Grill-Roasted Chicken

Name: Grill-Roasted Chicken
Prep time: 7 h 30 min
Cook time: 7 h 30 min
Total time: 7 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 946 milliliters apple juice; 5 medium sizes assorted apples, quartered; 3 Tbsps balsamic vinegar; 118 milliliters bourbon; 59 milliliters firmly packed light brown sugar; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 473 milliliters ice cubes; 59 milliliters kosher salt; 2 Tbsps light brown sugar; 3 Tbsps olive oil; 1 Tbsp cracked pepper; 680 grams shallots, peeled and halved; 6 servings Kitchen string; 454 grams sweet potatoes, quartered; 2 kilograms whole chicken

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Grill-Roasted Chicken a try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 40g of protein, 35g of fat, and a total of 877 calories. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 34% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up firmly brown sugar, apples, sweet potatoes, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the light brown sugar you could follow this main course with the Apricot tart with brown sugar & cinnamon pas

Instructions

Bring apple juice to a boil in a heavy 3-qt. saucepan.

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Apple Juice

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, and stir in bourbon and next 3 ingredients, stirring until sugar and salt are dissolved. Cool completely (about 20 minutes); stir in ice.

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Bourbon

Sugar

Salt

Ice

Remove neck and giblets from chicken; reserve for another use.

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Whole Chicken

Place chicken and apple juice mixture in a 2-gal. zip-top plastic freezer bag; seal.

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Apple Juice

Whole Chicken

Place bag in a shallow baking dish, and chill 4 hours, turning bag occasionally.

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Baking Pan

Remove chicken from brine, discarding brine; pat chicken dry with paper towels. Tie chicken legs together with kitchen string, and tuck chicken wingtips under.

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Chicken Leg

Whole Chicken

Brine

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Kitchen Twine

Paper Towels

Whisk together 2 Tbsp. brown sugar and next 2 ingredients in a large bowl.

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Brown Sugar

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Whisk

Bowl

Add apples and next 2 ingredients, tossing to coat.

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Apple

Place mixture in a single layer in a lightly greased shallow roasting pan.

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Roasting Pan

Sprinkle with desired amount of kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.

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Ground Black Pepper

Kosher Salt

Place chicken, breast side up, on top of apple mixture in pan.

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Whole Chicken

Apple

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Frying Pan

Light one side of grill, heating to 350 to 400 (medium-high) heat; leave other side unlit.

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Grill

Place pan over unlit side, and grill, covered with grill lid, 45 minutes. Stir apple mixture. Grill, covered with grill lid, 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into chicken thigh registers 165 and vegetables are tender. (Shield after 45 minutes to prevent excessive browning.)

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Chicken Thighs