Next level BBQ chicken - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 2 red chillies, tops removed and reserved for the smoke mix (see below)
• 8 spring onions, roughly chopped
• thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• 8 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 2 tbsp chopped thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• ½ tsp paprika
• 3 tbsp dark brown soft sugar
• 4 tbsp soy sauce
• 4 limes, 2 juiced, plus 2 halved to serve
• 1½kg mix of chicken drumsticks and wings, lightly scored
• 200ml ketchup
• handful of thyme sprigs
• handful of bay leaves
• 1 tsp ground allspice
• reserved chilli tops (see above)