finished with a sweet and spicy sauce and served with broccoli and cauliflower rice on the side.
Smarts: Check out this video on how to make baked wings and drumettes (the version featured uses an Asian-inspired sauce). 

Proteins
Chicken, non-ground
Cuisines
American
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Ingredients

Metric
Servings:
4
Chicken Wings and Drumettes with Honey-Adobo Sauce:
  • Chicken, small wings and drumettes - 2 lbs
  • Arrowroot powder - 1 tsp
  • Salt - 1/2 tsp
  • Foil - for baking
  • Lemons - 1/2 , wedges
  • Honey Adobo Sauce and Dressing (ingredients listed separately) - ~1/3 cup
Honey-Adobo Sauce / Dressing:
  • Vinegar, red wine - 1 1/2 Tbsp
  • Adobo sauce - 1 Tbsp (usually found with canned chipotle peppers)
  • Honey - 1 Tbsp
  • Paprika, smoked - 1/2 tsp
  • Oil, cooking - 3 Tbsp
Roasted Garlic Broccoli:
  • Broccoli - 1 lb , chopped
  • Garlic - 4 cloves , sliced
  • Oil, cooking - 1 Tbsp
  • Lemons - 1/2 , wedges
Cumin Cauliflower Rice:
  • Cauliflower florets - 12 oz
  • Butter - 1 Tbsp
  • Cumin - 1/2 tsp
  • Cilantro - 1 Tbsp , chopped

Prep

  1. Chicken - (If prepping right before cooking, get oven heating and chicken cooking before continuing with prep.) Pat wings and drumettes dry. Toss with arrowroot powder and salt. Set aside for 20 minutes.

  2. Cauliflower rice - Pulse florets in a food processor until broken up into ‘rice’-sized bits. Watch this video for the full how-to on cauliflower rice. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)

  3. Make honey-adobo sauce / dressing - (Double if making Thursday night’s meal.) Whisk together vinegar, adobo sauce, honey, paprika, and oil (portion for dressing). (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)

  4. Broccoli / Garlic - Prep as directed and combine. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)

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Make

  1. Heat oven to 450F / 232C. Set out two sheet pans.

  2. Line the first sheet pan with foil. Place an oven-safe cooling rack on top. Top cooling rack with chicken wings and drumettes, leaving some space in between them so that air can circulate (this will help them to get crispy). Roast chicken until cooked through and crisp and golden on the outside, turning halfway through cooking, ~35 minutes. (Check out this video to see how we make baked chicken wings.)

  3. Spread broccoli and garlic on the second sheet pan. Toss with oil (portion for broccoli) and season with some salt. Roast broccoli until tender, shaking the pan halfway through cooking, ~20 minutes.

  4. When chicken and broccoli are nearly finished cooking, heat a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add butter and then cauliflower rice to melted butter. Season with cumin and some salt. Saute until cauliflower rice is tender, 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer cauliflower rice to a serving bowl.

  5. Slice lemons (for chicken and broccoli) and chop cilantro.

  6. Stir cilantro into cauliflower rice.

  7. When broccoli is finished, squeeze lemon wedges (portion for broccoli) over top.

  8. When chicken is finished, toss it with honey- adobo sauce (reserve half if doubled for Thursday).

  9. Serve chicken over cauliflower rice with broccoli and lemon wedges on the side. Enjoy!

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