Adobe Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, minced
• 6 tablespoons honey mustard
• 3 jalapeno chilies, minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 3/4 cup fine dry bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 frying chickens, cut in serving pieces, skin removed

Preparation:

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a jellyroll pan with aluminum foil.
2. Combine cilantro, mustard, jalapeno and lime juice in a small dish; set aside.
3. Combine bread crumbs, cornmeal, chili powder, salt, oregano and red pepper in a shallow dish such as a pie plate.
4. Drizzle oil over and mix with your hands until mixture is uniformly moistened. Using the back of a small spoon, coat chicken pieces with mustard mixture. Roll chicken in breadcrumb mixture. Arrange meaty side up on jelly-roll pan. Bake until juices from the thigh run clear instead of pink, 40 to 45 minutes.
5. Serve hot or at room temperature.

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