Name: Grilled Chicken Under a Brick
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Whole chicken - 1 (3 pound); Olive oil - 1 teaspoon; Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste - 1 pinch; Heavy duty aluminum foil - 1 pinch; 2 clay bricks - 1 pinch

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10 min.

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Ingredients for - Grilled Chicken Under a Brick

1. Whole chicken - 1 (3 pound)

2. Olive oil - 1 teaspoon

3. Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste - 1 pinch

4. Heavy duty aluminum foil - 1 pinch

5. 2 clay bricks - 1 pinch

How to cook deliciously - Grilled Chicken Under a Brick

1. Stage

Place the chicken, breast side down, on a cutting board. Remove the backbone and 1 inch of the breast bone with kitchen shears. Remove the wing tips and any large pockets of fat near the tail. Flip the bird over and use the heal of your hand to flatten the chicken. Rub the skin with oil and lightly season with salt and pepper.

2. Stage

Cut 2 pieces of heavy duty aluminum to roughly 20 inches long each. Wrap each brick with foil, shiny-side out. Lightly oil the grill and add the bricks.

3. Stage

Lightly oil the grate of the grill and add the bricks. Preheat the grill to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and maintain the temperature until bricks are hot.

4. Stage

Turn off the middle burner and place the chicken over that area, flesh side down, on indirect heat. Place the bricks on the chicken and close the lid of the grill.

5. Stage

Grill for 40 minutes. Remove the bricks, turn the chicken, and continue grilling until the skin is crispy, 5 to 10 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove and let rest for 10 minutes.