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Welcome to the Local Cuisine page! Every month we will feature a recipe
for a typical Aruban dish or delicacy. You can print out this page and start
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of the experts on Aruban cuisine.
This Month's Recipe:
Citrus Chicken
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Cooking is just as creative and
imaginative an activity as a drawing, or wood carving or music. And cooking draws upon
your every talent; and science, mathematics, energy, history and experience. Julie Childs |
Reprinted
with kind permission from "Aruba Cooks" by Linda H. Shapiro,
published in 1997, page 78.
Pierre Corneillestraat 1, Oranjestad, Aruba, Dutch Caribbean. |
This book is available for purchase from the Aruba Gastronomic
Association (AGA). Click here for more information |
Serves 4
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 6-8 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup olive oil or corn oil
- 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/3 cup fresh lime juice
- 3 tablespoons white wine
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Roland white wine vinegar
- Tabasco, to taste, optional
- 3 1/2 pound roasting chicken
- Garnishes: orange and lime slices, cilantro
and / or parsley sprigs
Saut?nion and garlic oil in large deep
skillet until soft, but not browned. Add orange and lime juices, wine, sugar, salt,
freshly ground pepper, vinegar and Tabasco, stirring to mix well. Bring to a boil and
remove from heat. Cool. Set aside 1/4 cup mixture and chill, covered.
Place chicken in shallow baking dish and
pour remaining sauce over. Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight, turning
chicken ocassionally in marinade. Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade. Pat
chicken dry with paper towels, place on lightly greased rack and place rack in baking pan.
Bake in pre-heated 400? oven for 15
minutes. Reduce heat to 350? and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, basting with
reserved 1/4 cup marinade mixture. If chicken becomes too brown, cover with foil tent.
Cut chicken into serving pieces and place
on serving platter with garnishes.
Bon Appetit!
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