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Whole Grilled Chicken

Whole Grilled Chicken

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 4 Servings
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Whole Chicken
  • Rub or Marinade

Method
 

  1. Butterfly chicken by removing the backbone, cracking the breastbone so it lays flat, and use a skewer through the leg/thing/breast on each side to keep it from getting too floppy.
  2. Marinate, OR rinse, pat dry with paper towels an season liberally.
  3. Make a very large batch of charcoal and push it all to one side of the grill.
  4. Put chicken on the cool side, skin side up, with legs facing the coals. Cook until breast center is 145 degrees, then flip skin side down directly over hot coals and cook until breast is 160.
  5. During cooking, keep grill covered and do not move the bird or flip it except the one time toward the end.

Notes

Salt & pepper, optionally with garlic powder makes a simple, but great, rub.
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