Argentine Grilled Lemon Chicken Recipes

GRILLED LEMON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, and thyme. Pour over the chicken breasts in a nonreactive bowl. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 6 hours or overnight.
• Heat a charcoal grill and cook the chicken breasts for 10 minutes on each side, until just cooked through. Cool slightly and cut diagonally in 1/2-inch-thick slices.
• Skewer with wooden sticks.

GRILLED LEMON CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix the lemon juice, olive oil, Dijon mustard, garlic, red bell pepper, salt, and pepper. Set aside 1/4 cup of the mixture to use for basting. Place chicken in the bowl, and marinate at least 20 minutes in the refrigerator.
• Preheat grill for high heat.
• Lightly oil grill grate. Drain and discard marinade from the bowl, and place chicken on the grill. Cook 6 to 8 minutes on each side, until juices run clear, basting occasionally with the reserved marinade.

ARGENTINE GRILLED LEMON CHICKEN

Steps:

• With meat scissors or a knife carefully remove the backbone by cutting up alongside the bone on either side.
• Open up the chicken and pound flat with a meat mallet to distribute the breast meat more proportionally to the size of the thighs for even cooking.
• Sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper.
• Loosen the skin from the meat but do not remove.
• Slice one lemon very thinly. Distribute the slices under the skin.
• Prepare a charcoal grill with coals only on one side of the grill.
• Place the chicken bone side down on the grill close to the coals but not over them. Cut remaining lemon in quarters. Squeeze one quarter over the chicken.
• Make a tent with foil to cover the chicken loosely but have one end hanging over the chicken and the coals. This will allow heat to flow up under the foil and over the chicken.
• Turn chicken one quarter turn every 15 minutes until all four side have faced the heat. Each time squeezing another quarter of lemon.
• Turn chicken skin side down directly over the coals for the last 15 minutes to brown.

ARGENTINE MARINADE FOR CHICKEN OR SEAFOOD

Steps:

• Steep saffron in lemon juice for 5 minutes. Combine all ingredients and keep covered.

LEMON GRILLED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the first seven ingredients. Remove 1/4 cup for basting; cover and refrigerate. Add chicken to the bag; seal and turn to coat. Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight., Drain and discard marinade from chicken. Grill, covered, over medium heat for 20 minutes. Baste with reserved marinade. Grill 20-30 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 170°, basting and turning several times.

GRILLED LEMON-GARLIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine oil, lemon juice, garlic, onion powder, pepper, and salt in a large, gallon-sized, zip-top bag. Seal and shake well. Add chicken and shake again. Place in the refrigerator to marinate for at least 2 hours.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Place the chicken on the grill over indirect heat, baste with marinade, and cover. Grill for 10 minutes. Baste again, then turn over and baste the other side. Cover and continue to grill until no longer pink in the centers and juices run clear, about 10 minutes more.

ARGENTINE GRILLED CHICKEN SKEWERS

Steps:

• Soak the skewers for an hour.
• Set charcoal alight.
• In your handy mortar grind the Oil, Garlic, Paprika, Oregano, Salt, and Peppercorns.
• Skin, debone, and de-fat the chicken.
• Cut into 1/2 cubes.
• Rinse, pat dry, stir into Marinade.
• Coat well.
• Thread the Onion, Chicken, Peppers, and Cherry Tomatoes alternately onto the skewers.
• Grill over medium coals for 15-20 minutes'til everything is done.
• This works well grilled over a hibachi or other small grill on a picnic.
• Prepare everything at home and do the grilling at the picnic site.
• It's almost as good cooked under the broiler at home.