Pollo a la Brasa (Peruvian Grilled Chicken)

Author: Marthinus Strydom
Category: Chicken

For your coming feast, treat your family to a classic Peruvian dish made on the grill rather of in the oven. Pollo a la brasa is simple to prepare and bursting with flavor.

Method

  1. Place chicken into a resealable plastic bag. Blend soy sauce, garlic, lime juice, vegetable oil, cumin, paprika, and oregano in a blender until smooth. Pour mixture over chicken, seal the bag, and refrigerate for 8 hours.
  2. Combine jalapeno peppers, cilantro, mayonnaise, lime juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper in a blender; pulse until sauce is smooth. Transfer sauce to a covered bowl and refrigerate until ready to serve.
  3. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
  4. Remove chicken from the bag. At this point you can either rotisserie the chicken or make a spatchcock chicken. Discard bag with excess marinade.
  5. If you're doing a rotisserie, grill for approximately 1 hour (internal temperature reaches 73 degrees c)
  6. Transfer chicken to a serving dish, carve and and drizzle reserved sauce over the chicken.

Ingredients
900 g whole chicken
⅓ cup (15.84 Teaspoons) soy sauce
5 cloves garlic
2 tbsp (6 Teaspoons) lime juice
1 tbsp (3 Teaspoons) vegetable oil
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp paprika
½ tsp dried oregano
Sauce
2 fresh jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
½ cup (24 Teaspoons) firmly packed cilantro
¼ cup (12 Teaspoons) mayonnaise
1 tbsp (3 Teaspoons) lime juice
1 tbsp (3 Teaspoons) extra virgin olive oil
1 clove garlic
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp ground black pepper