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)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1998

Main Courses

Chicken

Grilling & Barbecue

SERVES6 to 8

TIME1¼ hours, plus 2 hours brining

Grilled Lime Chicken with Jalapeño and Coriander

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted a grilled chicken recipe with lime flavor that went straight to the bone. Our method of choice, derived from one that the father of one of our editors had developed over the course of 40 years of making grilled lime chicken, invol...

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