Peruvian-Style Roast Chicken with Green Sauce

Name: Peruvian-Style Roast Chicken with Green Sauce
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: peruvian
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; ¼ cup lime juice, (from 2 limes); 4 large cloves garlic, (roughly chopped); 1 tablespoon kosher salt; 2 teaspoons paprika; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 1 tablespoon cumin; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 2 teaspoons sugar; 4 lb whole chicken; 3 jalapeño chili peppers, (seeded if desired (I use about half the seeds for a medium-hot sauce), and roughly chopped (see note)); 1 cup packed fresh cilantro leaves; 2 cloves garlic, (roughly chopped); ½ cup mayonnaise, (best quality such as Hellmann's); ¼ cup sour cream; 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, (from 1 lime); ½ teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

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Tender, juicy roasted chicken seasoned with cumin, paprika, and oregano, served with a spicy and tangy green sauce made from cilantro, chile, and lime.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

For the Chicken

3 tbspextra-virgin olive oil
¼ cuplime juice — from fresh limes, 2
4large cloves garlic — roughly chopped
1 tbspkosher salt
2 tsppaprika
1 tspblack pepper
1 tbspcumin
1 tspdried oregano
2 tspsugar
4 lbwhole chicken

For the Green Sauce

3jalapeño chili peppers — roughly chopped, seeded if desired
1 cupfresh cilantro leaves — packed
2garlic — roughly chopped
½ cupmayonnaise — best quality
¼ cupsour cream
1 tbspfresh lime juice — 1
½ tspsalt
⅛ tspfreshly ground black pepper
2 tbspextra-virgin olive oil

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Method

2h total

Read the method on Once Upon a ChefJennifer Segal’s original page

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