Garlic Lovers Chicken, chicken was on sale this week and Patti found a beauty, it was over 7lbs. so we had plenty left over for an awesome spontaneous picnic the next day with cold chicken. The sauce was simple with lots of flavor. Ken especially loved the 40 or so cloves of garlic. The longer garlic cooks the sweeter it gets. Plus, with our Outdoor Oven we both baked our bird and used the smoke box for even more flavor. And we marinated it over night in bottled Italian salad dressing for a head start on our yum quotient. This is definitely a “Garlic Lovers Dream Dinner” the sauce was off the hook!
Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme. Wood Pellet Patio Heater, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…
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Garlic Lovers Chicken A Gralic Lovers Recipe
Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes @ 400 degrees (205c) Grill: Outdoor Oven
Ingredients: Garlic Lovers Chicken
- 1 whole chicken, about 7 lbs., cut in half
- 1 large bottle of your favorite Italian salad dressing
- 4-5 handfuls of peeled garlic cloves, about 40
- 2 Tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon Country Bob’s Seasoning Salt
- 2 teaspoons white pepper
- 2 Tablespoons flour
- 1 cup low fat milk
- 2 cups dry white wine, we used Chablis
- Garlic Dry Rub by The Salt Lick
Garlic Lovers Chicken A Gralic Lovers Recipe
Directions: Garlic Lovers Chicken
Marinate the chicken in Italian salad dressing. We used our “Speedy Plus Instant Marinater” so we just let it go for an hour or even overnight until we were ready for it. If you don’t have one of these marinate your chicken at least a few hours or overnight in the refrigerator.
Then, season with the Garlic dry rub and you’re ready for the Outdoor Oven.
We roasted our chicken for 45 minutes @ 400* (205c), until we had an internal temperature around 170* (80c) pull it off, cover it and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving. U.S.D.A. safe is 165* (74c). I like the way the chicken flakes apart at 170* (80c).
Keep in mind that the meat will continue cooking for another 5 to 10 degrees after you pull it off the grill.
Now you are ready to plate and sauce. I use a Maverick ProTemp Instant Read Thermometer for checking meat temps.Sauce:
In medium saucepot sauté garlic in butter and oil until garlic is lightly browned. Stir frequently and cook until garlic is soft. In small bowl whisk flour, milk, wine and seasonings together, adding to garlic and simmer for about 10 minutes. Pour over baked chicken halves to serve.
Garlic Lovers Chicken A Gralic Lovers Recipe
Garlic Lovers Chicken A Gralic Lovers Recipe
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We do our recipes on our patio where we have a lineup of grills, including Green Mountain, Uuni Wood Fired Pizza Oven, Sawtooth, Louisiana, Royall, Memphis, Traeger pellet grills, Char Griller side box smoker, Saber, Charmglow, Char-Broil, The Big Easy, Lodge Sportsman’s, Brinkman and Weber. I call it our “Wall of Grill”. Our grilling styles are healthy and low fat and will fit pelletheads, gas, natural wood and even charcoal purists. Almost any of our recipes can be done on any kind of good BBQ.
The important thing to keep in mind is TIME & TEMPERATURE. You can do our recipes on any grill, even some of them in the oven or crock pot, but, then you lose all the flavors you get from cooking outdoors. But sometimes it does rain.
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