Granny's Tequila Pollo
MARINADE
1/3 cup tequila
2 tbsp fresh cilantro -- minced
1/3 cup chicken broth
1 1/2 tsp garlic -- minced
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
4 chicken breast halves with
1/4 cup olive oil
1 bone and skin -- each cut
1 in
2 tbsp fresh jalapeno peppers
1 half crosswise
1 minced*
TOMATILLO SAUCE
12 tomatillos (about 1-1/4 lb)
1 cup chicken broth
1 husked, rinsed -- cored and
1 tbsp all purpose flour
1 halved
1 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
2 medium fresh jalapeno pepperse
1/2 tsp salt (optional)
1 halved -- cored and seeded*
Mix marinade
ingredients in a plastic food bag. Add chicken and close bag,
squeezing out as much air as you can. Marinate in refrigerator 4-8
hours turning bag once.
TOMATILLO SAUCE:
Put tomatillos, jalapenos,
tequila, and all but 2 tbs. chicken broth into a medium size
saucepan. Cover and cook over medium high heat 4-5 minutes until
tomatillos are tender. Stir flour and remaining 2 tbs. broth until
smooth. Stir into tomatillo mixture. Add cilantro and salt. Simmer
4-5 minutes over medium low heat, stirring occasionally, until
mixture is slightly thickened. Puree in blender or food processor.
Remove chicken from marinade. Discard marinade. TO GRILL: Cook
chicken 4-6 inches above hot coals for about 15-20 minutes, turning
once, until opaque in center when pierced with tip of knife. TO
BROIL: Broil 4-5 inches from heat source as directed above. TO SERVE:
Pour 1 cup hot Tomatillo Sauce onto serving platter. Arrange chicken
on sauce. Serve sauce separately.
1685
James
II succeeds Charles II in
England
, calls for freedom of conscience (1687).
Protestants fear restoration of Catholicism and demand “Glorious
Revolution.” William of Orange invited to
England
and James II escapes to
France
(1688). William III and his wife, Mary, crowned.
In
France
, Edict of Nantes of 1598, granting freedom of
worship to Huguenots, is revoked by Louis XIV; thousands of Protestants flee.