Recipe: Port and Paprika Chicken Bites (appetizer)
Appetizers and SnacksPORT AND PAPRIKA CHICKEN BITES
"Portuguese and Spanish ingredients - inimitable port wine, paprika, cilantro, and olive oil - flavor this tapas-style dish. Set out cocktail picks, or toothpicks, for nibbling on these delicious little bites.
To cook these bites once and enjoy them twice, double the recipe (omitting the cilantro) and freeze half the batch. Then just thaw them in the fridge and reheat them in in a skillet, adding fresh cilantro before serving."
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut in bite-size chunks (about 1 inch square)
FOR THE MARINADE:
2 garlic cloves
2 bay leaves
3 tablespoons port
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided use
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
2 teaspoons sweet paprika
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro (chop just before cooking)
1/2 cup diced onion (small dice)
TO MARINATE THE CHICKEN:
Grind the garlic and bay leaves together in the work bowl of a hand blender or mini chopper (or chop the garlic by hand and finely crumble the bay leaves, then mix with the remaining marinade ingredients). Add the port, 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, the vinegar, paprika, and salt, then blend together until well mixed. Marinate the chicken in the mixture 1 to 2 hours.
JUST BEFORE COOKING:
Chop enough cilantro to make 1/2 cup. Spread the cilantro out on a serving plate.
TO COOK THE CHICKEN:
Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil on high in a wok or large skillet. With a slotted spoon, scoop the chicken pieces out of the marinade and into the hot oil, arranging them in a single layer. Cook until they brown on the bottom, 2 to 3 minutes, then stir-fry them until cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes more. Scoop the chicken bits out of the pan, leaving excess oil behind, and place them in a single layer on the bed of cilantro.
Add the onion to the hot pan, return the pan to the heat, and cook, stirring, until the onion is browned on the edges, about 2 minutes. Scoop the onion out of the oil and sprinkle on the chicken.
Serve the plate of chicken bites hot or at room temperature, sprinkled with a touch of salt, and with cocktail picks or toothpicks for handling.
Makes 4 servings / bar bites
Source: Great Bar Food at Home by Kate Heyhoe and Alexandra Grablewski
"Portuguese and Spanish ingredients - inimitable port wine, paprika, cilantro, and olive oil - flavor this tapas-style dish. Set out cocktail picks, or toothpicks, for nibbling on these delicious little bites.
To cook these bites once and enjoy them twice, double the recipe (omitting the cilantro) and freeze half the batch. Then just thaw them in the fridge and reheat them in in a skillet, adding fresh cilantro before serving."
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut in bite-size chunks (about 1 inch square)
FOR THE MARINADE:
2 garlic cloves
2 bay leaves
3 tablespoons port
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided use
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
2 teaspoons sweet paprika
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro (chop just before cooking)
1/2 cup diced onion (small dice)
TO MARINATE THE CHICKEN:
Grind the garlic and bay leaves together in the work bowl of a hand blender or mini chopper (or chop the garlic by hand and finely crumble the bay leaves, then mix with the remaining marinade ingredients). Add the port, 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, the vinegar, paprika, and salt, then blend together until well mixed. Marinate the chicken in the mixture 1 to 2 hours.
JUST BEFORE COOKING:
Chop enough cilantro to make 1/2 cup. Spread the cilantro out on a serving plate.
TO COOK THE CHICKEN:
Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil on high in a wok or large skillet. With a slotted spoon, scoop the chicken pieces out of the marinade and into the hot oil, arranging them in a single layer. Cook until they brown on the bottom, 2 to 3 minutes, then stir-fry them until cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes more. Scoop the chicken bits out of the pan, leaving excess oil behind, and place them in a single layer on the bed of cilantro.
Add the onion to the hot pan, return the pan to the heat, and cook, stirring, until the onion is browned on the edges, about 2 minutes. Scoop the onion out of the oil and sprinkle on the chicken.
Serve the plate of chicken bites hot or at room temperature, sprinkled with a touch of salt, and with cocktail picks or toothpicks for handling.
Makes 4 servings / bar bites
Source: Great Bar Food at Home by Kate Heyhoe and Alexandra Grablewski
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