Grilled Whole Chicken

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Ingredients

1 whole chicken (approx 4 lbs)
1 lemon, quartered
3 fresh bay leaves
1 handful fresh sage (other herbs will work as well, rosemary
3 teaspoons olive oil
salt
pepper

Preparation

1
Remove giblets and wash chicken.
2
Heavily salt cavity. Stuff cavity with herbs and lemon
3
Salt and pepper the skin of the chicken, rub with olive oil.
4
Prepare grill for cooking with indirect heat. For charcoal, place charcoal on one side of the grill and light. For propane, light burner on one side of the grill.
5
When grill is hot, add a handful of soaked wood chips (optional, apple wood is preferred)
6
Put chicken on cool side of grill, breast side down. Cook, covered, for 20 min.
7
Flip chicken and cook covered until juices run clear (about 30 more min).
8
Remove chicken from heat and let cool for about 10 min.

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Add soaked wood chips to the heat source to make a smokey flavor (apple wood works well). However, use wood chips sparingly, the smoke flavor shouldn't overwhelm the other flavors.

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Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 5:37pm

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