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Article: A Memorial Day Twist For your first meal of the grilling season, try chicken and all the fixings flavored with the greek quartet of garlic, lemon, oregano, and olive oil.
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 25, 2008
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BOSTON UNCOMMON / COOKING
Grilled chicken is a Memorial Day crowd pleaser that, almost
reflexively, most of us slather with smoky, tomatoey barbecue sauce.
This time, what do you say we forgo the 'cue and give the bird a
distinctively Greek stamp with the pungent, flavor-packed quartet of
garlic, lemon, oregano, and olive oil? In fact, there's no reason
that a couple of side dishes can't get in on the Aegean action, too.
Grill some eggplant with the chicken, and serve the grilled foods
with a cool yogurt sauce and satisfying rice salad. The sauce, by
the way, is no mere afterthought. I think a lemony sauce gives
grilled chicken a stronger citrus flavor that most marinades. The
garlic gets a ...