Rotisserie Chicken On The Grill
Roasting a whole chicken with a rotisserie on your grill is a good way to cook the chicken evenly, giving it a golden color as it turns. With a grill (charcoal or gas), a rotisserie kit, and a chicken, you can achieve a much tastier meal at home than available at most grocery stores.
Ingredients
- Whole Chicken (4 to 6 pounds)
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2½ teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Brine the chicken. This step isn’t mandatory but will add additional moisture.
- Truss the bird. Alton Brown demonstrates how to truss in this video is here.
- Rub the Chicken with extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika and garlic. Coat the entire Chicken and work the seasonings well into the meat.
- Set the grill up for indirect cooking at 400 degrees F (204 degrees C). Place a drip pan on the grill with about 1/2 inch of water to add moisture.
- When ready to cook, skewer the Chicken lengthwise on the rotisserie spit and let it rotate on the grill over the drip pan, covered, until an instant-read thermometer registers 180 degrees F (83 degrees C) in the thickest part of the leg, about 15 minutes per pound.
- Let stand for 10 minutes
By Gags
