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BBQ chicken with salbitxada sauce
- Prep time:
- 45 mins, plus 1 hour marinating
- Cook time:
- 35 mins
- Serves:
- 4
Bill Granger’s chicken recipe is a taste of hot Spanish sun, served with a delicious Catalan sauce of tomatoes, almonds and garlic
Ingredients
For the chicken
- 1 X 1.5kg chicken
- 4 cloves Garlic, peeled, chopped
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
- 1 tsp Coriander seeds
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 125ml extra virgin Olive oil
- 1 tbsp sherry vinegar
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp orange juice
For the salbitxada sauce
- 3 Tomatoes, peeled, seeds removed, finely chopped
- 1 roasted red pepper, peeled, diced
- 30g blanched Almonds, toasted, roughly chopped
- 1/2 tsp dried red chilli flakes
- 1/2 tsp Paprika
- 3 cloves Garlic, peeled, crushed
- 1 tsp finely grated lemon zest
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh flatleaf Parsley
- 1 tbsp sherry vinegar
- 125ml extra virgin Olive oil
For the couscous and pea salad
- 225g Couscous
- 375ml chicken stock
- pinch Saffron
- 150g fresh Peas
- 1 red pepper, seeds removed, diced
- 100g green olives, pitted, chopped
For the salad dressing
- 2 tbsp extra virgin Olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tbsp sherry vinegar
Method
1. For the chicken: remove the backbone from the chicken by cutting either side of the bone. Flatten out with the palm of your hand, then slash the chicken breast in a few places on each side with a sharp knife. Place the chicken into a dish, cover and set aside in the fridge.2. Pound the garlic, chilli, coriander seeds and salt to a paste together in a mortar. Transfer the paste to a bowl. Heat the olive oil in a pan until shimmering, then carefully pour the oil over the paste. Add the sherry vinegar, lime juice and orange juice and mix well to combine. Season with freshly ground black pepper, then pour half of the mixture over the chicken and leave to marinate in the fridge for one hour.
3. For the salbitxada sauce: place all of the salbitxada ingredients, except for the olive oil, into a bowl. Heat the olive oil in a pan until shimmering, then carefully pour over the tomato mixture. Pulse to a chunky puree in a food processor.
4. For the couscous and pea salad: place the couscous into a large heatproof bowl. Bring the stock and saffron to the boil in a pan, then pour over the couscous, cover the bowl with cling film and leave to soak for five minutes. Fluff up the grains with a fork, then stir in the red pepper, peas and olives.
5. For the dressing: whisk together the olive oil, lemon and orange juices and sherry vinegar. Season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Drizzle the dressing over the couscous, then set aside for 20-30 minutes. Stir in the parsley.
6. Heat a barbecue to a high heat. Place the chicken cut-side down on the rack, close the lid and cook for 30 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. (If not using a barbecue, preheat the oven to 220C/gas mark 7 and cook for 30 minutes, or until cooked through.)
7. To serve, spoon the couscous onto serving plates. Carve the chicken into thick slices and divide between the plates, then serve the salbitxada sauce alongside
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Made this last night and every one enjoyed it, beautiful flavours. Only problem was what do you do with the other half of the chicken marinade, it doesn't say in the recipe. I just poured it all over the chicken.
I would have liked to do this recipe but when printed off all the ingrediants were printed over each other so I give this recipe NIL star if you can send me a version that I can print off and read I will try and score again email sueseager@hotmail.com