Herb Grilled Butterflied Whole Chicken

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This is a delicious way to cook a whole chicken, with it being butterflied and flattened it cooks evenly to juicy perfection! Serve as is with your favorite sides or use the meat to fill tortillas for amazing fajitas with all the fillings you like!

Herb Grilled Butterflied Whole Chicken

This is a delicious way to cook a whole chicken, with it being butterflied and flattened it cooks evenly to juicy perfection! Serve as is with your favorite sides or use the meat to fill tortillas for amazing fajitas with all the fillings you like!

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Ingredients

20 mins
  1. 13 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. 1FOR MARINADE
  3. 1 cupMy Spicy Ranch Dressing, recipe below
  4. 1 cupchicken broth
  5. 1HERB DRESSING
  6. 1/4 cupmelted butter
  7. 1/4 cupolive oil
  8. 1 tspfresh thyme, chopped
  9. 1 tspfresh rosemary, chopped
  10. 1 tspfresh basil, chopped
  11. 1 tbspfresh chives, chopped
  12. 1/2 tspgarlic powder
  13. 1/2 tspblack pepper and salt to taste
  14. 1 tsphot sauce such as franks brand
  15. 1 tbspfresh lemon juice

Cooking Instructions

20 mins
  1. 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.wasmer.app/us/recipes/353091-spicy-ranch-dipdressing

  2. 2

    Combine all herb dressing ingredients in a bowl.

  3. 3

    Remove chicken from refrigerator and remove and discard marinade.Pat chicken dry and let get to room temperature 30 minutes before grilling.

  4. 4

    Have grill set up for indirect grilling and heat to a medium 350 to 375°F.

  5. 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. 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!

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“Fenway” passed away on 2/3/2021. For the last year she tried to teach her husband of 42 years how to cook like her. Although I will never be as good of a cook as her she did pass on her passion for cooking. Therefore, I will attempt to carry on her legacy and maintain/update her site. My wife was a Registered Nurse, a licensed deep water aerobics instructor, a mother to our 2 children and a fantastic cook. We grew up in New England but have been fortunate to live all over the US. I am now retired, missing her terribly, but thankful for all the years we had together and all her cooking lessons.
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