Herb Grilled Butterflied Whole Chicken
Herb Grilled Butterflied Whole Chicken

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, herb grilled butterflied whole chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

A whole bird cooks evenly and quickly on the grill when butterflied, and it's a great way to feed a crowd as several cook as easily as one. The high heat produced a crispy skin (although slightly charred in parts), while the herb butter kept the bird moist and flavorful, creating a fast alternative to a true roast chicken on the grill that's on par with the real deal. Grilling a whole chicken may seem daunting, but it's actually quite simple if you butterfly the bird first.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have herb grilled butterflied whole chicken using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Herb Grilled Butterflied Whole Chicken:
  1. Make ready 1 3 to 4 pound whole chicken, backbone removed ( cut out with a thin sharp knife, but not cutting all the way through, flatten after removing by firmly pressing breat to one even layer )
  2. Get 1 FOR MARINADE
  3. Take 1 cup My Spicy Ranch Dressing, recipe below
  4. Take 1 cup chicken broth
  5. Make ready 1 HERB DRESSING
  6. Take 1/4 cup melted butter
  7. Make ready 1/4 cup olive oil
  8. Take 1 tsp fresh thyme, chopped
  9. Make ready 1 tsp fresh rosemary, chopped
  10. Take 1 tsp fresh basil, chopped
  11. Get 1 tbsp fresh chives, chopped
  12. Get 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  13. Take 1/2 tsp black pepper and salt to taste
  14. Get 1 tsp hot sauce such as franks brand
  15. Make ready 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

Catherine Smart shows us how to prepare grilled butterflied herb chicken with scallions. Remove from grill and place chicken on a cutting board. Place on serving dish and drizzle generously with herb and lemon sauce. Place whole chicken on a baking sheet, breast side down.

Steps to make Herb Grilled Butterflied Whole Chicken:
  1. Combine spicy ranch dressing and chicken broth in a large ziploc bag big enough to hold chicken.Add butterflied chicken to marinade and refrigerate 8 to 10 hours or overnight. - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/353091-spicy-ranch-dipdressing
  2. Combine all herb dressing ingredients in a bowl.
  3. Remove chicken from refrigerator and remove and discard marinade.Pat chicken dry and let get to room temperature 30 minutes before grilling.
  4. Have grill set up for indirect grilling and heat to a medium 350 to 375°F.
  5. Place chicken on grill skin side UP, grill for about 35 to 40 minutes covered with lid on basting with herb dressing every 15 minutes. flip over and grill skin side down over more direct beat, watching at all times so as not to burn until skin is crisp,5 to 15 minutes, it depends on your grill. The internal temperature should read 165, let chicken rest tented with foil 15 minutes before carving, serve with any remaing herb dressing drizzled over it.
  6. Serve as a filling for fajitas with tortillas, shredded cheese, lettece, tomato, avacado and sour cream or as the main dish with your favorite sides!

With kitchen shears, cut down each side of back bone and discard. On BBQ, turn one side of grill off. Place chicken on the turned off side, breast side down. By doing that, you will get beautiful grill marks without the flare-ups and it will cook. I got to help out with the rollout of a very cool new Sriracha product!

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