Grilled Roast Chicken Recipes

GRILLED ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Prepare your grill by heating it for about 15 minutes on high.
• In the mean time, wash and pat dry your bird. Make sure its totally thawed. It won't cook evenly if there are some frozen parts in it.
• Coat the bird with the oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Get yourself a large roasting pan that is bbq. safe and set a raised rack inside it. Put the chicken on this.
• Put the pan with the bird in it on the grill and close the lid.
• If you are doing the indirect heat method, turn off one burner and set the pan on the opposite side of the grill from the lit burner. That is what I read on the Internet as to how to do this.
• However, being the adventuresome sort that I am, I decided to leave both the burners on but maintained a temperature of 350'F through out the whole cooking process.
• I grill roasted my bird for about 1 1/2 hours. But of course this depends on your grill. This is what my instruction booklet said to do.
• Use an oven thermometer to gauge the temperature. I stuck the pointy end of the gauge into the thickest part of the chicken thigh and when it registered just under 165'F that is when I added the bbq. sauce on top of the bird.
• I used about 1/4-1/2 cup. I like lots. I closed the lid of the bbq. and let it roast for another 5-7 minutes.
• Once it was 165'F I took the pan with the finished chicken in it and set in on my counter and put another pan on top of it to finish the cooking process. Leave for 15 minutes. You can use tin foil to cover it also.
• This last step of letting the bird sit with a lid for 15 minutes will help redistribute the juices in the meat. Be patient, its worth it.
• When the 15 minutes is up, dig in!
• Bon Appetit.

SICILIAN GRILL-ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• For Mediterranean drizzle:
• garlic and 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt in mortar with pestle or in small bowl with back of spoon until paste forms. Whisk in lemon juice, then oil. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before using.
• For chicken:
• Whisk lemon juice, parsley, olive oil, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in medium bowl. Place 1 whole chicken in each of 2 resealable plastic bags. Divide lemon marinade between bags. Seal bags, releasing excess air. Turn to coat chicken with marinade. Chill chicken at least 1 hour and up to 1 day, turning bag occasionally.
• Prepare barbecue ( medium heat). If using 2-burner gas grill, light 1 burner. If using 3-burner gas grill, do not light center burner. If using charcoal grill, light briquettes in chimney and pour onto 1 side of lower grill rack (you'll need to light more briquettes in chimney to replenish during grilling). Remove chickens from marinade.
• Sprinkle chickens inside and out with salt and pepper. Tie legs together. Place chickens, breast side down, over unlit side of grill. Cover and grill chickens 45 minutes, adjusting gas levels if using gas grill or adjusting vents and adding more charcoal as needed if using charcoal grill to maintain barbecue temperature between 350°F and 400°F. Turn chickens breast side up. Cover and grill until instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 165°F., continuing to maintain barbecue temperature between 350°F and 400°F, about 35 minutes longer. Transfer chickens to work surface; let rest 10 minutes.
• Carve chickens and transfer to platter. Arrange Grilled Lemons, Baby Artichokes, and Eggplant around chickens. Spoon some of Mediterranean drizzle over chicken and vegetables. Garnish with grilled lemons for squeezing over.