Lemon & Herb Butterflied Chicken

Step 1

Method .

Step 2

Fire up a chimneyhttps://www.charmate.co.nz/products/premium-charcoal-chimney-starter of Charmate Lump Charcoalhttps://www.charmate.co.nz/products/black-wattle-charcoal.

Step 3

Finely chop up your herbs.

Step 4

Drizzle olive oil over both sides the chicken.

Step 5

Season both sides of the chicken with herbs and salt and pepper.

Step 6

Set your charcoal grate to its lowest level.

Step 7

When the lump charcoal is ashed over evenly spread your lump charcoal across a third of the charcoal grate.

Step 8

Place your chicken, skin-side-down on the grill directly over the coals for 10 to 15 minutes or until skin is crispy.

Step 9

Cut lemons in half and grill flesh side down until slightly charred.

Step 10

Place lemons on resting rack flesh side up.

Step 11

Turn chicken over and place directly over grill until breast is at an internal temperature of 75°C and thigh is at 77°C.

Step 12

Squeeze lemon half over chicken, flip chicken again and squeeze another lemon half over the skin of the chicken.

Step 13

Serve with whatever you think goes well with chicken. Recipe courtesy of Que Tang Clan