Egyptian Grilled Chicken

"This recipe is extremely simple to prepare. However, in order to achieve a perfect result, I recommend that you marinate the chicken for 24 hours. It really does make a difference to the flavour. This chicken dish is lovely served with rice and a spinach yoghurt salad.Borani Esfenaj."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Wash the chicken fillets well and dry with kitchen towel.
  • Whisk all marinade ingredients together.
  • Place chicken in a glass dish, pour over marinade & ensure each piece is coated in the marinade.
  • Cover glass dish with cling film & leave to marinate for as long as possible in refrigerator.
  • It is best to begin preparation for this dish the day before in order to obtain the best result.
  • Next day: Remove dish from refrigerator.
  • Allow it to sit for 15 minutes at room temperature.
  • Pre-heat grill and place fillets on the grill pan, brushing with remainder of marinade.
  • Cook for approximately 25 minutes, brushing with marinade, turning once during cooking.
  • Chicken should be moist and golden, but not tough and overcooked.
  • If chicken browns too soon reduce grill heat to moderate.
  • Enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. I made this for my boyfriend who is from Egypt and he really loved it. He told me that it was very authentic and tasty. I could only marinate for 8 hours and I baked them at 375 for 40 minutes, it was GREAT, thanks for the recipe!!!
     
  2. DEFINATELY let it marinade for 24 hours, TRUE!<br/>As these very simple, easy to put together flavours really soak through!<br/>DEFINATELY a keeper for me!<br/>Will be adding this chicken shredded in a Chicken Lasagna Recipe!
     
  3. Simple and worked well for the older chicken I had to use up, gave it a nice flavour and covered the stronger flavour that the chicken had. I served this with rice with sharia and a fresh salad with sumaq and a yogurt cucumber salad with freshly squeezed lemon juice. Good combo. I may make this again.
     
  4. This is a great recipe. We do a theme dinner for Christmas Eve every year with a different country. This is our ninth year and my father said that it was his favorite year yet because of this chicken recipe. I grilled it on low on my gas grill flipping it and adding the marinade every 5 minutes or so. We let it marinade for 24 hours.
     
  5. Not sure how much 500g is because I just marinated as much as I needed for dinner which was 1 whole boneless, skinless breast. Can I give this 6 or 7 stars??? This was THE most tender, juicy chicken I have EVER had. And DELICIOUS. An absolute keeper in my house - THE PICKY ONE wanted 2nds!!!
     
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