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Grilled Moroccan
Chicken Recipe
Yogurt Honey and Spices
Here's a Moroccan Chicken
Recipe to get you sarted on North African,
Mediterranean food. The combination of spices and yogurt, honey and
garlic, with the fresh and sharp tastes of lemons and fresh coriander,
make for a memorable dish. It's easy to prepare and healthy, so why not
give it a go today.
You
can cook this dish on a Barbeque or a ribbed grill pan, you can even do
it in the oven (on a grill over a pan of water). It's up to you, the
flavour is great whichever way you choose to cook it.
This is what
you'll Need:
Moroccan
Chicken Recipe
Ingredients for Four People
- Two small Chickens
- about 2 lbs. each - cut into quarters
- A small tub of Greek Yogurt
- 2 Large cloves of Garlic -
Chopped
- 2 Teaspoons of whole Cumin
Seeds
- 1 Teaspoon of Black
Peppercorns
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground
Cinnamon
- 1 Tablespoon of Tomato Paste
- 2 Tablespoons of Honey
- 2 Large Lemons
- 1 Small bunch of Coriander
- Salt
And this is
what you'll do.
Method
- OK - First
make your marinade. Empty the yogurt
into a bowl
- Dry roast the
cumin and black peppercorns in a
small pan
- Grind them in
a pestle and mortar and add them
to the yogurt with the cinnamon
- Chop the
coriander and add half to the marinade
- Add the
chopped garlic
- Add the tomato
paste and the honey - mix well
- Now - take
your chicken quarters and score the
flesh deeply with a sharp Knife
- Turn the
chicken over in the marinade until
they are all well covered
- Leave to
marinate for 2-3 Hours
but overnight in the refridgerator would be better.
- Next - take
the chicken from the marinade -
scraping any excess back into the bowl.
- Grill the
Chicken for 10-15 Minutes
on each side until cooked through.
- Heat the
remaining marinade in a pan adding the juice
of the lemons and the rest of the coriander
- Arrange the
chicken on some shredded iceberg lettuce - spoon on the sauce.
And Enjoy!
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