Grilled Chicken Thighs With Sauce Au Chien

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon garlic, slivered (or minced)
• 6 scallions, trimmed and minced
• 1 jalapeno pepper, stemmed, seeded, minced (habanero, scotch bonnet ok too, or asian chile paste or crushed red pepper flakes)
• salt, to taste
• black pepper, freshly ground, to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice, ground (to taste)
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 2 lbs chicken thighs, about 8
• 1 lime, juice of

Recipe

• 1 start a charcoal or wood fire, or preheat a gas grill to the maximum, or preheat the broiler. set the rack about 6 inches from the heat source.
• 2 prepare the sauce: combine the garlic, scallions, chile, 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper, allspice, and oil in a small bowl. add 1/2 cup boiling water; stir and let sit.
• 3 sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper and grill or broil it, turning two or three times, until it is cooked through, about 25 minutes.
• 4 taste the sauce and adjust with more chile, salt, pepper, or allspice if needed. stir in the lime juice.
• 5 serve the chicken hot or at room temperature, passing the sauce at the table.