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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (516g)

Recipe makes 4 servings

The following items or measurements are not included below:

1/4 teaspoon mild chili peppers

Calories 1034
Calories from Fat 646 (62%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 71.8g 110%
Saturated Fat 20.0g 100%
Monounsaturated Fat 29.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 16.6g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 340mg 113%
Sodium 609mg 25%
Potassium 934mg 26%
Total Carbohydrate 6.8g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.2g 0%
Sugars 4.4g
Protein 84.8g 169%

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El Pollo Loco Chicken

Recipe #375027 | 1 day | 1 day prep | add private note

By: LsuGrrl
May 29, 2009

El Pollo Loco knock-off recipe. This is it, from Nancy Berry from the Orange County Register newspaper. The company used to sell a dry seasoning packet that you just added the juice too, but I cant find it anymore. This is as close as you will get to the origianal

SERVES 4 , 1 chicken dinner (change servings and units)

Ingredients

  • 6 ounces pineapple juice
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon mild chili pepper, remove stem and seeds from chiles, finely minced (Anaheim or California)
  • 8 drops yellow food coloring (but accurate) (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 4 lbs frying chicken, cut up

Directions

  1. 1
    Marinate chicken in zip-lock bag overnite.
  2. 2
    Reserve 1/4 cup marinade to baste while cooking, making sure the chicken cooks on both sides minutes AFTER basting the final time--we dont want our Italian friend Sal Monella to show up :-)
  3. 3
    Grill over indirect heat, turning 4 times, 12 minutes each time.
  4. 4
    Serve with your favorite tortillas, rice an barracho beans.

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From: Lisa At The Lake

On Aug 19, 2009

This is an absolutely wonderful marinade for chicken that you must try. I found this recipe in the same newspaper several years ago and have made it many times over. It is one that I always go back to and it smells/tastes great. I use dried California mild chili peppers with fine results. Definitely a keeper!

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