Grilled Chicken with Lemon, Garlic, and Oregano Recipe

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Grilled Chicken with Lemon, Garlic, and Oregano
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Ingredients
9
Count
Nutrition
861
Calories
Total time
75
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Whisk together lemon juice, oregano, garlic, 1/2 tablespoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl and add oil in a slow stream, whisking.
  2. Discard excess fat from chicken and season with remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper.
  3. To cook chicken using a charcoal grill: Open vents on bottom of grill and on lid. Light a large chimney starter of charcoal briquettes (80 to 100) and pour them evenly over 1 side of bottom rack (you will have a double or triple layer of briquettes).
  4. When charcoal turns grayish white (15 to 20 minutes) and you can hold your hand 5 inches above rack for 3 to 4 seconds, sear chicken legs in 3 batches on lightly oiled grill rack over coals, uncovered, turning once, until well browned, 6 to 8 minutes total, then transfer as cooked to a tray.
  5. Put all browned legs on side of grill with no coals underneath and cook, covered with lid, turning occasionally, until just cooked through (flesh will no longer be pink when cut near joint), 15 to 25 minutes more. Transfer legs to bowl with lemon dressing and turn to coat, then transfer to a serving platter and keep warm, loosely covered with foil, while cooking breasts.
  6. Add 15 briquettes evenly to coals and wait until they just light, about 5 minutes. (They will not be grayish white yet but will give off enough heat with other briquettes to maintain correct cooking temperature.)
  7. Sear chicken breasts, starting with skin sides down, in 2 batches on rack over coals, uncovered, turning once, until well browned, 6 to 8 minutes total, then transfer as cooked to tray.
  8. Put all browned chicken breasts on side of grill with no coals underneath and cook, covered with lid, turning occasionally, until just cooked through (the meat next to the tender, when opened slightly, will be moist but no longer pink), 12 to 15 minutes more. Transfer breasts to bowl with lemon dressing and turn to coat, then transfer to platter with legs.
  9. Grill lemon slices on rack over coals, uncovered, until grill marks appear, about 3 minutes on each side, and transfer to platter with chicken.
  10. To cook chicken using a gas grill: Preheat all burners on high, then adjust heat to moderately high. Turn off 1 burner and arrange chicken legs on lightly oiled rack above it. Cook, covered with lid, turning legs once, until cooked through, about 40 minutes total. Transfer legs to bowl with lemon dressing and turn to coat, then transfer to a serving platter and keep warm, loosely covered with foil, while cooking breasts.
  11. Cook chicken breasts on rack above unlit burner, covered with lid, turning once, until just cooked through (the meat next to the tender, when opened slightly, will be moist but no longer pink), about 30 minutes total. Transfer breasts to bowl with lemon dressing and turn to coat, then transfer to platter with legs.
  12. Grill lemon slices on rack over flames, uncovered, until grill marks appear, about 3 minutes on each side, and transfer to platter with chicken.
  13. Cooks' note: ·If you aren't able to grill, chicken can be roasted, skin sides up, in 2 shallow baking pans in upper and lower thirds of a 500°F oven, switching position of pans halfway through baking, until skin is crisp and chicken is cooked through, about 40 minutes total. Lemon slices can be grilled in a well-seasoned ridged grill pan.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 860.67 Kcal (3603 kJ)
Calories from fat 419.53 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 46.61g 72%
Cholesterol 380.09mg 127%
Sodium 1639.57mg 68%
Potassium 1137.66mg 24%
Total Carbs 21.09g 7%
Sugars 0.7g 3%
Dietary Fiber 3.23g 13%
Protein 87.92g 176%
Vitamin C 11.4mg 19%
Iron 4.8mg 26%
Calcium 101.2mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 189.47 Kcal (793 kJ)
Calories from fat 92.35 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.26g 72%
Cholesterol 83.67mg 127%
Sodium 360.93mg 68%
Potassium 250.44mg 24%
Total Carbs 4.64g 7%
Sugars 0.15g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0.71g 13%
Protein 19.36g 176%
Vitamin C 2.5mg 19%
Iron 1mg 26%
Calcium 22.3mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 20.5
    Points
  • 22
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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