Grilled Italian Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Mix marinade ingredients and place chicken and marinade in a gallon ziplock bag.
• Marinate 30 mins to 24 hours.
• Preheat grill to med high.
• Grill breasts for 3 to 4 mins per side or till juices run clear and chicken reached 155 degrees.
• Remove from grill and wrap in foil. Let sit about 5 minutes Chicken will continue to cook to 160.
• You should know your grill. Chicken may take a little longer to cook or it may take less time. The sitting is critical to the chicken staying moist.
• Enjoy.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine salad dressing and teriyaki sauce. Remove 1/4 cup for basting; cover and refrigerate. Place chicken in a large resealable bag; add remaining marinade. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight, turning occasionally., Drain and discard marinade from chicken. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat for 3 minutes on each side. Baste with reserved marinade. Grill 3-4 minutes longer on each side or until a thermometer reaches 170°.

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken with 1 teaspoon salt on each side. Combine the olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, rosemary, and 2 teaspoons pepper in a small measuring cup. Place the chicken in a ceramic or glass dish just large enough to hold it flat. Pour the lemon marinade over the chicken, turning it in the dish. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. Turn the chicken 2 or 3 times while marinating.
• When ready to grill, prepare a hot charcoal fire on 1 side of a grill (or turn a gas grill on low heat). Spread 1/4 of the coals across the other side of the grill. Place the chicken on the cooler side, skin side up, and weigh it down with the dish you used for marinating. Cook for 12 to 15 minutes, until the underside is golden brown. Turn the chicken skin side down, weight again with the dish, and cook for another 12 to 15 minutes, until the skin is golden brown and the chicken is cooked through. Place the lemon halves on the cool side of the grill, cut side down for the last 10 minutes of cooking. Remove the chicken to a plate or cutting board, cover with aluminum foil, and allow to rest for 5 minutes. Cut in quarters, sprinkle with salt, and serve with the grilled lemon halves.

Steps:

• Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. Place chicken in shallow pan. Drizzle with 1/2 cup of the dressing; turn to coat. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper.
• Mix bell peppers, onion, remaining 1/4 cup dressing and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper in medium bowl; toss to coat. Place vegetables in grill basket (grill "wok"), using slotted spoon; reserve dressing in bowl.
• Remove chicken from pan; reserve dressing in pan. Place chicken, skin sides up, on grill over medium heat. Cover and grill 40 to 50 minutes, turning occasionally and brushing with dressing remaining in shallow pan, until juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Add grill basket to grill during last 15 minutes of grilling; grill, shaking basket or stirring vegetables occasionally, until vegetables are crisp-tender.
• Add tomatoes, basil and grilled vegetables to bowl with dressing; toss to coat. Serve vegetables with chicken.

Steps:

• For Mediterranean drizzle:
• garlic and 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt in mortar with pestle or in small bowl with back of spoon until paste forms. Whisk in lemon juice, then oil. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before using.
• For chicken:
• Whisk lemon juice, parsley, olive oil, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in medium bowl. Place 1 whole chicken in each of 2 resealable plastic bags. Divide lemon marinade between bags. Seal bags, releasing excess air. Turn to coat chicken with marinade. Chill chicken at least 1 hour and up to 1 day, turning bag occasionally.
• Prepare barbecue ( medium heat). If using 2-burner gas grill, light 1 burner. If using 3-burner gas grill, do not light center burner. If using charcoal grill, light briquettes in chimney and pour onto 1 side of lower grill rack (you'll need to light more briquettes in chimney to replenish during grilling). Remove chickens from marinade.
• Sprinkle chickens inside and out with salt and pepper. Tie legs together. Place chickens, breast side down, over unlit side of grill. Cover and grill chickens 45 minutes, adjusting gas levels if using gas grill or adjusting vents and adding more charcoal as needed if using charcoal grill to maintain barbecue temperature between 350°F and 400°F. Turn chickens breast side up. Cover and grill until instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 165°F., continuing to maintain barbecue temperature between 350°F and 400°F, about 35 minutes longer. Transfer chickens to work surface; let rest 10 minutes.
• Carve chickens and transfer to platter. Arrange Grilled Lemons, Baby Artichokes, and Eggplant around chickens. Spoon some of Mediterranean drizzle over chicken and vegetables. Garnish with grilled lemons for squeezing over.

Steps:

• Coat grill pan with no-stick cooking spray. Heat over medium heat.
• Combine olive oil, lemon juice, Italian seasoning, garlic salt, and pepper, in a medium microwavable bowl. Microwave on HIGH for 1 minute. Stir. Dip chIcken in olive oil mixture to coat evenly.
• FOR INSIDE COOKING: Place on hot grill pan. Cook 6-8 minutes per side until juices run clear and thermometer reads 165 degrees. Allow to rest 5 minutes before serving.
• FOR OUTDOOR GRILL: Coat unheated grill grate with no-stick cooking spray. Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Grill chicken 6-8 minutes per side until juices run clear and thermometer reads 165 degrees F. Allow to rest 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the grill to medium-high heat.
• Add the chopped rosemary, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper to a large resealable plastic bag.
• Using kitchen shears, cut down both sides of the chicken's backbone and remove the backbone.
• Oil the grill grates, remove the chicken from the marinade and place the chickens skin-side down on the hot grill rack.
• Place 2 foil-covered bricks on top of the chicken to weigh it down. Grill 20 minutes, then remove the bricks and flip. Continue cooking for 15 to 20 minutes longer, or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F. Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes before carving.
• Serve the chicken on a bed of arugula with lemon slices.

Steps:

• Place chicken in bowl; return to refrigerator. In a seperate bowl mix together lemon juice, salt, garlic and red pepper; gradually whisk in olive oil. Stir in dried oregano. Pour marinade over chicken to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least one hour, turning chicken occasionally. Preheat grill to medium-hot. Remove chicken from marinade and discard. Grill until tests done.

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients and whisk well to make marinade.
• Combine last 4 ingredients and whisk to make chicken seasoning.
• Prepare grill for direct/indirect grilling.
• Season chicken on both sides.
• Sear chicken over direct heat, then cook indirect to approx 145°F internal temp (slightly underdone).
• Remove chicken from heat and cool until cool enough to handle.
• Cut chicken into large bite size chunks (i.e. a breast will usually make 3 or 4 chunks, a thigh makes 2, etc.).
• Place pieces cut side down in baking dish.Use a dish of such dimensions as to keep the pieces standing up against each other.
• Pour marinade evenly over chicken and let marinade 30 minute.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven (or gas grill) to 375°F, then bake 40 minutes.
• Serve on a platter and spoon half of juices/marinade over the top.
• Remaining juices may be served on the side in ramekins, or bowl to be passed.
• Note: You may substitute Caventer's Greek seasoning for the last 4 ingredients. We do.

Steps:

• Place chicken, zucchini and red pepper in a 2 quart baking dish (or resealable plastic bag) and then add 1/2 cup of the salad dressing, turning to coat. Cover dish (or seal bag) and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, turning once during refrigeration.
• Spray grill racks with non-stick spray and preheat grill to medium heat.
• Drain chicken and vegetables (do not reserve marinade); and place chicken on one side of the grill.
• Place vegetables on vegetable grill tray/rack which has been pretreated with non-stick spray on the other side of grill.
• Pour 1/3 cup of the remaining dressing in a small bowl to use for basting during the grilling.
• Grill vegetables for 14-18 minutes or until crisp tender - turning once and brushing frequently.
• Grill chicken 15-20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through to 180F - turning once and basting frequently.
• Meanwhile while chicken and veggies are cooking, cook linguini to desired doneness (as directed on the package), drain and toss with remaining 1/2 cup salad dressing (not marinade or basting remainders - new dressing).
• Remove chicken and veggies from grill and slice chicken into crosswise slices and slice veggies into good sized chunks.
• Arrange chicken and veggies over pasta and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese then serve immediately.

Steps:

• Place washed chicken breasts in large sealable bag. Add 1 cup fat-free Italian dressing and close. Let marinate for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Cut up peppers into big chunks, and zucchini into big slices. Put into another sealable bag. Coat with leftover dressing.
• Grill chicken and veggies over medium heat.