GRILLED CHICKEN WITH GARLIC AND PARSLEY

Grilled Chicken With Garlic and Parsley image

Provided by Florence Fabricant

Time 45m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

2 small whole heads garlic, separated into cloves and peeled
1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley leaves
Salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste
2 2-pound chickens, halved and with all but the wings boned
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Steps:

Preheat a gas, charcoal or electric grill until moderately hot. Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil, add garlic and boil 1 minute. Drain. Cut garlic into paper-thin slices and toss in a small bowl with the parsley and a little salt and pepper.
Stuff about 1 teaspoon of the garlic mixture under the skin of each chicken half, in breast and thigh areas. Put chickens on a plate, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use. Reserve remaining garlic mixture.
When ready to cook, grill chicken halves 7 to 10 minutes on each side, until they are just cooked through. Make sure all pinkness disappears but do not overcook.
Meanwhile, melt the butter in a saute pan. Add remaining garlic mixture and saute gently until barely golden. Remove from heat. Add lemon juice and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Put a chicken half on each of 4 warmed plates and spoon the sauteed garlic mixture over each. Serve at once.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 746, UnsaturatedFat 31 grams, Carbohydrate 7 grams, Fat 52 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 59 grams, SaturatedFat 17 grams, Sodium 1148 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams, TransFat 1 gram