Mesquite Roasted Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Remove the chicken giblets. Rinse the chicken inside and out. Remove any excess fat and leftover pin feathers and pat the outside dry. Liberally salt and pepper the inside of the chicken. Stuff the cavity with the bunch of thyme, both halves of lemon, and all the garlic. Brush the outside of the chicken with the butter and sprinkle again with salt and pepper. Tie the legs together with kitchen string and tuck the wing tips under the body of the chicken. Place the onions, carrots, and fennel in a roasting pan. Toss with salt, pepper, 20 sprigs of thyme, and olive oil. Spread around the bottom of the roasting pan and place the chicken on top.
• Roast the chicken for 1 1/2 hours, or until the juices run clear when you cut between a leg and thigh. Remove the chicken and vegetables to a platter and cover with aluminum foil for about 20 minutes. Slice the chicken onto a platter and serve it with the vegetables.

Steps:

• In a large skillet pour in the jar of pineapples with juices and add chicken breast.
• Cook over medium high heat until the breast are no longer pink in the middle. Remove meat from skillet and discard juices.
• Arrange breast in a large casserole. Pour mesquite marinade over all the breasts.
• Evenly divide first mushrooms and then ham onto the top each breast.
• Top each breast with a thick slice of Monterey Jack cheese.
• Bake in oven at 350 degrees about 10 minute or until cheese is melted. (You can also do this step in the microwave. It takes about 2 minutes on high!).

Steps:

• TO MAKE THE RUB: In a small bowl combine the rub ingredients. Remove and discard the neck, giblets, and any excess fat from the chickens. Rinse the chickens, inside and out, under cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Remove the backbones and cut in half (see REFERANCE & APPENDIX, _Cutting Poultry For The Grill: Special Technique). Coat each chicken half thoroughly with the rub, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours. TO MAKE THE SAUCE: In a small bowl whisk together the sauce ingredients along with 1/2 cup water. Follow the grill's instructions for using wood chunks. Grill the chicken halves, skin side up, over Indirect Medium heat until the juices run clear and the internal temperature reaches 170°F in the breast and 180°F in the thickest part of the thigh, about 1 1/4 hours. Remove from the grill and loosely cover with aluminum foil. Allow to rest for about 5 minutes before cutting the halves in two. Serve warm with the sauce on the side.From Weber's Big Book of Grilling. Copyright © 2001 Weber-Stephen Products Co. All rights reserved. First published by Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, California.