How to make Citrus Grilled Chicken Under a Brick
Provided by @MakeItYours
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Whisk juices, avocado oil, oregano, 1 teaspoon salt, rosemary, and garlic in glass baking dish.
- Pour ¼ of it in a separate container.
- Add chicken to marinade. Turn to coat; chill 2 hours, turning occasionally. You can marinate up to 24 hours.
- Take chicken out of fridge 20 minutes before turning on the grill.
- Remove the marinade and discard.
- Pat the chicken dry.
- Mix up the paprika salt and pepper and sprinkle all over the chicken.
- Spray grill rack with nonstick spray.
- Preheat grill and set to indirect heat.
- Slice ½ orange into ¼- to ⅛-inch-thick slices.
- Loosen skin from chicken breast and slide 1 to 2 orange slices between skin and breast. Loosen skin from thighs and slide 1 to 2 orange slices between skin and thighs.Place chicken, skin side down, on grill.
- Place foil-wrapped bricks or cast-iron skillet atop chicken (if using bricks, position 1 brick over top half of chicken and 1 brick over bottom half).
- If you use the cast iron skilled, pour the extra marinade you set aside into the skillet and let it cook while the chicken is grilled.
- Remove it to pour on top of the chicken when it's done.
- Cover and grill until skin is crispy and brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove bricks or skillet. Using tongs or 2 large spatulas, turn chicken.
- Replace bricks or skillet and cook, covered, until chicken is cooked through, about 20 minutes longer.
- Let chicken rest 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, place citrus on the grill and cook until slightly charred, turning often, about 1 minute.
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