Piri-Piri Chicken

Name: Piri-Piri Chicken
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 3 Tbsps butter; 2 kilograms chicken, backbone removed, opened flat; 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt; 59 milliliters chopped fresh cilantro; 1 2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled, thinly sliced; 3 garlic cloves, peeled; 118 milliliters piri-piri sauce or other hot pepper sauce; 59 milliliters fresh lemon juice; 59 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil plus additional for brushing; 1 large shallot, peeled, quartered

Piri-Piri Chicken is Head to the store and pick up piri-piri sauce, cilantro, lemon juice, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the coarse kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Salty Sweet Granolan and Coconut Yogurt {Sugar Rush Gift Edition #4} as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Melt butter in small saucepan overmedium-high heat.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Add cilantro and garlic;cook until garlic begins to brown, about 2minutes.

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Cilantro

Garlic

Add piri-piri sauce and lemon juice.Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 2 minutes.DO AHEAD: Glaze can be made up to 1 dayahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm before using.

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Lemon Juice

Sauce

Finely chop cilantro, ginger,shallot, and garlic in processor.

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Cilantro

Shallot

Garlic

Ginger

Add piri-pirisauce, 1/4 cup oil, lemon juice, coarse salt,and pepper; process marinade to blend.

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Coarse Salt

Lemon Juice

Marinade

Pepper

Cooking Oil

Place chicken, skin side up, on worksurface. Using palm of hand, press onbreastbone to flatten chicken. Tuck wingtips under.

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Whole Chicken

Pour half of marinade into11x7x2-inch glass baking dish. Openchicken like book; place skin side downin single layer in dish.

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Marinade

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Glass Baking Pan

Pour remainingmarinade over. Cover; chill at least 4 hoursor overnight, turning chicken occasionally.

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Whole Chicken

Remove top rack from barbecue.Prepare barbecue (medium heat). If using2-burner gas grill, light 1 burner. If using3-burner gas grill, do not light center burner.If using charcoal grill, light briquettes inchimney and pour onto 1 side of lower grillrack.

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Grill

Place disposable aluminum pan onunlit part of grill.

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Grill

Frying Pan

Place upper grill rack onbarbecue; brush with oil.

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Cooking Oil

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Grill

Remove chicken from marinade.Arrange skin side up on grill rack abovedrip pan. Cover barbecue; grill until skinis browned and instant-read thermometerinserted into thickest part of thigh registers165°F, turning often, about 40 minutes.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

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Grill

Frying Pan

Transfer to platter.

Pour warm glaze over.

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Glaze