Grilled Whole Chicken
By: Jason
Published: Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 5:37pm

Ingredients




1 whole chicken (approx 4 lbs)
1 lemon, quartered
3 fresh bay leaves
1 handful fresh sage (other herbs will work as well, rosemary 
3 teaspoons olive oil
salt

pepper

Preparation

1 Remove giblets and wash chicken. 2 Heavily salt cavity. Stuff cavity with herbs and lemon 3 Salt and pepper the skin of the chicken, rub with olive oil. 4 Prepare grill for cooking with indirect heat. For charcoal, place charcoal on one side of the grill and light. For propane, light burner on one side of the grill. 5 When grill is hot, add a handful of soaked wood chips (optional, apple wood is preferred) 6 Put chicken on cool side of grill, breast side down. Cook, covered, for 20 min. 7 Flip chicken and cook covered until juices run clear (about 30 more min). 8 Remove chicken from heat and let cool for about 10 min.

About


Add soaked wood chips to the heat source to make a smokey flavor (apple wood works well). However, use wood chips sparingly, the smoke flavor shouldn't overwhelm the other flavors.