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The LA Sandwich

Eat the Wind
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Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Chinese, Korean, Mexican
Servings 6

Equipment

  • Blender

Ingredients
  

Ingredients:

  • 1 kg chicken breasts, 2 lbs roughly 2 pairs
  • 12 Chinese steamed buns

Marinade:

  • 6 cloves garlic peeled
  • ½ large yellow onion peeled and chopped
  • ¼ cup chopped green onions
  • ½ Tablespoon cayenne pepper or to taste
  • 2 jalapeno peppers or large green chilies stems removed and chopped
  • ½ kiwi fruit peeled and roughly chopped
  • ½ bunch cilantro
  • ¼ cup mirin
  • Salt to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • Pinch of sugar
  • Juice and zest of 1 orange separated
  • Juice and zest of 2 limes separated
  • ¾ cup of beer

Toppings:

  • Homemade coleslaw

Instructions
 

  • Blend the marinade ingredients together without the beer, and orange and lime zest. Taste to see if you want to add a bit more seasoning. Remove ½ cup of the marinade to serve as sauce. Then mix in the beer and citrus zest to the rest of the marinade.
  • Marinade the chicken breasts for a minimum of 1 hour to a few hours.
  • Heat up a tablespoon of vegetable oil on a heavy grill pan. When the pan is hot, add the chicken breasts. Pan fry them on high heat for 5 minutes on one side, flip them over and fry them for another 5 minutes. Let them rest for around 10 minutes before slicing.
  • If you are using store-bought buns, steam them over boiling water for about 5 to 10 minutes until soft. Add the chicken meat into the bun, spoon some sauce over it, and then top it with coleslaw or kimchi.
  • Enjoy!