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El Pollo Loco Flame-Broiled Chicken Recipe
El Pollo Loco Flame-Broiled Chicken
By Todd Wilbur

Recipe Type: Entree
Calories: 179
Cook Time: 2 hours
Recipe Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)
 
Okay, time to brush up on your Spanish.

El Pollo Loco, or "The Crazy Chicken," has been growing like mad since it crossed over the border into the United States from Mexico. Francisco Ochoa unknowingly started a food phenomenon internacional in 1975 when he took a family recipe for chicken marinade and opened a small roadside restaurante in Gusave, Mexico. He soon had 90 stores in 20 cities throughout Mexico. The first El Pollo Loco in the United States opened in Los Angeles in December of 1980 and was an immediate success. It was only three years later that Ochoa got the attention of bigwigs at Dennys, Inc., who offered him $11.3 million for his U.S. operations. Ochoa took the deal, and El Pollo Loco grew from 17 to more than 200 outlets over the following decade. Muy bien!
2 cups water
4 teaspoons salt
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GRANT MAY  
Submitted on 07/04/11
Yum, I have made this 4 times now..and make as soon as i type this message...i use chicken wings :)
Raquel Michel  
Submitted on 02/22/11
Absolutely delicious. I used about 12 chicken legs instead of a whole fryer.