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Chicken Under A Skillet

Here's how you make Chicken Under A Skillet
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 40m
    • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon lime zest
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 whole (4 to 5 pound) chicken (giblets and backbone removed - but keep whole)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat grill to high heat. Preheat a 12 inch cast iron skillet on grill for 15 minutes.

  • Step 2: In a bowl stir together the first six ingredients (all except for chicken) and rub the mixture under the skin and outside of a chicken. Place chicken skin side down in skillet. Place a second skillet or a foil-wrapped brick over the chicken.

  • Step 3: Cook covered for 20 minutes. Remove top skillet; turn chicken. Place skillet over the chicken and cook, covered until a meat thermometer registers 165 degrees F (20 minutes). Remove skillet from grill.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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