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Thursday Recipe Exchange: Chipotles in Adobo Sauce
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JeffreyW uses his chipotles in adobo sauce for breakfast.
I was thrilled when JeffreyW put together a batch of chipotles in adobo sauce, using jalapenos from his summer garden. I learned a lot from his post. I’m going to direct you to the entire thing instead of just reposting his recipe because he does a terrific explanation of the whole process. So before you try any of tonight’s other recipes, you might want to start with JeffreyW’s recipe (found here).
Once you’ve got your chipotles and sauce all prepped (or bought), you can try them in any of the following:
My absolute favorite is Chipotle Macaroni and Cheese with Bacon (recipe here). A great way to kick up a comfort food.
The spicy sauce is great in combination with fruits. When strawberries were in season I spiced up someone else’s recipe for Chicken in Strawberry Sauce with some chipotles in adobo sauce for a real treat (recipe here).
And from the photo at top, JeffreyW uses it to spice up his breakfast (recipe here).
So are you a fan of chipotles in adobo sauce? Have a favorite way to use them? If you haven’t tried them, are they something you might try now that we’ve wowed you with their many uses?
Finally, tonight’s featured recipe:
I had canned a big batch of apple butter a while back and one night I was wondering what to do with it besides spread it on bread. I had been thinking that it would be good with chicken or pork and eventually decided that barbecue chicken thighs would be where I would start. Then I decided to heat it up. A spicy, smoky mix of apple butter, chipotles in adobo sauce and a touch of spices made the perfect sauce:
Chipotle-Apple Butter Barbecue Chicken
I decided that bone-in, skin on thighs would work best.
- 8 chicken thighs
- Salt & Pepper
- 1 tsp crushed garlic
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- 1 cup apple butter
- 1/2 yellow onion
- 2 tbsp chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (to start, add more as desired)
- 2 tsp crushed garlic
- 1/4 tsp salt
Season thighs with 1 tsp crushed garlic, salt and pepper. Let sit for 5-10 minutes while oven or grill preheats to 375 degrees. Bake or grill chicken for 15 minutes. Meanwhile in a blender or food processor, blend together remaining ingredients until smooth. Brush on chicken thighs thickly at the 15 minute mark and add more every 5 minutes until chicken reaches 165 degrees internal temperature (usually 10-15 minutes for a total cooking time of 25 to 30 minutes). Serve with lots of napkins.
Chipotles in Adobo Sauce
I think I mentioned a while back that Mrs J wanted me to pick all the jalapenos on the bushes growing in containers out in the patio garden. I picked a couple of dozen that were still hanging in there this late in the season. I have plenty of them pickled so it was either freeze or dry them and I decided to try my hand at smoking them as they dried in my smoker rig. Worked like a charm!
Dried and smoked jalapenos are also known as chipotles and I’m sure you’ve heard of chipotles in adobo sauce. I thought it would be fun to make that myself. I wasn’t too sure about the adobo sauce but teh Google found a nice description complete with recipes. There was a quick recipe for the chipotles and one a little more involved for an adobo sauce:
“…begin with eight dried guajillo chiles and eight dried ancho chiles with the tops and seeds removed. Fry them in hot oil for about ten seconds per side, then boil them in 12 cups of water and a half cup of white vinegar. Leave them to soak in the pot overnight.
The next day, remove the chiles and discard the soaking solution. Puree the chiles in a blender with a bit of chicken or beef broth, depending on the meat you are using. Next, sauté one onion and six cloves of garlic, diced, in a large saucepan. Add the chile paste, two cups of broth, one teaspoon each of black pepper and cumin, one half teaspoon cinnamon, one quarter teaspoon salt, one tablespoon oregano, a quarter cup each of vinegar and lemon juice, three quarters of a cup orange juice, and two tablespoons tomato paste. Cook the entire mixture for about half an hour, or until it is as thick as you would like it.”
I snipped the stems from my chipotles and cooked them with the adobo sauce. I didn’t have any orange juice so I used apple cider, and subbed lime juice for the lemon juice. It really did end up just about the same as the canned item you can find in most any store these days. I’m looking forward to using these in my next Tex-Mex dish.
Thursday Recipe Exchange: Chipotle Macaroni Salad
Photo by JeffreyW
EDIT: Just realized the tomatoes were omitted from the ingredient list. Corrected now.
What a week. The Colorado wildfires became personal again, as my office was smack in the middle of an evacuation zone. The authorities never had to make it mandatory and as I write this, that fire is well contained. Add to that, one of the guys I work with was in a horrible motorcycle accident at the beginning of the week and that shook us all up. I was ready for the week to be over sometime around Tuesday night, so I’m grateful it’s Thursday and the weekend is within sprinting distance. Even happier that Independence Day is around the corner
Since I love July 4th, I have quite a few recipes that celebrate it with great picnic foods. All 21 of them can be found at this link. There is quite a variety: fancy appetizers; cold salads; grilling ideas; fun desserts; and even cold drinks. There is also an entire post of potato salad recipes from Balloon-Juicers.
I really like tonight’s featured recipe. It was a huge hit last year at the July 4th picnic. I’m actually making it right now for a going away party, that’s how it became tonight’s recipe.
All right, now it’s your turn, what are your favorite foods on July 4th? Are you all-American with burgers and dogs or something more sophisticated? Share your favorites in the comments and we can all argue about it, good-naturedly of course.
Tonight’s featured recipe:
Chipotle Macaroni Salad
Chipotle Mayonnaise:
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 chipotles in adobo sauce, chopped
- 1 tablespoon adobo sauce
- 1 tbsp limejuice
Mix together ingredients and set aside while macaroni cooks.
Macaroni Salad:
- 1 lb elbow macaroni
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 stalk celery, minced
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp minced parsley
- 2 large tomatoes, chopped (or equivalent)
- 8 oz cubed sharp cheddar cheese
- 4 thick cut bacon strips, cooked and crumbled (optional)
- 1 cup chipotle mayonnaise
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Bring water to a boil, add 1 tsp salt and macaroni. Cook until al dente (firm to tooth). Immediately drain and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process. Do not drain well, allow macaroni to stay wet, remove to bowl. Immediately add garlic, celery, onion, parsley and lemon juice and let sit for 5 minutes. Stir in cheddar cheese, tomatoes, bacon and chipotle mayonnaise. Salt and pepper to taste. Allow to chill 15 – 30 minutes. Serves 8-10.
Just a note: There will be no recipe exchange next Thursday, we’ll pick up again on July 12th.
Chipotle-Apple Barbecue Chicken
I don’t know if you heard, but I have a bit of Apple Butter at my house. The other day I was wondering what I could do with it besides cover slice after slice of bread with it (not that there is anything wrong with THAT!). I had been thinking that it would be good with chicken or pork and eventually decided that barbecue chicken thighs would be where I started. A spicy, smoky mix of apple butter, chipolte peppers in adobo sauce and a touch of spices made the perfect sauce:
I decided that bone-in, skin on thighs would work best. Serve with corn on the cob and marinated green beans for a complete meal.
Chipolte-Apple Butter Barbecue Chicken
- 8 chicken thighs
- Salt & Pepper
- 1 tsp crushed garlic
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- 1 cup apple butter
- 1/2 yellow onion
- 2 tbsp chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (to start, add more as desired)
- 2 tsp crushed garlic
- 1/4 tsp salt
Season thighs with 1 tsp crushed garlic, salt and pepper. Let sit for 5-10 minutes while oven or grill preheats to 375 degrees. Bake or grill chicken for 15 minutes. Meanwhile in a blender or food processor, blend together remaining ingredients until smooth. Brush on chicken thighs thickly at the 15 minute mark and add more every 5 minutes until chicken reaches 165 degrees internal temperature (usually 10-15 minutes for a total cooking time of 25 to 30 minutes). Serve with lots of napkins.
