Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Pollo Al Carbon (char grilled chicken)

Prep time: 15 min

Cook time: 30 min

Ingredients:
Whole chicken cut in half and de-boned. (its easy) (or use boneless thighs if you cant do this)
3 Oranges ( or 1/2 cup orange juice and 1 orange)
1 small yellow onion chopped
6 cloves garlic minced
1/2 cup fresh basil chopped
1/4 cup olive oil
juice of 1 lime
juice of 1 lemon
1 Tbsp fresh groung black pepper
1 tsp salt

heat oil at medium heat in a skillet. Suate onion and garlic for about 2 minutes. squeeze the juice of the lemon, lime and two oranges into the skillet. add salt and pepper and simmer for 1 min. let the mixture cool.
Marinate the chicken in a bowl or container with the mixture adding the basil at this point for about 1 hour.

Preheat your grill on medium flame. NOTE:(If using coal let coal turn completely grey, And make sure its not to hot) Over medium flame place the chicken. Cook for about 30 min. turning it over often and basting it with the left over mixture and make sure you get plenty of garlic and basil on there. for the last ten minutes turn the heat up and char the chicken on both sides. DONT BURN IT! sprinkle a little extra salt and pepper if needed and remove it from the grill.
NOTE: (make sure the chicken is completely cooked)
take the last orange and slice it making full circle slices. (should be 5 or 6 slices )

Serve the chicken with the orange slices.

This is a great BBQ plate. Hope you enjoy.
Remember, any questions just ask in the form of a comment and i will answer them.

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