Grilled Baby Chickens with Lemon and Herbs

Summary

Yield
Prep Time30 minutes
Main IngredientChicken
MealEntrees
SeasonAutumn

Description

Rock Cornish game hens work great for this easy dish, and be sure to not allow the slices of Proscuitto de Parma to touch each other, you want them in one piece and they tend to stick together.

Ingredients

  • 4 baby chickens, split
  • 1 c marscapone cheese
  • 8 sli slices of proscuitto de parma
  • 8 stems rosemary, thyme, tarragon, tied into 8 bouquet garnis
  • 1 lemon sliced into paper thin, reserve the juices
  • 0.25 c olive oil
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 T sea salt
  • 1 T brown sugar

Instructions

Combine the oil, garlic, lemon slices, salt, sugar and lemon juice.
Tie or skewer the herbal bouquet garnis to the bone side of the birds
Marinate the chicken halves in the oil mixture for 24 hours.
Remove birds from marinade and stuff each half bird under the skin with a slice of ham and a large spoonful of the cheese.
Grill the birds over medium indirect heat for 25 minutes until cooked through.
During the last 5 minutes of cooking cover the birds with some of the lemon slices from the marinade.
Brush birds with a lemon juice-herb-garlic-olive oil slurry that you make up with left over recipe ingredients.
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