Barbecued Garlic Chicken

Total Time: 24 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 kg chicken or 1 1/2 kg chicken pieces
• 3 teaspoons chopped garlic
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons black peppercorns
• 1 cup finely chopped fresh coriander, including the roots of the coriander (cilantro)
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• cherry tomatoes
• spring onion, curls (green)

Recipe

• 1 cut the chicken in half lengthways, and if you like, remove the bones with a small pointed knife, leaving only the wing bones.
• 2 if using chicken pieces, proceed directly to step 2.
• 3 crush the garlic with the salt to a smooth paste.
• 4 coarsely crush the peppercorns in a motar and pestle or a blender.
• 5 combine in a flat dish with the coriander, and the lime juice.
• 6 rub the mixture into the cicken on all sides, cover and refrigerate overnight, or at least an hour.
• 7 however, this recipe tastes better if refrigerated over night.
• 8 barbecue the chicken halves or chicken pieces, turning the chicken every 5 minutes or so, until the chicken is no longer pink and the skin is crisp.
• 9 if the weather does not permit, you can cook under a grill, (broiler) or in the oven.
• 10 to serve the boned chicken, diagonally slice the chicken skin side up and place on a serving platter.
• 11 if using chicken pieces arrange the pieces on a serving platter.
• 12 garnish with halved cherry tomatoes and curls of spring (green) onions.
• 13 serve with a salad of sliced tomatoes, sliced cucumber and spring (green) onions which have been seasoned with lime juice and salt only.
• 14 a side dish of steamed rice goes well with this dish.