With an essential Moroccan spice blend, Grilled Ras El Hanout Chicken will become a new favorite healthy dinner recipe to throw on the grill. Gluten-free, paleo, and Whole 30 approved, entice the senses of smell and taste with this exotic dish.
The great grilled chicken recipes never have to stop! I’m still seeing people complain about sad, dry, grilled chicken, maybe flavored with some salt and pepper. Do they know that life does not have to be so plain and lackluster? If you’re going to eat meat, let’s not “butcher” it further by the way we cook it. That may have to be my new mission in life. End the sad, dry, tasteless chicken and bring flavor back to the family dinner table!
Trust me, my friends, it does not need to be so sad! Chicken is that blank-slate protein I always talk about. It becomes the spices, herbs, marinate, whatever you use. That’s the first step. Ditch the salt and pepper and bring on the exotic “palate-intriguing” flavors! It’s like vanilla ice cream. Great, but we can make it so much better!
I was actually pretty shocked the other day when my brother requested I only season his piece of salmon with some pepper…that was it! Yes, my mind was blown. I get it though, sometimes we just want to appreciate the pure taste of a simple food. I feel that was about my veggies. But when it comes to chicken and fish…I can’t help myself but get a little wild with the flavors and textures.
His piece of salmon looked so sad with just pepper that I had to throw on some garlic powder; I just couldn’t help myself! Salmon had a buttery rich flavor on its own, but chicken? No. You HAVE TO flavor it up! I felt like a new flavor profile for this chicken and decided to use the full range of my spice cabinet. The Moroccan spice blend, Ras El Hanout, sounded like the perfect mixture of warming and delicious spices for some grilled chicken!
It’s a compilation of many spices and you may think it’s a bit crazy, but rubbing the chicken down with the dry rub is going to be one of the best decisions you make this week to that boring chicken I know you have sitting in the fridge! I really hope you make this Ras El Hanout from scratch, but I know not everyone is a crazy spice hoarder like me, so I do have a suggestion for a bottled mix if you really have to.
This chicken does get a tad better too. We’re topping it with some beautiful Harissa of course! There is NO WAY this chicken will leave you in tears now (maybe tears of joy, but not sadness!) I’m thinking the perfect weeknight summer dinner that should be on your menu this week is this chicken and some of my Harissa Potato Salad!
Grilled Ras El Hanout Chicken
- 4 Skinless Boneless Chicken Breasts
- Ras El Hanout Spice Mix:
- 1 Tsp Ginger
- 1 Tsp Cumin
- 1 Tsp Turmeric
- ½ Tsp Cinnamon
- ½ Tsp Garlic Powder
- ½ Tsp Onion Powder
- ½ Tsp Allspice
- ½ Tsp Coriander
- ½ Tsp Nutmeg
- ½ Tsp Smoked Paprika
- ¼ Tsp Black Pepper
- ¼ Tsp Cloves
- ¼ Tsp Mace (optional)
- Dash of Cayenne Pepper (optional)
- Zest of 1 Lemon
- Harissa Sauce (topping)
- In a small bowl, combine all the spices and lemon zest. Mix together.
- Rub the Ras El Hanout on the chicken breasts, all sides, and place them on a greased piece of foil (food allergy safety method).
- On a heated grill, grill the chicken over medium-high heat, covered, for about 10 minutes, flip, and cook another 10 minutes of until thoroughly cooked.
- Served with a drizzle of Harissa!
Enjoy this glorious grilled Ras El Hanout chicken! Let’s make a pact to end all boring chicken dinners while bringing the flavor and exotic zest to out family tables! We must leave no chicken behind! Let me see that flavor and spice! Enjoy!
So tell me:
+ What’s your favorite chicken recipe?
+ Have you ever had a Ras El Hanout flavored dish?
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Sounds tasteful! Pinned.
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The sounds and looks absolutely delicious. No boring chicken here. I love the flavor combinations and will definitely be trying this next time we grill chicken. Thanks.
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It is so delicious!
Yum! This is a lovely recipe! I have bookmarked it and look forward to trying it! 😀
Fantastic!
This sounds Fabulous! Pinned 🙂
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I bet this tastes amazing. Moroccan spices are yummy and I never cook with them. I should as we love all spicy and flavorful foods. Thanks for sharing your delicious recipe.
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Good thing is it’s not “spicy” 😉
HI Rebecca,
Sounds so tasty! I love chicken especially grilled and love all those wonderful flavorful spice you have added. Pinned & tweeted!
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Grilled chicken is the best way!
This is definitely a must make dinner. Love the flavors you’ve used for this chicken!
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Looks like you brought back flavor indeed! This looks seriously amazing. It’s on my list to try!
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Those seasonings sound good!
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The spice blend gives the chicken such a wonderful colour, I definitely want to try it sometime.
I hope you do!!
I love Mediterranean food and you got me at Ras El Hanout Spice and Harissa yummy ingredients wow¡
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What a delicious looking chicken dish! I can just imagine the depth of flavors with all that spices.
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I absolutely love this Rebecca. I love the whole combination of spices and I love that fact that you’ve made it a simple enough grilled chicken meal, if which Lynne and I are huge fans of!
Pinned!
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I hope you get to make this one!! xo
I have a destination wedding coming up next month so we the bf and I have been eating healthier. We love chicken and are always looking for new, healthy recipes that have a lot of flavor. Can’t wait to try this one!
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This will bring you right to a far off flavor land 😉
Terrific! I’ve been making my own ras el hanout for years and it’s such an awesome spice blend, no wonder it translates as “head of the shop”, king of the spice blends!
It is amazing! Definitely a new blend here!
Pinned! Great recipe
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No bland taste here Rebecca. This is phenomenal!
Never, never! Thanks, my friend!
I am a sucker for new chicken recipes, and this one looks so scrumptious. Moroccan cuisine is truly amazing!
It is! I’m always so in love with the amazing spices and flavors used!
This looks so incredibly delicious!
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I’m not sure I’ve ever had anything Moroccan, but I do have all those spices and I’ve been grilling everything, so it might be time to try!
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You’ve got to get your Moroccan on!!
I love that you made your own blend for this Ras El Hanout Chicken.
It is a fantastic blend!
What a wonderfully flavorful way to prepare chicken Rebecca! I’ve never had it prepared in this fashion but need to add it to our weeknight mix.
It is such an awesome combo of spices!
Oh, that spice blend sounds amazing! Definitely going to be trying it. 🙂
It will be a new favorite!
Since we have chicken at least 3 times a week, I’m always looking for new ways to prepare it. This looks and sounds fabulous!
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Haha, same here!! Have to keep it interesting!
I would adore this dish. I love Moroccan flavors. This is a great recipe to enjoy a healthy meal your taste buds will love.
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This looks delicious Rebecca! You always have some of the tastiest looking photography!
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Chicken definitely needs some spice. This sounds so interesting and delicious. We will have to try soon.
You’ll love this version!
Best food ever! I love Ras al hanout (I’m from Jordan), and it’s great with grilled chicken. Yum!
Ah, then you know how it’s done!
I completely agree that salmon can stay plain but chicken needs some oomph. The only time I leave it plain is if I’m shredding it for salads but there’s always a few spices added to that. I think my favorite chicken dish is with a summer-like marinade (fruit/balsamic) and grilled.
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O yea! And I feel like shredding just gives it flavor…magically 😛 Haha!
Ah! Love fruit and balsamic! I love doing a blueberry and balsamic glaze!
This is my favourite seasoning at the moment, and it goes so well with chicken. I love the harissa on top too.
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We always have to add some harissa in these situations 😉
So much flavor so little time <3
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I bet that coating packs a lot of flavour in. This looks so tasty
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It’s a great spice rub!
One of my favorite spice blends! This looks incredible!
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That looks delicious! I have wanted to try some sort of Moroccan chicken at home for some time. I had a great dinner out one night that was Moroccan, but I had no idea how to duplicate it. I am definitely going to try your recipe. Thanks!
This will be a crowd pleaser for sure! Plus you get to embrace the summer grilling 😉