Baked Cuban Chicken

This recipe was inspired by a take-out restaurant in Florida and perfected by my mother. For all of you who are looking for a different way to have your chicken, try this recipe! A favorite in this household. Serve with rice and peas or quartered roast potatoes.

Step: 1

Place chicken pieces in a large bowl. Add onion, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, allspice, onion powder, cumin, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Stir thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour, or overnight.

Step: 2

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Step: 3

Heat oil in a large skillet. Add chicken pieces, reserving marinade in the bowl. Pan-fry chicken until browned, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer to the prepared baking dish. Pour reserved marinade on top.

Step: 4

Bake in the preheated oven until juices run clear, about 40 minutes.

Per Serving: 270 calories; protein 28.4g; carbohydrates 9.5g; fat 12.9g; cholesterol 87.2mg; sodium 217.7mg.

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Avoidance on late-night snacking and got eat , it is much important to include some easy foods (or what one may perceive as unnecessary ). It means , if we always order the healthiest thing on the menu but come home and graze on chips, perhaps we really wanted the burger and should have just pleased it in the first place."

Because it comes to eat on evening , much eat or eating too much of the bad kinds of food will make lead to bad habit on sleeping. On the flip side, a meal that is less than satiating not make leave you want more and resulting in reaching for an unhealthy late-night snack even closer to bedtime .