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Grilled Chicken Breasts with North African Spice Paste Recipe

Ingredients

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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  • cabincrazyone 15 years ago
    I've heard harissa is quite hot. I like your recipe because I can control the heat to my taste. Also, I'm more interested in using it as a rub rather than it's most popular form, a condiment. I'm going to try this before the frost forms on my hibachi. Thanks for the great post.
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  • unswissmiss 16 years ago
    You use a lot more chiles than I do! Will have to kick it up a notch and try this.
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  • syrus 16 years ago
    This "paste" has a name.
    Harissa.
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  • pudgy47 16 years ago
    This is a must to try, Great flavor combo here. Nice post.
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