JUST IN CASE you missed yesterday's explanatory post, I'll recap. My parents first had this chicken at a friend's house. On that night, they put the chicken on the grill then heard I-can't-honestly-remember-which breaking news about Gadhafi. It was so enthralling that they forgot all about the grill, and the chicken charred.
So, call me morbid. Just this once, I matched my food to the international news... You can rename the marinade if you want. It is under this name that the chicken marinade below became infamous in my family.
I marinated, I grilled, I blissed out. Even now the kitchen still smells like this fabulous, piquant and herby marinade. I would totally eat this every week if I wanted to go through the effort of making the marinade. We'll see; grating that ginger is not the easiest thing in the world!
When my parents grilled this chicken on the outdoor grill, I remember it would taste nice but never this strong. Doing it on my grill pan kept a lot more of the marinade on the chicken - even a bit too much. It didn't help, either, that I drizzled more over the chicken before I started grilling to make sure it was super flavorful! It was overpowering, but the cool, fresh tabouli I made with it helped to balance the strength of the flavors.
Tabouli is really easy and customizable. I'm only gonna give a list of the ingredients, because proportions are so totally up to individual taste. I had taboulis in Ireland that were essentially garnished bulghur, while my favorite is pretty close to a parsley salad. It scrubs out my inner system when I'm feeling blah.
Redux:
Khadafy Chicken Marinade
ingredients:
2 cloves chopped garlic2 tsp salt
2 tsp grated fresh ginger
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp cumin
2 tsp curry powder
1 tsp oregano
4 tbsp soy sauce
4 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
directions:
Marinate chicken breasts or drumsticks in this concoction for at least 3 hours, then grill.Tabouli
ingredients:
Parsley, chopped fineTomatoes, chopped fine
Bulgur (preferably fine, but I used coarse), cooked and cooled
teeny bit of white onion, chopped super fine
Lemon juice
Dash of olive oil
Cumin (I tossed a pinch in for fun and kicks - though I don't think it's traditional)
directions:
Chop all ingredients that need chopping. Mix together in proportions according to your own taste.I was really happy with how it turned out considering I eyeballed the entire thing.
This recipe is fantastic. Chicken came out very moist and full of flavour. I had a little twist though, I added 2 tbsp of powdered garlic instead of fresh garlic cloves just to make sure the garlic flavour is distributed evenly, one tbsp of balsamic vinegar instead of lemon juice and a dash of paprika.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the recipe.