SALMORIGLIO CHICKEN
Siciliy's Salmoriglio (sal-more-EEL-ee-yo) is a traditional Sicilian sauce made with simple ingredients: olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and herbs. We use it as marinade in this recipe but you can use it as a sauce on seafood, fish and veggies, too.
INGREDIENTS:
4 to 6 chicken thighs (or whole chicken pieces), skin on and bone in
1/2 cup Lemon EVOO
3 tbsp Sicilian Lemon white balsamic (or juice of 2 lemons)
1 tbsp Garlic EVOO
2 tbsp fresh oregano leaves, finely chopped (or 1 tbsp Oregano EVOO)
2 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped (or 2 tsps dried parsley)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
DIRECTIONS:
In a medium bowl, whisk Lemon EVOO and Lemon balsamic, oregano leaves (or Oregano EVOO is using), Garlic EVOO, parsley, salt and pepper until creamy. Place the chicken pieces in resealable plastic bag. Reserve a few tablespoons of marinade for garnish. Pour in the rest of marinade into bag, gently pressing into chicken. Allow chicken to marinate for 1/2 hour or more. Preheat grill to medium heat. Remove the chicken from the marinade, draining off excess marinade to drip off. If using both light and dark chicken pieces cooking time may vary. Brush leftover marinade on chicken while grilling. Cook chicken pieces until the internal temperature reaches 165°. Garnish with marinade that was set aside and parsley.
