Chili and roasted garlic grilled chicken
How can you go wrong with a recipe inspired from Rick Bayless? Believe me you cannot especially if that recipe involves an entire roasted head of garlic.
The beautiful thing about this recipe is that it is very quick and simple especially if you already have roasted garlic laying around in the fridge. If you do not then fear not because roasting garlic is about as idiot proof as it comes (cut top off garlic, drizzle oil, wrap in foil, shove in 350 degree oven for 45 minutes).
While the garlic is roasting fill your spice grinder with:
- 1/4 teaspoon whole allspice
- 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
- 1/4 teaspoon whole cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
and beat into oblivion.
Squeeze all the roasted cloves of garlic into a bowl and mash them together with the spices along with 1 tablespoon of cider vinegar, 1-2 teaspoons of whole chili powder (ancho and guajillo), pinch of salt, and 2 teaspoons of dried oregano until thoroughly combined.
Rub this paste over your chicken thighs and grill over medium-low heat until the thighs are cooked through (another advantage is no marinade time involved).
Told you this is a freaking flipping hard recipe to make.
p.s. to those who miss the long winded rambling Jeff posts I apologize. Work has been killing me lately and my ability to ramble nonsensical is losing out to my desire to sleep. Fear not it will return shortly.
Oh yum! We love Rick Bayless recipes too
I especially like the char part of the skin. Unhealthy I know, but with all that spices rubbed onto it, it’s just hard to resist.
rick bayless never fails to impress me, and i vow to go to one of his restaurants before i leave this world. great combination of spices and terrific execution!
Love Rick Bayless, love garlic… sounds like a win to me!
I miss my grill back home. Your post has rubbed salt - liberally - all over my grill wound. Bookmarked and it’ll be the first thing I’ll make once once I’m reunited with its smoky, cancerous goodness.
I LOVE garlic so this recipe sounds delicious to me! I love when I watch a cooking show and they say “Now, LOTS of garlic for this recipe!” and throw in two little cloves of garlic, haha, that’s NOTHING!
Rick’s recipes all look so good. Must smell so good with all of that garlic.
MMmmm almost like a Jamaican Jerk. I’m a big fan of Rick Bayless’s restaurants, but haven’t tried much in the way of his recipes.
I totally understand the non-long-winded posts. Life tends to get in the way of blogging, ha ha! I love Rick Bayless and one of these days I will finally pick up one of his cookbooks. I love how gracious he was on Top Chef Masters and it made me like him all the more. This recipe sounds amazing…who can resist garlic? Yum!
Bayless never disappoints!
Wow this looks fabulous, and it does sound easy!