September 6, 2023

GRILLED CHICKEN WITH CITRUSY MIDDLE EASTERN RELISH

Grilled Chicken with a Citrusy Middle Eastern Relish transforms your everyday chicken into a special and unique dinner that’s presentation worthy! For this recipe, we are grilling the chicken until the skin has a nice crackle to it (approximately 30 mins.) and then topping the chicken with a balanced and snappy middle-eastern-spiced relish. The relish is so tasty, crunchy, and bright that it takes top-billing here.

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Ingredients

Organize all ingredients – chicken, lemon zest and juice, sumac, onions, pistachios, dates, and fresh herbs (tarragon, parsley, and/or chives).

Grilling the Chicken

Place chicken on preheated medium-high grill and cook for 15 minutes.

Flip the chicken pieces using tongs and cook for another 10-15 minutes, total cooking time 25-30 minutes

Place chicken on a preheated grill on medium-high heat and cook for 25-30 mins total, approx 15 mins per side.

Making the Citrusy Middle Eastern Relish

Place lemon zest and juice, sumac, onion, dates, raisins, and resh herbs into a medium-sized bowl

Mix ingredients together and add pistachios before serving. Mix to combine.

While the chicken is grilling, toss red onion, lemon zest and juice, dates, herbs, and sumac together in a medium bowl to combine. Before serving chicken, add the pistachios and toss again. Season with salt.

GRILLED CHICKEN WITH CITRUSY MIDDLE EASTERN RELISH

Arrange chicken on a platter and spoon relish over chicken and serve any remaining relish in a small bowl.

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GRILLED CHICKEN WITH CITRUSY MIDDLE EASTERN RELISH

Prep Time25

Cook Time25

Total Time50

Course: dinner

Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Keyword: chicken, chicken thighs, fresh herbs, gluten free, lemon juice, lemon zest, Medjool dates, pistachios, red onion, sumac

Servings: 6 people

Author: GFchow @ gfchow.com

Ingredients

8-12 chicken thighs bone-in, skin-on or a combination of 8 thighs and 4-6 drumsticks
1 small red onion or 1/2 medium-sized onion thinly sliced
2 medium sized lemons zested and juiced, approx 1/3 cup juice
6 Medjool dates pitted, coarsely chopped or a combination of dates, raisins and/or apricots all rough chopped
¼ cup tender herbs such as tarragon, parsley, and/or chives, coarsely chopped
2 teaspoons sumac
⅓ cup pistachios coarsely chopped
kosher salt to taste

Instructions

Preheat grill on medium high heat.
Spray grill with oil and then place chicken on grill and cook for 25-30 minutes, approx 15 mins per side.
While the chicken is grilling, make the relish by tossing red onion, lemon zest and juice, dates, herbs, and sumac together in a medium bowl to combine. Set aside.
Before serving chicken, add the pistachios and toss again. (Adding the pistachios right before will keep them at their max crunchiness.) Season with salt.
Arrange chicken on a platter and spoon relish over chicken and serve any remaining relish in a small bowl.

Notes

Feel free to add spices to the chicken before grilling.

Experiment with using boneless chicken breasts, bone-in chicken breast, as well as boneless, skinless chicken thighs. Keep in mind that grilling times will vary.

If you prefer to bake your chicken, that’s an easy option. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place chicken on a parchement or foil-lined baking sheet and cook chicken for 1/2 hour or until internal temp is 165 degrees.

Whether you grill or bake the chicken, you can serve it hot or room-temp.

It’s easy to double or halve this recipe.

Recipe from Bon Appétit and modified by me.

If you like this recipe, you may also like these other GFchow recipes. Simple Chicken Marbella, Roasted Cauliflower with Dates and Pine Nuts, and Crispy Harissa Chicken Thighs.

Gluten Free Disclaimer

The recipes you find here are considered by me to be gluten free. However, it is up to you to make sure the ingredients you use are gluten free. Whenever possible, I will list specific brands of ingredients that I use, but always be sure to check the labels yourself to verify the item is gluten free.