Dominican WASAKAKA Chicken El PROVOCON

lime juice

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: citric acid

Lemon juice provides a similar acidity at a lower cost.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil offers health benefits and can be less expensive.

hot sauce

🥗Healthier: salsa

💰Cheaper: chili powder

Salsa adds flavor without extra calories, and chili powder is cost-effective.

cilantro

🥗Healthier: parsley

💰Cheaper: dried herbs

Parsley can substitute for fresh cilantro in flavor.

Wash the chicken thoroughly and remove excess skin and viscera.

Make small holes in the chicken skin to allow seasoning to penetrate.

Prepare the seasoning mixture with oregano, salt, black pepper, crushed garlic, and complete seasoning in a bowl.

Season the chicken inside and out with the prepared mixture, ensuring it gets into the holes.

Marinate the chicken in the refrigerator for 5 hours or overnight if possible.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Grease a pan with butter and place the chicken inside.

Add butter on top of the chicken and cover it.

Cook the chicken in the oven for a total of 2 hours, checking at the 1-hour mark.

Baste the chicken with its juices and cook for an additional 20 minutes uncovered to brown.

Reserve some chicken juices for the wasakaka sauce.

Prepare the wasakaka sauce by combining reserved chicken juice, crushed garlic, salt, pepper, white vinegar, and lemon in a saucepan.

Boil the sauce for 2-3 minutes and then reserve it.

Serve the chicken with the wasakaka sauce on top.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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