Photography by Yvonne Duivenvoorden
Andrew Chase, Food Editor of Homemakers Magazine offers these pointers on grilling chicken; "Tailor your cooking method to your type of grill. Modern gas grills are getting hotter and hotter, so grilling directly over medium-high heat often burns the outside of the chicken before the inside is cooked through. So, if you have a powerful grill, begin cooking over medium heat. Or you might prefer to grill with indirect heat and finish crisping the outside of the chicken over direct heat. If you are cooking on a charcoal or gas grill and your chicken is blackening, raise the rack higher and farther away from the heat or move the chicken pieces to an area of the rack where they will cook with indirect heat. And always keep a spray bottle of water handy to put out flare-ups!"
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Recipes
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Grilled Chicken and Mango Kabobs
Succulent chunks of chicken and colourful skewers of fruit and vegetables make a pretty plate. Setting part of the marinade aside for basting the chic... -
Citrus Sesame Chicken
Bone-in chicken is economical and tends to be flavourful and juicy. Of course, you can use legs and thighs, also. -
Oregano Chicken with Tomato Salsa
A juicy tomato salsa accented with mint dresses up chicken in a flavourful fashion. Smashing garlic with the side of a knife instead of mincing it all... -
Old-Fashioned Barbecued Drumsticks
Drumsticks are very inexpensive and a favourite with kids, especially when the chicken is smothered in homemade Cajun barbecue sauce. -
Calypso Chicken
This spice mixture livens up chicken wonderfully and is just as delicious rubbed on fish or pork. -
Whole Barbecued Lemon Chicken
Cooking a whole chicken over indirect heat converts your barbecue into an oven, thus cooking the chicken through before the outside is charred. -
Coriander Chicken
This chicken has the taste of ground coriander seeds and the different but complementary flavour of fresh coriander. -
Ale-Marinated Cornish Hens with Ale Barbecue Sauce
With kitchen shears, cut wing tips off hens' wings at first joint. Cut along both sides of backbone; press hens to flatten. Cut each in half al...
