Ingredients

  • Marinade:
  • 6 chile peppers, minced
  • 2 limes, juiced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 1/2 orange, juiced, divided
  • 3 tablespoons molasses
  • 2 prickly pears, washed with spines removed
  • 4 chicken legs
  • 4 chicken thighs
  • 2 potatoes, chopped
  • 1/2 cup peeled and cubed turnips
  • 5 large mushrooms, chopped

Method

  • Combine chile peppers, lime juice, and garlic in a bowl. Add 1/4 cup orange juice and molasses; stir until marinade is combined.
  • Shred the prickly pears in a food processor; mix into marinade.
  • Place chicken legs, chicken thighs, potatoes, turnips, and mushrooms in a baking pan; pour in marinade and remaining orange juice. Refrigerate until flavors combine, 1 to 8 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  • Bake chicken in preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).