Peri Peri Grilled Chicken | America's Test Kitchen

Peri Peri Grilled Chicken | America's Test Kitchen

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This African grilled chicken dish is packed with complex, spicy flavor.

Keywords

  • Grilling & Barbecue
  • Africa & Middle-East
  • Poultry
  • African
  • Chicken
  • Main Courses
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Ingredients

  • 4 — 10 arbol chiles , stemmed
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 8 garlic cloves , peeled
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 shallot , chopped
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • 1 tablespoon five-spice powder
  • 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest plus 1/4 cup juice (2 lemons)
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 3 bay leaves , crushed
  • 6 pounds bone-in chicken pieces (breasts, thighs, and/or drumsticks), trimmed
  • 1/2 cup dry-roasted peanuts , chopped fine
  • 1 (13 by 9-inch) disposable aluminum pan (if using charcoal) or 2 (9-inch) disposable aluminum pie plates (if using gas)
  • Lemon wedges

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