Chicken Inasal

Name: Chicken Inasal
Prep time: 9 h 15 min
Cook time: 9 h 15 min
Total time: 9 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters achiote seeds; 1 ancho chile crushed, stemmed, and seeded; 1 bay leaf; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 4 chicken leg quarters; 2 Tbsps red wine vinegar or coconut vinegar; 4 servings Type of fire: two-zone indirect; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoon freshly chopped ginger; 4 servings Grill heat: high; 1 stalk lemongrass, trimmed and finely chopped; 3 Tbsps calamansi juice, or regular lime juice; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp sugar; 237 milliliters vegetable oil; 3 whole garlic cloves

Chicken Inasal is a gluten free main course. One portion of this dish contains around 31g of protein, 37g of fat, and a total of 512 calories. This recipe serves 4. A mixture of pepper, sugar, garlic cloves, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the lime juice you could follow this main course with the Lime Angel Food Cake with Lime Glaze and Pistachios as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 9 hours and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Place vegetable oil, achiote seeds, 3 cloves garlic, bay leaf, and ancho chili in a medium saucepan. Turn heat to medium and warm until bubbles begin to form around achiote seeds.

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Annatto Seeds

Whole Garlic Cloves

Vegetable Oil

Ancho Chili Pepper

Bay Leaves

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat and let mixture to steep for 1 hour.

Pour oil through a fine mesh-strainer and let cool completely.

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Cooking Oil

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Sieve

To make the marinade: In a small bowl whisk together 1/4 cup achiote oil (reserve rest for future uses), minced garlic, calamansi or lime juice, vinegar, sugar, salt, ginger, and pepper.

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Minced Garlic

Lime Juice

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Annatto

Vinegar

Ginger

Pepper

Sugar

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Place chicken in a large resealable plastic bag and pour in marinade. Seal bag and gently toss to evenly coat chicken.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

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Place in refrigerator and let marinate overnight.

Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all the charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and arrange the coals on one side of the charcoal grate. Set cooking grate in place, cover grill and allow to preheat for 5 minutes. Clean and oil the grilling grate.

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Cooking Oil

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Grill

Remove chicken from bag, reserving marinade.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

Place chicken, skin side up, on cool side of grill and cover. Cook, basting every 10 minutes with reserved marinade, until thigh meat registers 160 degrees on an instant read thermometer inserted in thickest part of meat, 30 to 45 minutes.

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Marinade

Meat

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