Harissa Marinated Grilled Chicken

Name: Harissa Marinated Grilled Chicken
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons caraway seeds; 1 chicken, cut into 8 pieces, or 8 chicken thighs and/or legs; 2 teaspoons coriander seeds; 1 Tbsp cumin seeds; 2 teaspoons fennel seeds; 3 garlic cloves, smashed and finely chopped; 4 servings Kosher salt; 118 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 2 red bell peppers; 4 red dried chiles, seeds left inside; 59 milliliters tomato paste

Harissa Marinated Grilled Chicken is a gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 308 calories, 3g of protein, and 28g of fat. It will be a hit at your The Fourth Of July event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours. If you have caraway seeds, olive oil, fennel seeds, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

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Put the red peppers on the grill and char them until they are black on all sides.

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Red Pepper

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Grill

Put the peppers in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. When cool enough to handle, scrape the charred black skin off the peppers and remove the stem and seeds. Coarsely chop and reserve. This can totally be done ahead.

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Peppers

Seeds

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Put the cumin, coriander, fennel and caraway in a dry saute pan and toast them until they become very aromatic. Grind all the spices into a coarse powder in a spice grinder.

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Coriander

Caraway Seeds

Fennel

Spices

Cumin

Toast

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Frying Pan

Coarsely chop the dried chiles, toss them into the bowl of a food processor and pulse to pulverize.

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Dried Chili Pepper

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Food Processor

Bowl

Add the toasted ground spices, the roasted red peppers, chopped garlic and tomato paste. Puree until the mixture is smooth.

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Roasted Red Peppers

Tomato Paste

Garlic

Spices

Add 1/4 cup of the olive oil and pulse to combine.

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Olive Oil

Add in another 1/4 cup of olive oil and pulse again. Season with salt, to taste, if needed. Store in an airtight container.

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Olive Oil

Salt

Toss the chicken parts liberally with the harissa and let sit at room temperature up to 2 hours, or overnight or even a few days in the refrigerator.

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Chicken Pieces

Harissa

Preheat the grill to medium.

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Grill

Put the chicken on the grill and grill for 8 to 10 minutes on each side. You may have to move the chicken around, or flip it over a couple of times to prevent burning. You may also want to brush it a couple times with the leftover harissa, just remember it is pretty spicy!

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Whole Chicken