Spice-Rubbed Grilled Chicken with Buttered Corn and Red Chile
Nutrition
Calories: 539 kcalCarbohydrates: 26 gProtein: 55 gFat: 40 gSaturated Fat: 18 gCholesterol: 147 mgSodium: 546 mgFiber: 9 gSugar: 12 gVitamin A: 44.925 IUCalcium: 78 mgIron: 15 mg
Ingredients
- 1 chicken 4 pounds, cut into serving pieces
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tbsp pure chile powder such as New Mexico
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2 whole chipotle in adobo sauce minced
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 cups corn kernels fresh or frozen
- ½ teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
- 1 pinch salt to taste
- 1 pinch black pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt sour cream or crème fraiche
- 2 tbsp buttered bread crumbs or cracker crumbs
Instructions
- Rinse the chicken pieces and pat dry with paper towels.
- In a bowl, combine the oil, chile powder, paprika, chipotle chiles, cumin, salt and pepper. Add the chicken pieces, turning to coat, cover, and marinate at room temperature for 2 hours or for as long as overnight. (You can store the chicken in a large zip-style plastic bag if it goes in the refrigerator.)
- Prepare an indirect-heat fire in a covered charcoal grill. Place the dark meat, skin side down, on the grill rack, cover, position the top and bottom vents three-quarters open, and grill for 10 minutes. Add the breasts and wings, skin side down, re-cover, and continue grilling for 10 minutes. Turn all the chicken, re-cover, and grill on the second side until cooked through, about 20 minutes.
- While the chicken grills, preheat a broiler and butter a small frame-proof baking dish. Melt the butter in a sauté pan over high heat. Add the corn and sauté until tender but not mushy, 2 to 2-1/2 minutes. Add the red pepper flakes and season with salt and pepper. Cook for a minute or two more. Remove from the heat, stir in the yogurt, sour cream, or crème frâiche, and transfer to the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with the crumbs.
- Just before the chicken is ready, run the baking dish under the broiler to brown lightly. Bring outdoors and eat grill-side with the chicken.