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Grilled Chicken recipe Tanzania — 10 steps, serves 6.

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Ingredients

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Serves 6 Prep 25 min Cook 50 min Calories ~482 kcal
  • 1.5 kg Whole chicken
  • 3 Limes
  • 2 tbsp Ginger
  • 6 cloves Garlic
  • 2 Fresh chili
  • 3 tbsp Oil
  • 2 tbsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Black pepper
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How to cook Grilled Chicken

Kuku choma is celebration and street food across Tanzania — whole or cut chicken grilled over charcoal with lime-chili marinade. Served with chips, rice or ugali at roadside spots and home Sunday meals.

  1. Cut chicken into grill pieces or spatchcock; wash and pat dry.
  2. Make marinade: blend ginger, garlic, chili, lime, oil and salt.
  3. Coat chicken inside and out; marinate 2 hours or overnight refrigerated.
  4. Heat charcoal until white coals give medium heat.
  5. Place chicken skin-side down on grill first.
  6. Cover grill if possible 15 minutes to cook through gently.
  7. Turn pieces every 8–10 minutes, basting with reserved marinade.
  8. Check doneness — juices by bone should run clear.
  9. Rest chicken 10 minutes before carving.
  10. Serve with chips, kachumbari and extra lime.

Tips

  • Free-range chicken tastes better but needs longer cooking.
  • Avoid high heat — skin burns before meat cooks through.
  • Lime marinade tenderizes and removes any strong smell.

Goes well with

Side 🥟 Empanada Empanada as a starter
Side 🍚 Pilau Pilau with grilled chicken
Combo 🍟 Plain Chips Chips with chicken — Edo Chips plate
Side 🍳 Chips Mayai Kuku Penda with chips
Side 🥗 Salad Kuku Panda salad

Frequently asked questions

Jinsi ya kupika grilled chicken?
Mapishi ya Grilled Chicken yapo hapa chini — hatua 10 za kupika nyumbani, pamoja na viungo na vidokezo.
Viungo vya grilled chicken ni vipi?
Orodha kamili ya viungo na vipimo iko kwenye sehemu ya Viungo hapa chini.
Grilled Chicken in English ni nini?
Grilled Chicken pia hujulikana kama Kuku Penda, Grilled Chicken, Kuchi Chicken — mapishi ya Tanzania kwenye Ladha za Tanzania.

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