Grilled Chicken with Lemon, Garlic, and Oregano

Name: Grilled Chicken with Lemon, Garlic, and Oregano
Prep time: 1 d 1 h
Cook time: 1 d 1 h
Total time: 1 d 1 h
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons black pepper; 8 chicken breast halves with skin and bones (8 lb); 2 Tbsps minced garlic; 2 Tbsps kosher salt; 59 milliliters fresh lemon juice; 5 slices lemons, cut crosswise into 1/3-inch-thick slices; 79 milliliters olive oil; 59 milliliters finely chopped fresh oregano; 3 kilograms 12 whole chicken legs

Grilled Chicken with Lemon, Garlic, and Oregano might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 16. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe has 352 calories, 31g of protein, and 24g of fat per serving. The Fourth Of July will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up pepper, oregano, garlic, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemons you could follow this main course with the Watermelon, Lemonade, and Blueberry Ice Pops as a dessert.

Instructions

Whisk together lemon juice, oregano, garlic, 1/2 tablespoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl and add oil in a slow stream, whisking.

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Cooking Oil

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Discard excess fat from chicken and season with remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper.

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Whole Chicken

Pepper

Salt

Open vents on bottom of grill and on lid. Light a large chimney starter of charcoal briquettes (80 to 10

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and pour them evenly over 1 side of bottom rack (you will have a double or triple layer of briquettes).

When charcoal turns grayish white (15 to 20 minutes) and you can hold your hand 5 inches above rack for 3 to 4 seconds, sear chicken legs in 3 batches on lightly oiled grill rack over coals, uncovered, turning once, until well browned, 6 to 8 minutes total, then transfer as cooked to a tray.

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Chicken Leg

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Grill

Put all browned legs on side of grill with no coals underneath and cook, covered with lid, turning occasionally, until just cooked through (flesh will no longer be pink when cut near joint), 15 to 25 minutes more.

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Transfer legs to bowl with lemon dressing and turn to coat, then transfer to a serving platter and keep warm, loosely covered with foil, while cooking breasts.

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Lemon

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Bowl

Aluminum Foil

Add 15 briquettes evenly to coals and wait until they just light, about 5 minutes. (They will not be grayish white yet but will give off enough heat with other briquettes to maintain correct cooking temperature.)

Sear chicken breasts, starting with skin sides down, in 2 batches on rack over coals, uncovered, turning once, until well browned, 6 to 8 minutes total, then transfer as cooked to tray.

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Chicken Breast

Put all browned chicken breasts on side of grill with no coals underneath and cook, covered with lid, turning occasionally, until just cooked through (the meat next to the tender, when opened slightly, will be moist but no longer pink), 12 to 15 minutes more.

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Chicken Breast

Meat

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Transfer breasts to bowl with lemon dressing and turn to coat, then transfer to platter with legs.

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Lemon

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Grill lemon slices on rack over coals, uncovered, until grill marks appear, about 3 minutes on each side, and transfer to platter with chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Lemon

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Preheat all burners on high, then adjust heat to moderately high. Turn off 1 burner and arrange chicken legs on lightly oiled rack above it. Cook, covered with lid, turning legs once, until cooked through, about 40 minutes total.

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Chicken Leg

Transfer legs to bowl with lemon dressing and turn to coat, then transfer to a serving platter and keep warm, loosely covered with foil, while cooking breasts.

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Lemon

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Bowl

Aluminum Foil

Cook chicken breasts on rack above unlit burner, covered with lid, turning once, until just cooked through (the meat next to the tender, when opened slightly, will be moist but no longer pink), about 30 minutes total.

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Chicken Breast

Meat

Transfer breasts to bowl with lemon dressing and turn to coat, then transfer to platter with legs.

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Lemon

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Bowl

Grill lemon slices on rack over flames, uncovered, until grill marks appear, about 3 minutes on each side, and transfer to platter with chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Lemon

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Grill

·If you aren't able to grill, chicken can be roasted, skin sides up, in 2 shallow baking pans in upper and lower thirds of a 500°F oven, switching position of pans halfway through baking, until skin is crisp and chicken is cooked through, about 40 minutes total. Lemon slices can be grilled in a well-seasoned ridged grill pan.

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Whole Chicken

Lemon

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