Grilled Baby Chicken Cajun Style

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 baby chickens
• lemon wedge (to garnish)
• 2 red peppers, deseeded and chopped
• 2 small onions, chopped
• 5 cloves garlic, crushed (the recipe says 3)
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
• 3 tablespoons virgin olive oil (i use less as usual)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 cut each bird along the backbone and remove the backbones of each.
• 2 (the birds are'spatchcocked' is the term) lay the birds on a hard surface and put pressure on the breastbone to flatten them loosen the skin from the flesh but do not tear it right from the breast till the thighs.
• 3 put all the stuffing ingredients in a blender (except the oil and salt) and puree keeping the motor running on low slowly mix in the oil till well blended.
• 4 add the salt to taste, spread the stuffing (a 1/4 for each bird) evenly between the skin and flesh of each bird.
• 5 refrigerate for 4 to 24 hours.
• 6 grill under low heat for 30 mins.
• 7 garnish with the lemon wedges and serve.