Roasted Mojito Chicken will be the juiciest, most delicious, roasted chicken recipe you’ll ever make. It will have your family raving about your Roasted Chicken for weeks, combining a white rum Mojito Marinade with fresh mint and sliced limes, seasoned with cumin, kosher salt, and freshly ground pepper.
Havana has been said to be the birthplace of the famous Cuban Mojito Drink, although the exact origin of this classic cocktail is the subject of debate. I, however, am not interested in hashing it out over this lovely cocktail today, I decided instead to use its necessary ingredients in my Roasted Mojito Chicken I am sharing with you today.
I’m in the belief kitchen time should be fun, creative, and, most of all, come with an easy button. I love taking a simple recipe and glamming it up to a glorified new 7.0 method my family won’t soon forget. With the cost of meat prices rising on most meats, chicken has become the most affordable yet most boring meat to our family since I buy it so much lately.
Today, I am putting a spin on my everyday old roasted chicken recipe by making it a deliciously fun updated Roasted Mojito Chicken to wow the husband and our friends, below you will find my recipe with relatively easy ingredients to find and simple instructions to make your own.
How to cut the chicken for roasting
- Remove the chicken’s neck bone and any of those gross giblets in your whole chicken before getting started.– Yeah, I know I hate this part too.
- Make sure you have a sharp paring knife and a pair of kitchen scissors on hand before we get started- the sharper, the better, of course.
- Place the roasting chicken on a cutting board breast side down. Working from the chicken’s cavity opening up to the neck, cut down each side of the backbone of chicken with a pair of kitchen shears. – Place the chicken’s backbone in the garbage can or reserve it if you feel the need to use it for another recipe idea Be sure if you have animals to make these bones inaccessible to your favorite pet.
- Grab the chicken with one breast in each hand and open it from the center, exposing the cavity of the chicken. The breast bones will crack a bit – that slightly unpleasant sound is perfectly normal to hear
- Now we are almost done, there is no need to remove the soft breastbone for what we are planning.
- The last step utilizing sharp kitchen shears cut from the bottom cavity down the center to the neck of the chicken. That’s it; your chicken should be in half, and the body looks like the picture above.
Roasted Mojito Chicken Marinade
- 1/2 cup of white Rum, your brand
- 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 of a cup fresh mint leaves roughly chopped
- zest of 2 fresh limes
- juice of 5 fresh limes
- Four garlic cloves minced
- Two teaspoons of cane sugar or sugar in the raw
- 1/2 of a tablespoon of kosher salt
- 1/2 of a teaspoon cumin
- fresh ground pepper
Directions for marinade
Place all the above ingredients in a blender and blend for 45 seconds or so to combine all ingredients thoroughly. Place in a tightly sealed jar or container until ready for use. It may be stored for 7+ days safely.
ROASTED MOJITO CHICKEN
- One roaster chicken, in 2 halves
- One recipe for Mojito Marinade
- kosher salt, to taste
- freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 1 – 2 sliced limes optional
- fresh mint leaves optional
Directions for Roasted Mojito Chicken
- Marinade chicken halves in Mojito Marinade for 60 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place chicken halves on a baking rack that you have placed over a metal baking sheet.
- Season chicken halves with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to your taste.
- Add sliced limes to the top of chicken halves, may fasten with toothpicks if needed.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes or till done.
- Remove from oven and place on a heat-safe area for 10 minutes before slicing to serve.
Roasted Mojito Chicken will be the juiciest, most delicious, roasted chicken recipe you’ll ever make. It will have your family raving about your Roasted Chicken for weeks, combining a white rum Mojito Marinade with fresh mint and sliced limes, simply seasoned with cumin, kosher salt, and freshly ground pepper.
- 1-7- pound Roasting Chicken Organic preferred, cut in half
- Kosher Salt Season liberally
- Freshly ground peppercorns Season liberally
- 1 recipe Mojito Marinade
- 2 Limes Sliced
- Fresh Mint Leaves
- 1/2 cup White Rum your brand
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil
- 1/2 cup Fresh mint leaves Finely chopped
- 2 Limes Zested and juiced
- 3 Limes Juice of
- 4 cloves Garlic Minced
- 2 teaspoons Cane Sugar or sugar in the raw
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Cumin
- 10 turns Freshly Ground Black Peppercorns
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Place all above ingredients in a blender and blend for 45 seconds or so to combine all ingredients thoroughly. Place in a tightly sealed jar or container until ready for use. May be stored for 7+ days safely.
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Marinade chicken halves in Mojito Marinade for 60 minutes.
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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Place chicken halves on a baking rack that you have placed over a metal baking sheet.
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Season chicken halves with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to your own taste.
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Add sliced limes to the top of chicken halves, may fasten with toothpicks if needed.
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Bake in a preheated oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until done.
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Remove from oven and place on a heat-safe area for 10 minutes before slicing to serve.
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Ok this marinade sounds AMAZING! I’m a vegetarian but thinking I might need to try this marinade on veggies or tofu! What do you think??
Made this for dinner last night and had smiling faces all around the table! My kids are already asking for me to make it again!
This is such a good idea, I love all the flavours of a mojito
OMG! This Chicken recipe looks so amazing! Mojitos + Chicken sounds like a PERFECT combo!
YUM! This chicken looks so moist, tender and I love how golden brown it is! So delicious!
This was incredible! My husband said it’s the best chicken he’s ever had, and I have to agree! I omitted the sugar and marinated all afternoon – turned out perfect with a few extra minutes cook time. I did have some trouble figuring out how to chop up the raw chicken … I had never done that before! Had to YouTube a video … Maybe additional guidance would be good for newbies like me! Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks for the compliment, I apologize I just noticed this comment.
Flavors Sound So Yummy! Cant Wait To Try This.. I’ve Got All my ingredients Ready! Going to Marinade this Overnight & Grill it Tomorrow (Memorial Day) Thanks Heidy!!
Thank you, Natasha, let me know how it turned out!
What a delicious recipe! So glad to have found your blog today through Tracey’s blog. I love your style of cooking.
Thank you so much, I am thrilled to have you here.
Reblogged this on What's for dinner, Doc? and commented:
Another Found Treasure recipe for your archives. Pin this one for a fresh, healthy chicken dish. Love it!
Thanks so much for the reblog, I feel honored.
Heidy L. McCallum
Heidy,
I have reblogged your delicious chicken recipe in my Found Treasures of delicious healthy recipes for my patients to see.
Thank you,
Tracey
Thank you so much for the reblog Tracy, I feel honored!
<3
Heidy L. McCallum
Oh my goodness I can taste it now! This chicken sounds succulent and tangy. Love the idea.
Thank you Lindsey
This looks amazing, Heidy! The photo alone is stunning, I can’t imagine how good it tastes!
I love recipe updates, roasted chicken will never be boring again
What a fantastic flavor combination for chicken!
What a gorgeous looking chicken! Love the flavors!
Thanks for dropping by Serena
What a great looking chicken! Anything marinated in rum and lime is a winner in my book, LOL.
Thank you so much, Cindy
There you go causing me to drool over another one of your dishes Heidy! Your roast chicken is a work of art and no doubt tastes incredible!
Thanks, Linda. DO you need a napkin 🙂
I can’t wait to try this recipe! It looks amazing!!!!
Thank you, Elena, it’s definitely a fast favorite of mine this late spring.
I bet this chicken is absolutely amazing!! I adore the sound of that marinade! YUM!
Thank you, Nicole, I thoroughly enjoyed devouring it today too, lol. I also enjoyed the white rum lol!!