Chipotle Chicken Revisited

I had toyed with a recipe for this in the past, but have been on a SousVide kick lately and realized that this could be done as a bulk meap prep. Sous Vide foods are pre-cooked and freeze easily ready to defrost and eat. I decided on a Honey Lime Chipotle Chicken with Cilantro Lime rice and some Pico De Gallo and three Bean salad. Just like my recent discovery of air frying to reverse sear Sous Vide cooked BBQ. I gave the chicken 5 minutes at 400 degrees to get a texture on the outside post Sous Vide cooking. This can be done after defrosting the frozen meal prep for the hot off the grill flavor and texture.

Pico De Gallo

PicoDeGalloIngredients
PicoDeGalloIngredients

I love Pico De Gallo as it is a simple salad that can be converted into salsa with a stick blender. Here is what I use for mine. Tomatoes, Jalapenos, Limes, White Onions, and Cilantro with only a touch of salt and black pepper to finish it off.

PicoDeGalloReady
PicoDeGalloReady

I just cut everything up and mix it in a bowl. I then just put it in mason jars to keep. Normally I make Texas caviar too at the same time since it uses the same ingredients, but only had one can of black eyed peas so 3 bean salad was made instead.

Honey Lime Chipotle Chicken

HoneyLimeChipotleIngredients
  • 1/2 can of San Marcos Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce including sauce
  • 1/2 bunch of cilantro including stems
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 5 teaspoons of liquid smoke
  • 1 teaspoon of cumin
  • 2 teaspoon of dried oregano
  • 2 teaspoons of dried cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • The juice and zest of one lime
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil
HoneyLimeChipotleSousVide

I use the mini chop food processor to blitz all the ingredients into a paste and then put boneless skinless chicken thighs in the paste to coat. I vacuum sealed it into bags ready for Sous Vide. I then placed the bags in the Sous Vide at 165 degrees for 2 hours.

Cilantro Lime Rice

I did a simple Cilantro lime rice by taking 1/2 bunch of cilantro and the juice and zest of one lime and mixing it into a rice cooker of freshly cooked rice. This is as simple as a flavored rice side can get.

Finishing it off

The chicken can be cut up and added to Burritos. My favorite local tortilla company La Ranchera not only makes great corn tortillas, but burrito wrappers that make about the perfect size burritos.

I have a feeling that I’m about to air fry some of La Ranchera’s corn tortillas into chips and make me some Honey Lime Chipotle Chicken natchos soon. I quit buying premade tortilla chips once I found out that the air fryer makes better ones from fresh corn tortillas with less oil that deep fried.