Traditional Chicken Keleguin Food

CHICKEN KELAGUEN - IN DEPTH

Steps:

• Mix soy sauce with lemon juice. Add finely chopped onion and peppers. Let sit a few days in the refrigerator to let the flavors blend.
• Marinate the chicken in the Finadene sauce overnight. Grill/broil the chicken, basting with the sauce. After it is done, cool the chicken, debone and shred it.
• Open the coconut and discard the liquid inside. Grate the coconut meat. After the coconut is grated, pick it up in your hands and squeeze it over a bowl to collect the milk. Mix the milk with an equal amount of lemon juice and chill.
• Mix the green onions, peppers, and coconut meat to the chicken. Slowly mix the coconut milk and lemon juice into the chicken, stirring well.
• Serve warm on or in pita bread.

TRADITIONAL CHICKEN KELEGUIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place whole chicken into a roasting pan. Roast in the oven for 1 hour, or until the leg moves easily within its socket. Remove from the oven, and allow the chicken to cool slightly.
• Remove the skin from the chicken and discard. Tear the meat from the bones, and chop into small pieces. Discard bones, and place the chicken in a large bowl. Stir in green onions and grated coconut. Sprinkle liberally with lemon juice. Season with salt and red pepper flakes. Taste and adjust amounts of lemon juice, salt and red pepper so that one does not overwhelm the others.

CHOPPED GRILLED CHICKEN KELAGUEN MANNOK

Steps:

• Combine the soy sauce, vinegar, black pepper and sliced onion in a large bowl. Add the chicken and cover the bowl. Refrigerate for at least 8 hours or up to overnight to marinate.
• Prepare a charcoal grill with natural mesquite charcoal to high heat. Grill the chicken for 10 minutes, then rearrange the pieces to make grill marks and grill 10 more minutes. Flip and cook for a final 10 minutes.
• Arrange the chicken on a sheet pan and cool in the refrigerator, about an hour.
• Chop the chicken into 1/2-inch cubes and place in a large mixing bowl. Add the green onions, diced yellow onion, coconut, chile pepper and lemon juice. Toss to combine. Refrigerate.
• Serve cold.

CHICKEN KELAGUEN (PALEO, AIP, WHOLE30)

Steps:

• Mix the marinade ingredients in a medium bowl, add the chicken and make sure it's covered. Refrigerate and allow to marinate for 8 hours or overnight.
• If you have an air fryer, use the grill setting and preheat the air fryer to low (400 degrees), and set the time to 17 minutes.
• Once preheated, add the chicken to the air fryer and discard the marinade. Close the lid. Flip it half-way through.
• (If no air fryer, heat a pan with olive oil over medium-high heat on the stove and cook the chicken for 5-6 minutes per side or until it reaches an internal temp of at least 165 degrees Fahrenheit).
• Once done cooking, put the chicken on a plate and allow it to cool for about 10 minutes.
• While the chicken cools, combine the lemon juice, green onions, coconut shreds, coconut milk, and salt.
• Dice the chicken into small bite-sized pieces and add it to the lemon juice mixture. Stir it well and put it in the fridge to chill for about an hour.
• Serve with cauliflower rice or Paleo/AIP-friendly pitas/tortillas.

CHICKEN KELEGUIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Place whole chicken into a roasting pan. Roast in the oven for 11/2 hours, or until the leg moves easily within its socket. Remove from the oven, and allow the chicken to cool slightly.
• Remove the skin from the chicken and discard. Tear the meat from the bones, and chop into small pieces. Discard bones, and place the chicken in a large bowl.
• Stir in green onions and grated coconut. Sprinkle liberally with lemon juice.
• Season with salt and red pepper flakes. Taste and adjust amounts of lemon juice, salt and red pepper so that one does not overwhelm the others.

CHICKEN KELAGUEN - SIMPLE

Steps:

• Cut chicken up, sprinkle with salt.
• Grill or broil chicken until done.
• Cool and debone chicken, chop finely.
• Place chicken in bowl, mix in lemon and onion.
• Mash peppers with salt and add to chicken.
• Add coconut just before serving.