Chicken Under a Brick

Name: Chicken Under a Brick
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 kilograms chicken, backbone removed; 4 servings Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil

Chicken Under a Brick is a gluten free, dairy free, fodmap friendly, and whole 30 recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 74g of protein, 67g of fat, and a total of 914 calories. It works well as a main course. A mixture of chicken, kosher salt, vegetable oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Prepare grill for high, indirect heat (for a charcoal grill, bank coals on 1 side of grill; for a gas grill, leave 1 or 2 burners off).

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Grill

Place chicken on work surface, skin side up. Using your palms, press firmly on breastbone to flatten breast.

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Whole Chicken

Rub chicken with oil; season with salt and pepper. Tuck wings slightly under breast.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Chicken Wings

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place chicken, skin side down, over indirect heat, set bricks on top, and grill, covered, until skin is golden and crisp, 25-30 minutes. Using tongs, remove bricks; turn chicken, skin side up. Replace bricks and continue grilling until chicken is cooked through and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of thigh registers 165°F, 25-30 minutes longer.

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Whole Chicken

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Kitchen Thermometer

Grill

Tongs

Using kitchen shears, cut chicken along both sides of backbone to remove it. Flip chicken over. Press down on the breastbone until you hear it crack. Too chicken? Ask your butcher to do it for you.

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Whole Chicken