grilled lemon chicken

By mistiwb

RR

Ingredients

• # 4 cloves garlic, 1 clove finely chopped
• # Grated peel and juice of 1 lemon
• # 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• # Salt and pepper
• # 4 skin-on, bone-in chicken breasts (about 3-1/2 pounds total)

Details

Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 40mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat a grill for indirect medium heat. Using a food processor, puree the 3 whole cloves garlic, the lemon peel and 1 teaspoon each lemon juice, olive oil and salt. Using your fingers, gently loosen the skin of the chicken breasts and spread the lemon mixture underneath. Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil on the undersides of the chicken. Season with salt and pepper.


Arrange the chicken, skin side down, on an oiled grate over direct heat, cover and grill until golden and marks appear, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and place the chicken, skin side up, over indirect heat, cover and grill until cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a work surface, drizzle with some lemon juice and let rest for 10 minutes