Dai Grilled Chicken

5 ingredients
14 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds whole chicken legs and/or breasts
  • 3 tablespoons crushed garlic
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons dry-toasted Sichuan peppercorns, ground
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Use a cleaver to chop the legs into 4 pieces each, whole breasts into 4 to 6 pieces.
  2. 2
    Rinse and place in a wide bowl.
  3. 3
    Set aside.
  4. 4
    Place the garlic in a mortar or a small bowl, add the salt, and mash with a pestle or the back of a wooden spoon to blend.
  5. 5
    Add both peppers and blend together.
  6. 6
    Add the flavor rub to the pieces of chicken and use your hands to rub it all over them.
  7. 7
    Set aside, covered, while you prepare your grilling arrangement (refrigerate if the wait will be longer than half an hour).
  8. 8
    Prepare a low fire in a charcoal grill or preheat a gas grill to medium-hot.
  9. 9
    Place the chicken on the grill, cover, and cook for about 20 minutes, or until cooked through; turn occasionally, working quickly and replacing the lid as soon as possible to keep in the moisture and heat.
  10. 10
    Serve hot.
  11. 11
    DAI ROAST CHICKEN: This rub of mashed garlic with pepper-salt makes a wonderful coating for roast chicken.
  12. 12
    Wash and dry the chicken.
  13. 13
    Stir a tablespoon of oil into the flavor blend and then rub it all over the chicken before roasting at 400F.
  14. 14
    This amount of rub will do for a small chicken (under 3 pounds); scale up in proportion if cooking a larger bird.

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