Best Peruvian Grilled Chicken (Pollo a la brasa peruano)
This Grilled Chicken is a staple in Peruvian Cuisine. We call it “Pollo a la Brasa Peruano”, and the original recipe is cooked on a rotisserie over charcoal. The good news is that you can do this recipe over a Gas grill or in your conventional oven.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 45
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4
- Category: Main
- Method: BBQ
- Cuisine: Peruvian
Ingredients
1 whole chicken (2kg)
1/2 teaspoon cumin
3 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoon mustard
1 bottle of dark lager beer (300ml)
4 tablespoon red wine vinegar
4 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoon chilli (Peruvian aji panca)*
2 tablespoons minced garlic
Salt for the chicken
Instructions
- Clean the chicken and rub it with some salt under the skin and inside it. Reserve it.
- Mix in a bowl all the other ingredients: cumin, pepper, salt, mustard, beer, vinegar, soy sauce, chilli and garlic. Stir everything together and reserve the marinated for the next step.
- Put the chicken in a bowl with a lid or a big ziplock bag to keep it inside. Pour the marinated and let it rest in the fridge for at least 12 hours. Rotate the chicken in the middle of the time to ensure the marinated cover all the parts for equal time. It is better for 24 hours.
- Preheat your bbq. Remove chicken from the Marinade and reserve it for bathing the chicken during cooking. Set the chicken on a stand and cook on an indirect fire for 45 minutes. Bathe the chicken halfway thru the cooking with the remaining Marinade.
- Cook the last 15 minutes in a direct fire to crisp the skin. Rotate the chicken so you ensure the cooking in every part.
- Now enjoy it with some chips and salad.
Notes
- You can cook the chicken in a rotisserie over charcoal in a BBQ at 350°F temperature for 45 minutes till 1 hour.
- You can make the same chicken in a oven at 180°C or 350°F for 45 to 1 hour.
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