Sweet and Spicy Hot Sauce Marinated Chicken

Ingredients:

3 chicken breasts, fat trimmed

2 c fermented mango habanero hot sauce, plus 1/2 c for basting (recipe here)

1 orange, zested and juiced

Fresh oregano, roughly chopped1/4 c

2 garlic cloves, peeled

1-1/2 tbsp seasoned salt

1/4 c honey

Freshly cracked black pepper

Tools needed:

Sharp knife

Cutting board

Baking sheet

Parchment paper

Microplane

Small mixing bowl

Ramekin

Basting brush

Glass baking dish

Plastic wrap

How to make it:

***For the wet rub

In a small mixing bowl, zest orange and garlic cloves.  Juice the orange.  Add chopped oregano, seasoned salt pepper and the honey.  Mix thoroughly and set aside.

Trim fat off the chicken and any other unwanted parts.  Place chicken in glass baking dish.  Rub chicken entirely with wet rub, let sit with rub on it for 30 minutes.   Pour hot sauce over the chicken, covering it entirely.  Cover with plastic wrap and marinate for 6-8 hours, flipping chicken half way through.

Preheat oven to 400 f

Pull chicken from marinade, place on parchment lined baking sheet.  Bake 400 for 30-35 minutes.  I pull the chicken when it reaches 150-156 degrees, baste it with some hot sauce and broil on high it for 5-6 minutes on center rack.  Keep and eye on it as it may need less time depending on how hot your broil setting works. Broiling the chicken will cook it the rest of the way through and will give the chicken a good, caramelized hot sauce crust.  I baste the chicken once it comes out of the oven, serve immediately.

Enjoy, this spicy, sweet and juicy chicken!

-Logan