Grilled Lemon Chicken

Name: Grilled Lemon Chicken
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 bone-in chicken thighs with skin (3 lbs. total); 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 2 lemons, cut in half crosswise; 1 liters reduced-sodium chicken broth or beer; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 teaspoons red chile flakes, divided; 1 sprig Chopped thyme leaves and thyme

Grilled Lemon Chicken might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 27g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 380 calories. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. The Fourth Of July will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour. A mixture of chile flakes, kosher salt, thyme leaves and thyme sprigs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the lemons you could follow this main course with the Blackberry Lemon Chess Pie w/ Honey Jumbleberry Sauce. How I won the SF Food Wars – Pie or Die Competition as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet.

Instructions

Heat a grill, ideally charcoal, to medium (about 400). Meanwhile, bring broth, 1/2 tsp. chile flakes, and the chicken to a simmer in a 5- to 6-qt. covered pot. Reduce heat and simmer until chicken is barely cooked through at bone, 12 to 15 minutes.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Whole Chicken

Broth

Bone

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Transfer chicken to a bowl (save broth for other uses).

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Broth

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Let stand a few minutes, then drain juices. Coat chicken with oil, remaining 1 tsp. chile flakes, and the salt. Coat lemons on cut sides with the oil in bowl.

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Lemon

Salt

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Grill lemons on cut sides until softened and grill chicken, turning once, until browned, with grill covered, 5 to 10 minutes total; if chicken flares up, move to another spot.

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Whole Chicken

Lemon

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Transfer to a platter.

Garnish chicken with thyme.

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Thyme