Phenomonal Green Chicken & Coconut Rice

I got the recipe for this Phenomenal Green Chicken from Nom Nom Paleo.

It really is PHENOMENAL.

Here's the recipe...

• 1 medium sweet onion, peeled and coarsely chopped (about 1 cup)
• 1 cup packed cilantro leaves and stems
• 1 1/4 cups packed basil leaves
• 1/4 cup packed mint leaves
• 4 tablespoons of  Red Boat fish sauce
• 3 peeled garlic cloves
• zest of 1 lime
• plenty ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon of Aleppo pepper
• 2 tablespoons of apple juice (or 1 teaspoon of maple syrup if you’re not on a Whole30)
•  Kosher salt
• 3 pounds of chicken drumsticks or thighs

•  Combine everything...the onion, cilantro, basil, mint, fish sauce, garlic, lime zest, black pepper, Aleppo pepper, and apple juice or maple syrup into a blender and blend until pureed.Add any other pepper spices to make it as spicy or mild as you want. *I added some red chili pepper flakes.
•  Put the chicken into a gallon size zip lock bag and pour the marinade in, mix it up, and let it marinade overnight or at least up to one hour before cooking.
• It's ready to grill turning every 5-7 mins or if you are baking the chicken, roast on a wire rack for ~35-45 minutes at 400 F. Start with skin-side down, and flip skin-side up at the 20 minute mark.
• Internal heat of chicken should be 165deg.

The coconut rice makes it even better.

I mixed Jasmine and Calrose, washed and cleaned it, put it all in the rice cooker,

then added a mix of canned coconut milk & water that equals 1/4-1/2 cup more than the amount of rice. I did 4 cups rice and 4 1/2 cups coconut milk/water.

I wish you could smell the coconut rice. Divine. And oh so good.

You won't be sorry you tried it, promise. 

It's also worth it to pick up a Nom Nom Paleo Cookbook...

 Seryuslee :)