Grilled al Carbon Chicken

Name: Grilled al Carbon Chicken (Pollo Al Carbon)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: Salt and pepper, to taste; 1 teaspoon sweet paprika; One 2 to 3-pound chicken, quartered; 1 cup olive oil; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed sour orange or lemon juice; 1 small head garlic, peeled and separated into cloves; 1 tablespoon sweet paprika; 1 bay leaf; ½ yellow onion, finely diced; 2 teaspoons salt; ⅓ cup red wine vinegar

Pollo Al Carbon

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Taste of Cuba

By Cynthia Carris Alonso

Published 2018

About

Ingredients

One 2 to 3-pound chicken, quartered
1 cup olive oil

Americas
Cuba
Main course
Gluten-free
Caribbean

Method

Pierce the chicken all over with a fork, then combine the olive oil, citrus juice, garlic, paprika, bay leaf, and salt to create a marinade. Pour the marinade over the chicken, refrigerate and let it saturate for at least half an hour and up to 24 hours. (Piercing the chicken will allow the marinade to penetrate it.)

Preheat the