Orange Chipotle Sauce Food

ORANGE CHIPOTLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Using a blender or food processor, process all ingredients until smooth. Add additional chipotle powder and/or cayenne pepper powder, to taste and heat preference. Stir well.
• Use immediately as a marinade for grilled chicken or pork or as a dipper.

ORANGE-CHIPOTLE SHRIMP

Steps:

• In a zip-top bag, combine one-third of the garlic, the olive oil, a large pinch of salt and pepper, and the shrimp. Marinate for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• Meanwhile, add the remaining garlic, the orange juice and chipotle to a saucepot over medium heat. Bring to a boil and cook until reduced to a thin glaze, 10 to 13 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly.
• Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Remove the shrimp from the marinade, letting the excess drip back into the bag; discard the marinade. Place the shrimp on the hot grill pan and cook until opaque on both sides and grill marks appear, about 2 minutes per side.
• Remove the shrimp to a bowl, add the orange glaze, cilantro and lime juice, and toss to coat. Transfer to a serving platter and serve with baguette slices.

SMOKEY CHIPOTLE ORANGE BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients and puree in a food processor and blend until smooth. Bring to a boil in a tall saucepan, drop to a low simmer and cook, stirring often, until thick, about 30 minutes.
• Two chipotle make this lightly smokey and spicy. Use more if you like things spicy! Freeze the left over chipotle from the can in a covered ice cube tray or pressed flat in freezer safe plastic wrap for future use.
• Freeze the left over fresh ginger washed, air dried, not peeled and cut into one inch pieces. When you need 2 tsps, just take out an inch, let it defrost in a small bowl and squeeze out the juice. Fantastic!
• This is enough to cover one whole chicken or 2 baby back ribs with some sauce left over for those who want a little more -- .

BIRD'S ORANGE CHIPOTLE BBQ SAUCE

Steps:

• Using a small food processor or an immulsion blender, mix all ingredients well. Simmer over low heat in a small saucepan until reduced and thickened to your liking, about 20-30 minutes.
• Grill chicken, pork, ribs, or even burgers. Brush with sauce the last 5-10 minutes of cooking.

ORANGE-CHIPOTLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Transfer to a 1-1/2-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the broth, marmalade, oil, vinegar, chipotle pepper, honey, chili powder and garlic powder; pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours or until a thermometer reads 165°., Remove chicken to a serving platter and keep warm. Place cooking juices in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth. Gradually stir into the pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with chicken. Freeze option: Cool chicken mixture. Freeze in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through slowly in a covered skillet until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 165°, stirring occasionally; add broth or water if necessary.

SHRIMP WITH CREAMY ORANGE-CHIPOTLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place first three ingredients in a blender and puree until smoot. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray and add shrimp. Toss shrimp to coat with spray and sprinkle with the cumin and salt. Saute shrimp 4 minutes or until done, stirring frequently. Transfer to a serving platter.
• Reduce heat to medium and add half and half mixture to pan. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Pour sauce over shrimp and sprinkle with cilantro.

SPICE-RUBBED RIB EYE STEAK WITH ORANGE-PINEAPPLE CHIPOTLE GLAZE

Steps:

• Prepare the glaze - you can make this ahead and reheat before use! In a saucepan blend the pineapple and orange juices with the vinegar, pureed chipotles and ground cumin. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer uncovered until mixture is reduced by 2/3, 45-60 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the lime juice, cilantro and salt and pepper to taste. (If you want to use as a basting sauce for other recipes, stop here.) Return mixture to heat, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer to reduce by almost one half. The glaze or basting sauce will keep, covered and refrigerated, for one month.
• For the steak, combine the toasted cumin seeds, cracked peppercorns and salt in a small bowl. Rub the steaks on both sides with the spice mixture. Let sit at room temperature while you heat the grill.
• Grill the steaks over very hot coals (or pan-sear the steaks over high heat) about 7 minutes on each side for medium-rare, 1-2 minutes longer for medium, less for rare, checking carefully for doneness since the thickness of the steaks and intensity of heat will affect cooking time.
• Remove steaks from heat when just slightly underdone: cooking will continue while standing. Brush with glaze, and allow steaks to stand for 5-8 minutes. Serve on warmed plates, with extra glaze on the side.

BROILED DUCK BREASTS WITH ORANGE CHIPOTLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Make sauce:
• Boil all sauce ingredients in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, skimming foam occasionally, until syrupy and reduced to about 1 cup, 30 to 40 minutes. Let stand while duck broils.
• Prepare duck:
• Remove rack of a broiler pan, then add 1 cup water to broiler pan and replace rack. Preheat broiler with pan 5 to 6 inches from heat.
• Pat duck breasts dry and score skin at 1-inch intervals with a sharp knife (do not cut into meat), then sprinkle all over with salt and pepper. Broil duck breasts, skin sides down, 4 minutes for Long Island duck or 8 minutes for Muscovy, then turn over and broil until thermometer inserted horizontally into center of a breast registers 130°F (see cooks' note, below), 8 to 10 minutes more for medium-rare. Transfer to a cutting board and let stand 5 minutes. Add any juices accumulated on cutting board to sauce and simmer until slightly thickened, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Holding a sharp knife at a 45-degree angle, cut each duck breast into thin slices and serve with sauce.

SCALLOPS WITH CHIPOTLE-ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle scallops with paprika and 1/8 teaspoon salt. In a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, melt butter over medium heat. Add scallops; cook for 3-4 minutes on each side or until firm and opaque. , Add orange juice and remaining salt to the pan; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in chipotle pepper. , Serve over linguine if desired. Garnish with green onion.

SLOW-COOKED ORANGE CHIPOTLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place first five ingredients in a blender; cover and process until blended., Place chicken and onion in a 3-qt. slow cooker; top with juice mixture. Cook, covered, on low until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads at least 165°, 4-5 hours., Remove chicken from slow cooker; keep warm. Transfer cooking juices to a saucepan; bring to a boil. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and water until smooth; gradually stir into juices. Return to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Spoon over chicken; top with orange zest.

CHIPOTLE-ORANGE CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Finely grate zest from orange. Cut orange crosswise in half; squeeze juice from orange. Place zest and orange juice in a large saucepan. Add remaining ingredients., Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Reduce heat to a simmer; cook, uncovered, until berries pop, 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat., Transfer to a small bowl; cool slightly. Refrigerate, covered, until cold.

SCALLOPS WITH CHIPOTLE-ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt 1 tblsp. butter in large skillet over medium-high heat, add olive oil.
• Season scallops with paprika and 1/8 teaspoon salt.
• Add scallops to pan and cook quickly approximately 2 to 3 minutes on each side or until browned. Do not overcook scallops!
• Remove from pan and set aside, keep warm.
• Add orange juice, zest and chile to pan, scraping to loosen browned bits.
• Bring to a boil, cook about 2 minutes.
• Add remaining butter and salt, stirring with a whisk until sauce is smooth.
• Serve scallops with sauce, sprinkle with onions.
• Recommend serving with rice and steamed broccoli florets.

GRILLED LOBSTER WITH ORANGE CHIPOTLE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Bring a large kettle (at least 8-quart capacity) three fourths full of water to a boil for lobsters.
• In a blender blend zest, orange juice, vinegar, chipotles in adobo, salt, and sugar until chipotles are chopped fine. With motor running add oil in a slow stream. Vinaigrette may be prepared up to this point 3 days ahead and chilled, covered. Bring vinaigrette to room temperature before serving.
• In boiling water partially cook lobsters, 2 at a time, over high heat 3 minutes and transfer with tongs to a colander to drain and cool. (Make sure water returns to a full boil before adding each batch of lobsters.)
• When lobsters are cool enough to handle, remove tails and claws and discard bodies. With kitchen shears halve tails (including shells) lengthwise, cutting off swimmerets on underside of tails if desired. Lobsters may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Prepare grill.
• Grill claws, in batches if necessary, on a rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals, turning occasionally, until liquid bubbles at open end, 5 to 7 minutes, and transfer to a platter.
• Stir basil leaves into vinaigrette and reserve 1 1/4 cup in a small pitcher. Brush meat in lobster tails with some vinaigrette. Grill tails, meat side down, in batches if necessary, 3 minutes. Turn tails meat side up, brushing with more vinaigrette, and grill until juices are bubbling and meat is plump and opaque, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer tails to platter. Lobster may be grilled 2 hours ahead and cooled, uncovered, before chilling, covered.
• Serve lobster warm or chilled with reserved vinaigrette and garnish with basil sprigs.