Grilled chicken is on the menu at my house every week!! I love to make 2 chickens at a time for leftovers to use throughout the week. My Montreal style seasoning is perfect for chicken! The flavor is savory with a blast of spice thanks to the mustard in the recipe! I hope you enjoy!
Ingredients:
- One whole chicken (3-4 lbs)
- 2 tablespoons Salt, Garlic and Onion Free Montreal Style Seasoning AKA “The Charles”
Instructions:
- Preheat grill to 450F
- Butterfly the chicken:
- Remove all the parts within the cavity of the chicken
- Place the chicken on a cutting board breast side down
- Using the poultry sheers start on the R side and cut along the spine on the outer side from the tail to the neck
- Repeat this on the left side
- Press down on the wings until you hear a cracking sound. This is the sound of the breast bone breaking which will help the chicken to lay flat
- Turn the chicken over so that it is now breast side up and flatten
- Place chicken on grill prep tray
- Tuck the wings under the breasts
- Rub seasoning onto chicken
- If using a gas grill, turn off 1 or 2 burners for indirect heat cooking, but ensure you can maintain the 450F cooking temperature
- Place chicken on grill over the inactive burner(s) skin side up for 30 minutes
- Rotate chicken 180 degrees, keeping skin side up
- Cook until internal temperature reaches 160F (~15-30 more minutes)
- Tent with foil and allow to rest for 15 minutes to complete cooking
Recipe Note:
If you do not have a grill you can make this in the oven at 425F
Place chicken in roasting pan over a roasting rack
Follow same cooking instructions
ENJOY!!
