Lime & coriander chicken

Name: Lime & coriander chicken
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 medium chicken (about 1.6kg 3lb 8oz); 3 garlic cloves; 2 Tbsps black peppercorn; 2 juice limes, plus 1 lime cut into wedges, to serve; 1 bunch coriander, few nice sprigs reserved, the rest finely chopped

Lime & coriander chicken requires roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes from start to finish. This main course has 430 calories, 36g of protein, and 29g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. 17 people found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up chicken, garlic cloves, peppercorn, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and primal diet.

Instructions

First, spatchcock the chicken so that it will sit flat on the barbecue. All this means is using a pair of kitchen scissors or a sharp kitchen knife to cut down either side of the parsons nose to completely remove the backbone. Then, place the chicken, breast side up, on a chopping board and push down hard to flatten with your hands. Use a sharp knife to make lots of deep slashes in the chicken, about three in each breast and two in each leg.

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Whole Chicken

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Kitchen Scissors

Cutting Board

Knife

In a mortar and pestle, crush the garlic and peppercorns together to a grey, mushy paste. Stir the lime juice into the paste, then the chopped coriander.

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Peppercorns

Lime Juice

Coriander

Garlic

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Mortar And Pestle

Put the chicken in a dish and massage the marinade into the chicken. Cover with cling film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, but preferably overnight.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

To cook the chicken, fire up the barbecue. When the flames die down and the coals are hot and glowing, lay the chicken on the barbecue, skin side up, and sprinkle with salt. You will be tempted to keep prodding it and lifting it up, but leave it alone. After 25 mins, the chicken will look like its cooked through, but flip it over and give the skin side 10 mins to brown. Lift the chicken onto a chopping board and leave to rest for a few minutes.

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Whole Chicken

Salt

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Cutting Board

You can now carve conventionally but I like to get a cleaver and chop it straight down into thick slices. Pile it up on a platter and serve scattered with fresh coriander and lime wedges.

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Fresh Cilantro