A little bit late on this recipe, I did it Wednesday night, but had a run that night and just didn't have time until now to throw this up. With summer upon us, I wanted to find some nice recipes that I can do that have more of a "summer" air to it. Like, we obviously retire the crockpot stews mostly for summer, so I need something to replace it with. That line of thinking gave us the previous post's pasta salad, and this recipe, which I found through Food Network's webpage (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/dave-lieberman/grilled-citrus-marinated-chicken-thighs-recipe/index.html). This one was a pretty big hit with everyone. Noah liked it, despite hearing it was chicken with OJ, Lemons, and Limes and saying "eeeeeewwww". Shannon thought it came out good and juicy, which I agreed with. The citrus flavor was pretty low on it, which was both good and bad...Bad because it was about 20 minutes of prep work to zest and squeeze the fruits, for really no big payoff, but Good because if it was heavy, it might not be liked by a lot of people. And usually, our grilled chicken is done with no marinade at all, so it comes off pretty charred and dried out. I'm not sure if it was the use of Chicken Thighs instead of Chicken Breast, or using an EVOO marinade, or what, but I swear these things came off the grill nice and clean, and were really "smooth" to eat. Also, since we're cooking for kids, we replaced the Cayenne pepper (which may have been too spicy for me even), with...you guessed it, OLD BAY!
Also, I suppose you could do this one without a gas/charcoal grill if you use a Foreman or likewise type of grill (This is directed at you, Andrew Hamilton). Not sure of the results, but I think it's worthwhile to try it...
Citrus Marinated Grilled Chicken
1.5 lb of chicken thighs (You can up the amount of chicken if you want more servings, or you can try a different cut of chicken)
1 lemon
1 orange
1 lime
1/4 cup of EV Olive Oil
Kosher Salt
Pepper
Old Bay
Sprigs of Thyme
1. Pour EVOO into a baking dish large enough to hold all the chicken in a single layer
2. Zest and Juice the orange, the lemon, and the lime into the EVOO
3. Add in about 10 sprigs of fresh thyme and a couple blasts of Old Bay
4. Season the chicken on both sides with plenty of salt, pepper, and Old Bay
5. Place the chicken in the baking dish, turning a few times to coat both sides well
6. Let the chicken marinade for 30 minutes to a few hours
7. Pre-heat the grill to medium-high heat
8. Once the grill is good and hot, take each piece of chicken out of the marinade, allow the excess marinade juice to drip off for a bit, then place on the grill
9. Grill for about 15 minutes, turning to evenly cook both sides.
Per each piece of chicken (assuming 6 pieces in 1.5 lb):
182 calories
10.5 g fat
3.7 g carbs
21 g protein
Notes:
- I topped this with more Old Bay. It made it more awesomer.
- Side note, it looks like it's definitley time for a new grill. Already can't use middle burner due to it rusting and falling down, but when I went to pick something up from under the grill, noticed the drip pan has corroded in several places...as in things dripping off the grill can go right down on top of the gas tank. So, I think that may be my Father's Day gift this year. We use that grill for so much nowadays, it's practically a necessity!
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