Chicken Under A Skillet
Created by ellie on July 26, 2016
- Servings: 5
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 40m
- Recipe #24499
Ingredients
- 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)
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat grill to high heat. Preheat a 12 inch cast iron skillet on grill for 15 minutes.
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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.
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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.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (470 g)
- Calories 530.1
- Total Fat - 20.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.7 g
- Cholesterol - 1119.1 mg
- Sodium - 559.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 0.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.1 g
- Sugars - 0 g
- Protein - 80.3 g
- Calcium - 54.6 mg
- Iron - 11.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 17.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg