Grilled Chicken Breasts with North African Spice Paste
From darbar 17 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Though there are plenty of chiles in this paste, they don’t overpower it. The aromatic bite of coriander, the earthiness of cumin, and the licorice trace of caraway seeds create a pleasingly complex flavor This paste is also delicious with pork
Ingredients
- 8 (2-inch-long) dried hot red chiles shopping list
- 2 tablespoons coriander seeds shopping list
- 1 tablespoon cumin seeds shopping list
- 1 tablespoon caraway seeds shopping list
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic shopping list
- 1 tablespoon black peppercorns shopping list
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt shopping list
- 5 tablespoons olive oil shopping list
- 4 large chicken breast halves with skin and bone (about ¾ lb each) shopping list
- An electric coffee/spice grinder or a mortar and pestle; shopping list
- A 17- by 12- by 3-inch disposable aluminum roasting pan (if using charcoal) shopping list
How to make it
- •Prepare grill for direct-heat cooking with medium-hot charcoal
- •Coarsely grind chiles, spice seeds, garlic, and peppercorns in grinder or with mortar and pestle, then stir together with salt and oil in a bowl to form a spice paste. Rub paste all over chicken.
- •Oil grill rack, then grill chicken, skin sides down first, over coals, turning over occasionally and moving around if flare-ups occur, until browned, 4 to 5 minutes total.
- Move chicken to area with no coals underneath, arranging chicken so that thicker sides are closest to coals, then cover with inverted roasting pan and grill, turning chicken over once, until just cooked through, 15 to 17 minutes. Transfer to a platter and let stand 5 minutes before serving.
- COOKS’ NOTES: Chicken can be grilled on a gas grill. Preheat all burners on high, covered, 10 minutes. Reduce heat to moderately high and brown chicken, skin sides down first, covered, turning over occasionally, about 4 minutes. Turn off 1 burner (middle one if there are 3) and put chicken, skin
- sides up, above shut-off burner, then grill, covered, without turning, until just cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.
- • Chicken, rubbed with spice paste, can marinate, covered and chilled, up to 4 hours before grilling.
- • Spice paste keeps, covered and chilled, up to 1 week.
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