El Pollo Loco Chicken Copycat Recipes

Steps:

• Marinate chicken in zip-lock bag over-nite.
• Reserve 1/4 cup marinade to baste while cooking, making sure the chicken cooks on both sides minutes AFTER basting the final time--we don't want our Italian friend Sal Monilla to show up :-).
• Grill over indirect heat, turning 4 times, 12 minutes each time.
• Serve with your favorite tortillas, rice and Borracho beans.

Steps:

• For marinade, mix all ingredients, except chicken, together.
• Add chicken and marinate for 4-24 hours.
• Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade.
• Cook chicken on a hot grill for about 10 minutes on each side.
• Serve with tortillas and salsa.
• Time does not include marinating.

Steps:

• For the Spanish rice:.
• In a saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to boil; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 25 minute or until rice is tender. Garnish with green onions.
• For the chicken:.
• Combine oil, butter, onion powder, garlic powder, food coloring, cumin and lemon juice in large shallow pan. Add chicken halves (or boneless chicken breasts), turning to coat well. Cover and marinate overnight. Remove chicken from marinade and season with salt and pepper. Cook on grill over medium coals until browned on both sides and meat is done, browning and basting frequently, about 25 minutes. Cut into pieces.
• For the pinto beans:.
• Heat oil and whole chile in sauce pan. When chile is tender, add ground chiles, beans and water. Stir well. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 10 to 15 minutes.
• Assembly:.
• Place some rice and beans in the bottom of the bowl, followed by several strips of the chicken. Top with a helping of cheddar cheese, tomatoes, onions and cilantro sprigs.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients and let chicken marinade a minimum of 1 hour.
• Grill chicken until done.

Steps:

• Briefly simmer the cut-up chicken in a deep-sided skillet, keeping pieces in single layer without crowding them, until the meat appears milky white and the juices run clear, no longer pink. Allow to cool in the broth, uncovered, while you prepare the basting sauce.
• Arrange the chicken pieces skin-side up on broiler pan in single layer and baste with enough of mixture to evenly coat skin side. Turn and baste other side. Turn again to skin side up and broil 6" from the heat, brushing with additional sauce every few minutes until skin is really crispy and golden brown, approximately 5 to 8 minutes for large pieces.
• BASTING MIXTURE.
• Mix juices, oil, turmeric, garlic salt and pepper. This makes enough to baste nine pieces.