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How To Cook Chicken On The Grill
Grilling chicken at home is not really easy as one may think. You need a fair amount of practice before you get it right. Chicken tends to behave differently every time. So, you have to follow the proper steps if you put your chicken on the grill. In case you are using frozen chicken, it is important to defrost the chicken thoroughly and bring it to room temperature before you can start cooking. Follow the defrosting procedures properly in order to get the desired results with your chicken dish.
Although there are a number of ways in which you can cook chicken, you can bring out great flavors when you grilling chicken. Chicken can be fried, stir fried, grilled, or baked. You may grill the whole chicken or just the chicken breasts.
Cooking chicken breasts on the grill
First, wash and clean the whole chicken and remove the insides and rinse under running water. Then pat dry with paper towels to remove excess moisture, and season with mixed herbs, salt and pepper. Get your charcoal grill ready after cleaning the grates and coating it with oil. Allow the charcoals be glowing red and ashen. Push the charcoals to one side and put your chicken pieces on the grill. You must grill the chicken through indirect heat. So, place the chicken breasts on the side where there is no charcoal and keep it covered for about 30 minutes and let it cook. Then flip the chicken pieces over and continue to grill for another 30 minutesuntil the meat is tender.