Caribbean Chicken

  4.0 – 28 reviews  • Caribbean

A gently spiced, somewhat sweet breading is applied to chicken breast before baking it with grapefruit juice and nectarine.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 teaspoon paprika
  2. 1 teaspoon onion powder
  3. 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  4. 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  5. ½ teaspoon dried oregano
  6. 1 teaspoon salt
  7. 1 teaspoon pepper
  8. 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
  9. ¼ cup duck sauce
  10. ¼ cup marinara sauce
  11. 1 teaspoon mango hot sauce
  12. ¾ cup fresh pink grapefruit juice, divided
  13. 1 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
  14. 1 ripe nectarine, pitted and sliced

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking dish with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, parsley, oregano, salt and pepper. Toss with chicken breasts until evenly coated. In a bowl, combine duck sauce, marinara sauce, mango hot sauce and 1/4 cup grapefruit juice. Coat chicken evenly with sauce mixture. Place bread crumbs in a shallow dish, and dredge chicken until evenly breaded. Place chicken in baking dish. Place nectarine slices around the edge of baking dish.
  3. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Turn the chicken, pour 1/2 cup grapefruit juice over chicken, and continue cooking for another 15 minutes or until done.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 319 kcal
Carbohydrate 38 g
Cholesterol 68 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 33 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Sodium 1240 mg
Sugars 12 g
Fat 4 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

James Brown
This is such an odd combination of flavors, but it is wonderful. Thanks!
Felicia Acosta
These flavors work really well. Only changes from recipe were to sub 1t mango juice with a shake of hot sauce, cut back to just a shake of salt, and to bake our large chicken breasts for an hour. Chicken came out juice with nice texture and great flavor.
Jacob King
The only reason I gave this recipe 1 star is because they don’t allow you to give it none. There are so many things wrong with this recipe, i’m not even going to bother to give suggestions to fix it…the breadcrumbs end up like oatmeal, the flavors just don’t work together, the only good thing about this recipe was the baked nectarines – just make yourself a cobbler w/that beautiful fruit! We ended up literally scraping everything off of the chicken and eating it that way just to keep from having to go out.
Peggy Walker
I made this recipe and all I tasted on the chicken was tomato, which is amazing since it has the kitchen sink. I think the grapefruit juice brought out the acid in the marinara and just made it taste like licking tomato sauce. The thing that made it better was taking a bit with the nectarine, but there were not enough of them to really eat it with the chicken. Neither my husband or I could finish it. (And my husband will eat anything since his mom is one of the worst cooks out there!) 🙂
Victoria Blair
Wonderful mix of flavors
Courtney Gray
Yummy Chicken
Edward Hughes
VERY GOOD This is a great summer recipe! Will definatly make again!
Deanna West
Very good! Followed the recipe pretty closely although it is hard to find hot mango sauce so we used hot Thai hot chili sauce instead. The only thing I suggest is less marinara sauce. It added an interesting taste but was over powering.
Jo Perez
So moist! I actually marinated the chicken in a duck sauce (no marinara, so I subbed more duck) and pineapple (no grapefruit either!) juice mixture, then baked the entire thing without using the bread crumbs due to other commenters’ posts about mushiness. I mixed the spices and sprinkled them on top, then used mango (no nectarines!) around the sides. Definitely moist and scrumptious! Only thing I’ll change is to halve the pepper next time, but otherwise, totally FIVE STARS! Made with a steamed cauliflower/broccoli mix and some cheesy broccoli rice for something bland-ish to go with the spicy chicken. Amazing!
Brian Cochran
We really enjoyed this chicken. I used more nectarines than it called for and my mom said she could have eaten even more nectarines. Some complained of too much pepper, but I may not have mixed the spices adequately. I used 5 chicken breasts and split them before coating, which gave more flavor per bite of chicken. I doubled the spices and liquid mixture for this amount of chicken. We’ll definitely make this again!
Jared Anderson
Not terrible, but breading was very mushy and unpleasant.
Benjamin Williamson
The flavors were really tasty. I used a Mango-Ginger habanero sauce – Love this sauce. The only complaint we had with this recipe is that the bread coating got really, really mushy. Next time, I think I’ll just marinate the chicken in the Duck Sauce/Hot Sauce combination and bake it and skip the bread crumbs.
Christian Campbell
I have cooked this several times and noticed that the thinner the chicken the juicier it turns out.
Elizabeth Jenkins
I thought this dish tasted great. It was very moist and had just the right amount of kick. It really depends on what mango hot sauce you can find. I ended up getting a mango ginger with habanero sauce. We used slightly less salt and instead of parchment paper we used aluminum foil. The nectarine didn’t have much of a part in the dish and I will probably try using mangos next time. Overall we really enjoyed this dish and will make it again.
Laura Mathews
This was good. I think the nectarines really sucked up a lot of the grape fruit juice flavor, and it’s not my most favorite flavor! SOOO i think a cut up mango would work better, just my taste. I couldn’t find mango hot suace but could find mango chili suace and used that instead, and also dipped the chicken in after. It was SOO good. my husband said it was a keeper and i agree.
Alex Newman
I must say that this chicken was so tender. It really was the most moist chicken I’ve had in a very very long time. Great chicken! Now, I’m a strange person, everyone else who rates this loves the fruit, but I didn’t like the fruit with it at all. I will make the chicken again, but I will serve it with a Spanish rice or something. Still a 5 though!
Javier Serrano
This was really good. I used mangos and the flavor was delicious. I do agree that browning the chicken before baking keeps things from becoming mushy. I will probably make this again.
Debra Stewart
This was a tangy surprise. I normally don’t make recipes w/ limited reviews, but this was good. It was somewhat messy to make, but it was a good use of chicken
Shirley Reynolds
Unusual and interesting ingredients & flavors put together. We did not think it was too spicy, as some reviewers have said, but it definitely has a bite to it! I browned the chicken after breading it, for 5 minutes on each side, because of some reviewers saying the breading went mushy during the baking process. I had some very ripe peaches so subbed that for the nectarine; used 1.5 peaches and would add more next time. The fruit makes the dish; otherwise it would be somewhat dry and uninteresting. Couldn’t find mango hot sauce, so used something called Mango Chipotle Sauce found in the bbq sauce section of the grocery store and added a few drops of Frank’s Hot Sauce. We really liked this, and I would make it again!
Courtney Evans
I thought this was too spicy, however, my husband loved it. I will agree that it was good, just too spicy for me.
Eugene Saunders
Absolutely love this recipe. I make it without the duck sauce (double the marinara to compensate) and with hot mango chutney instead of mango hot sauce. Deliciously tender and with a sharp kick that isn’t too overwhelming.

 

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