Grilled Spiced Chicken with Yogurt Sauce

Name: Grilled Spiced Chicken with Yogurt Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 spring onions, chopped finely; 6 tablespoons greek-style yogurt or natural fromage frais; 2 chicken quarters, thawed if frozen; ¼ teaspoon ground coriander; ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; salt; juice of ½ lime or ½ small lemon; salt and pepper; 2 tablespoons olive or sunflower oil; 1 garlic clove, crushed; ¼ teaspoon ground cumin; 1 tomato, skinned, de-seeded and chopped finely

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 min

Appears in

Students' Cookbook

By Sophie Grigson

Published 1993

About

This is a simple way to jazz up plain chicken with aromatic spices and the sharpness of lime or lemon juice. You can prepare the chicken up to a day in advance.

Ingredients

2 chicken quarters, thawed if frozen
salt

Europe
France
United Kingdom
Starter
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

With a sharp knife, make three deep slashes across the thickest parts of the chicken quarters so that the heat of the grill can penetrate right down into the meat. Place the chicken in a shallow dish. Mix together the marinade ingredients and pour over the chicken. Cover and leave for at least 1 hour, and up to 24 hours, turning occasionally. (If marinating for more than 1 hour, store in the fr