Cinnamon-Allspice Marinade for Chicken Kebabs

Name: Cinnamon-Allspice Marinade for Chicken Kebabs
Yield: Makes scant 3/4 cup, for 1 1/2 pounds chicken
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, olive oil; 6 small cloves, garlic, minced (about 2 tablespoons); 1/4 cup, minced fresh mint leaves or parsley leaves, alone or in combination; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon, ground allspice; 1/4 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; , Ground black pepper to taste

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 1998

Marinades can add deep flavor if used for the correct amount of time.

SERVESMakes scant 3/4 cup, for 1 1/2 pounds chicken

TIME10 minutes

Cinnamon-Allspice Marinade for Chicken Kebabs

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We discovered while developing our chicken kebabs recipe that marinating the chicken not only flavored the meat but helped it retain moisture—no surprise, perhaps. Olive oil–based marinades helped to infuse the meat with flavor without caus...

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