Greece

Greek-Style Grilled Chicken

Name: Greek-Style Grilled Chicken
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Greece cuisine
Ingredients: ea. (3–4 pounds) whole broiler/fryer chicken, cut into serving pieces 1; dried oregano 1 tbsp; dried thyme 1 tbsp; dried mint flakes 1 tbsp; dried rosemary 2 tsp; Salt To taste; Freshly-ground black pepper To taste; garlic powder 1 tbsp; Extra-virgin olive oil As needed

A recipe for Greek-Style Grilled Chicken from Wikibooks Cookbook.

4 servings · Easy

The oregano and olive oil chicken that comes off tavern grills across Greece is built on marinating time rather than on a complicated recipe. Oregano, thyme, mint and rosemary are crushed with oil and lemon and left on the meat for hours, which is what carries the flavor past the surface. Charcoal and the close heat of the grill do the rest, and the skin only turns properly crisp when the meat is left alone.

Ingredients

ea. (3–4 pounds) whole broiler/fryer chicken, cut into serving pieces1
dried oregano1 tbsp
dried thyme1 tbsp
dried mint flakes1 tbsp
dried rosemary2 tsp
SaltTo taste
Freshly-ground black pepperTo taste
garlic powder1 tbsp
Extra-virgin olive oilAs needed

Directions

1
Brush chicken pieces with olive oil. Set aside.
2
Combine all remaining ingredients and rub into chicken. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
3
Heat about 28 charcoal briquets in a large chimney starter. Disperse evenly around bottom of grill and reapply the grate.
4
Add chicken and cook, turning often, until internal temperature of the breast is 165°F and the thigh is 170°F.
5
Remove to a plate and cover with foil. Let rest 10 minutes before serving warm.

Source: Wikibooks Cookbook (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0; English normalized and Chinese translation added by WorldBite.