Like to entertain but not a master in the kitchen (or at the grill)? I have a fantastic grilling idea for you that will take about 5 minutes to prep, cooks virtually unattended on the grill and is sure to impress your guests.
Ingredients:
- 4 pound whole chicken
- 12 ounce bottle of ginger salad dressing
Directions:
- Wash the chicken under running water (remove bag with organs if inside the chicken). Pat dry with paper towels.
- Lay chicken breast-side down on a cutting board. With heavy-duty scissors, cut along each side of the chicken’s backbone, discarding bone when finished. Grabbing each side of the cut back, flatten chicken by cracking it open.
- Marinate flattened chicken in ginger salad dressing for 2 hours, then remove excess dressing with your hands.
- Heat gas grill to medium. Lay chicken, breast-side up, on the grill, close the lid, reduce heat to medium-low and cook for 25 minutes. Flip chicken over using tongs and cook an additional 25 minutes on the breast side.
- Remove chicken from the grill once the internal temperature of the thickest part of the leg reaches 170 degrees on a meat thermometer, cooking in 5-minute intervals past the original 50 minutes until done. Tent cooked chicken with foil for 15 minutes on a platter to rest. Cut chicken in portion-size servings. Enjoy!
Notes: Feel free to substitute ginger dressing with Italian, Greek or other non-sugar based dressing for fun variations.
Love easy recipes that I can impress my friends with. Cool.