Ingredients
- 1 each garlic cloves
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 medium onions sliced
- 4 leafs bananas sectioned
- 3 pounds chicken quartered
Instructions
- Add garlic.
- Mash to blend; set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a medium skillet.
- Add onion.
- Cook until tender but not browned; set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- Cut four 20 inch sheets of aluminum foil.
- Place 1 sheet of foil on a flat surface.
- Place banana leaf in center of foil.
- Rub 1 chicken quarter with some of the remaining oil.
- Place chicken on banana leaf.
- Recado Colorado mixture over chicken with back of a spoon.
- Sprinkle with salt.
- Add 1/4 of the cooked onion.
- Wrap banana leaf around chicken to cover.
- Fold foil over banana leaf and crimp to close securely.
- If you use small pieces of banana leaf, overlap them to enclose chicken completely.
- Continue until all chicken quarters are seasoned and wrapped.
- Place in a single layer in a large baking pan.
- Bake 1 hour.
- Remove foil and drain off excess juices.
- Serve chicken wrapped in the leaves.
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