Barbecued meatball kebabs
Fire up the barbecue and bring out the flavour of these Middle Eastern-style lamb meatballs. They're spiced with harissa, mint, coriander and ras el hanout
Barbecued Thai chicken
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Plus marinating and resting time. (Cooking with indirect heat)
- More effort
- Serves 4
Skip to ingredients
- medium chicken(about 1.5kg), spatchcocked
- 2 stalks lemongrasskept whole
For the marinade
- 1 tsp black peppercorns
- 8 garlic cloves
- large handful coriander stalks
- 1 stalk lemongrasschopped
- 1 limejuiced
- 3 tbsp Thai fish sauce
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
You will need
- 1 metal skewer sugar
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal441
- fat22g
- saturates6g
- carbs12g
- sugars10g
- fibre1g
- protein48g
- salt2.6g
Method
step 1
Crush the peppercorns using a pestle and mortar, then add the garlic and crush again. Add the coriander stalks and chopped lemongrass, and bash to a rough paste. Stir in the lime juice, fish sauce and sugar and mix until the sugar dissolves. Poke a metal skewer through the leg and breast on either side of the chicken (see our video on how to spatchcock a chicken), then replace with a lemongrass stalk. Sit the chicken in a dish and pour over the marinade – squelch it around so the bird is completely coated, then cover and chill in the fridge for as long as possible or overnight.
step 2
Remove the chicken from the fridge an hour before cooking. Set a lidded barbecue up for indirect cooking with a foil drip tray on the coal-free side. When the coals are very hot, lay the chicken, bone-side down, over the coal-free side, with the legs closest to the coals.
step 3
Cover with the lid and arrange the vents for maximum air circulation. Cook the chicken for 50 mins-1 hr until a thermometer reads 70C (or a little higher) when stuck into the thickest part of the thigh or the juices run clear. Poke the coals about so they flare up again, then, using a pair of tongs, carefully flip the chicken, so it’s skin-side down over the coals. Cook until the skin has browned and the thermometer reads 75C. Lift onto a board, leave to rest for 10 mins, then remove the lemongrass and carve.
