Grilled Lime Chicken with Jalapeño and Coriander

Name: Grilled Lime Chicken with Jalapeño and Coriander
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, kosher salt or 1/2 cup table salt; 2 , whole chickens (about 3 1/2 pounds each), cut into legs, thighs, breasts, and wings; backs reserved for another use; , Ground black pepper; 1/4 cup, extra-virgin olive oil; 4 large cloves, garlic, minced and made into paste (see illustrations below); 2 teaspoons, minced jalapeno pepper; 1 cup, lime juice; 2 tablespoons, minced fresh cilantro leaves; 2 teaspoons, coriander seeds (toasted and crushed)

Main Courses
Chicken
Grilling & Barbecue

Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1998

The best way to get citrus flavor into chicken is not by marinating and not by basting but giving it a quick, final dunk into a lime-garlic-olive oil sauce.

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 2 hours brining

Grilled Lime Chicken with Jalapeño and Coriander

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