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Charcoal-Grilled Chicken

Charcoal-grilled chicken is one of the tastiest chicken recipes you can serve, especially on the weekend! Delicious with fries and garlic sauce.

Total time50 min
Prep15 min
Cook35 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyEasy
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MainsInternationalGluten freeNut freeEasyBalanced time

Recipe story

Charcoal-grilled chicken.. one of the tastiest recipes we love to make outdoors on the weekend ... you can also use a grill if available

Ingredients

  • One whole chicken, butterflied and not cut into pieces
  • Marinade:
  • Red or white vinegar, depending on what is available, with red being better for chicken
  • Two tablespoons yogurt
  • Lemon juice
  • Salt
  • Chicken seasoning
  • Paprika
  • Cinnamon
  • Rosemary
  • Two basil leaves
  • Crushed garlic
  • This delicious recipe is from the friend and chef of Shou Tabkhin Today:
  • Alisar Rajab
  • Click on Alisar's name to visit her personal page and discover all her delicious recipes
  • Also from Alisar Grilled White Tawook

Method

  1. Mix all the marinade ingredients and marinate the chicken in the refrigerator for as long as possible (or at least 2 hours).. can be a whole night or a full day
  2. Place the chicken on the grilling rack and close it tightly
  3. Place the grilling rack over the charcoal and flip it to grill both sides
  4. When the chicken begins to cook and develops color, brush it with a marinade similar to the one it was soaked in to prevent it from drying out and to intensify the marinade flavor; be careful not to baste it before the chicken has started cooking because the added moisture can extinguish the charcoal and delay cooking
  5. This dish is delicious with garlic sauce — click the 'Homemade Garlic Sauce for Chicken' link
  6. Left: Rajab
  7. Also on the left: Grilled White Tawook

Notes and serving ideas

  • Homemade Garlic Sauce for Chicken
  • Grilled White Tawook
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Chef

Alisar Rajab

They say necessity is the mother of invention! While living in an African country for a time, Alisar learned to make all the family-favorite dishes that aren’t available in shops, mastering those recipes in her own kitchen. She always gifts every visitor a homemade plate — a present from the heart, not just a duty.

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