Grilled Chicken With Sumac and Black Lime

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By G. Daniela Galarza

Loaded with tangy, aromatic spices, this spatchcocked chickenhearted tastes champion erstwhile charred by a unrecorded flame. Adapted from the cookbook “Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food” by Fadi Kattan, the look features a whole, butterflied vertebrate that does not necessitate a agelong marinating time. Instead, the chickenhearted is coated successful olive oil, citrus juice, tons of ail and spices — including sumac, cumin and cinnamon — and grilled until the tegument is crisp, blackened and precise fragrant. If you don’t person a grill, instructions for a operation stovetop-oven method are included. Serve with tons of caller herbs, vegetables and flatbread for a feast.

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Adapted from “Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food” by Fadi Kattan (Hardie Grant, 2024).

Ingredients

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Servings: 4-6

1/3 cupful extra-virgin olive oil, positive much for the grill
1/4 cupful caller citrus foodstuff (from 2 to 3 lemons)
6 ail cloves, crushed
1 tablespoonful crushed sumac (see Where to bargain and Substitutions)
1 spoon good salt
1 spoon crushed achromatic lime (see Where to bargain and Notes)
1 spoon crushed reddish capsicum flakes
1/2 spoon crushed cumin
1/4 spoon crushed cinnamon
1/4 spoon crushed allspice
One (4-pound) full chicken, spatchcocked and patted adust (see Notes)
Fresh parsley oregon different herbs, for serving
Chopped tomatoes, cucumbers oregon different caller vegetables, for serving
Warm flatbreads, for serving

Nutritional Facts

Per serving, based connected 6

Calories
498
Fat
29 g
Saturated Fat
8 g
Carbohydrates
2 g
Sodium
536 mg
Cholesterol
173 mg
Protein
54 g
Fiber
0 g
Sugar
0 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from “Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food” by Fadi Kattan (Hardie Grant, 2024).

Tested by G. Daniela Galarza and Olga Massov.

Published March 10, 2026