The Best Darned Grilled Chicken Ever

Name: The Best Darned Grilled Chicken Ever
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 bay leaves; 5 Tbsps Cajun meat seasoning blend (for testing purposes, we used Chef Pauls Meat Magic Seasoning); 1 kilograms chicken, cut into 8 pieces; 1 teaspoons ground dried guajillo or pasilla chile pepper (1/2 pepper); 1 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoons ground cardamom; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 Tbsp ground ginger; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoons ground savory; 1 Tbsp grated lemon peel; 1 Tbsp grated lime peel; 1 Tbsp onion powder; 1 Tbsp soy sauce; 59 milliliters unsalted butter

The Best Darned Grilled Chicken Ever might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 66g of protein, 64g of fat, and It will be a hit at your The Fourth Of July event. Head to the store and pick up ground savory, onion powder, pasilla chile pepper, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the seasoning blend you could follow this main course with the Pumpkin Pie Spice Cream Scones as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Combine first 11 ingredients in a large bowl.

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Remove 1/4 cup mixture, and set aside.

Add soy sauce to remaining seasoning, and stir well to form a paste.

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Seasoning

Soy Sauce

Place chicken pieces and bay leaves in a large bowl, and rub chicken evenly with paste. Cover tightly with plastic wrap, and chill 6 to 8 hours.

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Chicken Pieces

Bay Leaves

Whole Chicken

Wrap

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Remove chicken from refrigerator about 1 1/2 hours before grilling so it reaches room temperature. Melt butter, and stir in reserved 1/4 cup seasoning mixture. Set aside.

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Seasoning

Whole Chicken

Butter

Prepare a hot fire (400 to 45

by piling charcoal on one side of grill, leaving other side empty. If using gas grill, light only one side.

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Grill

Place chicken pieces over cooler side, and grill, covered with grill lid, 25 minutes for breasts and 30 minutes for thighs and legs.

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Chicken Pieces

Cooler

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Transfer chicken to hot side, and grill, turning several times and basting with reserved butter mixture, until internal temperature reaches 175, about 7 1/2 minutes per side for breasts, 3 1/2 minutes per side for thighs, and 2 1/2 minutes per side for legs.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

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Grill

Remove from grill, and let stand 10 minutes before serving.

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