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Bbq Chicken

Cooking MethodGrilling

Ingredients

  • Brine a chicken in water to cover (about 1 gallon) and 1 cup kosher
  • salt 2 nights before use, refrigerate overnight.

Instructions

Variation: buttermilk can be used instead of brine. Day before: Rinse chicken and in a large bowl combine: garlic juice of 2 or 3 limes, lemons, and/or oranges, about a cup sliced citrus rinds 1 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 medium white onion, rough chopped 1/4 cup chopped cilantro 2 thinly sliced jalapenos salt and pepper Return chicken to container and add marinade. Refrigerate over night Next day, loosen skin all over chicken and slide thin slices of either one citrus or a mix of all three (orange or lemon work well) under skin, stuff bird with marinade solids, making sure to save some for top of bird in the cooker. Drizzle some of the liquid on bird and (if your smoker can) pour remaining liquid in resevoir. Smoke, barbecue, grill, spit, or Q untill done.

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