Capt\'n Salsa\'s Grill Roasted Yard Bird

By Author: Capt'n Salsa
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Wow I have a hankering for some really good grill roasted chicken,
the melt in your mouth variety with some fresh homemade salsa
slathered right on top. Just seems that we never have time during
the lazy days of summer to get everything done. You know, you have
to mow the grass, weed the garden and if you\'re lucky harvest a
bounty of fresh produce from your own little truck farm.

Now you expect me to cook supper too? It\'s time to tell you my secret
and go hunting for my favorite \"yard bird\", Capt\'n Salsa\'s Grill
Roasted Yard Bird, to be exact.

Yes.

Delicious golden brown moist and tender some of the best melt in your
mouth grill roasted chicken you will ever eat. Now, don\'t let the
hunting phrase concern you. The extent of hunting chicken for me is
looking for a big plump 3½ to 4 pounder at the local grocery or meat
market. I always bag my limit of two because it is just as easy to
cook two at the same time to guarantee some leftovers

\"Come on, Capt\'n Salsa, quit beating around the bushes and just give
us the recipe!\"

Oh, Okay.

Capt\'n ...
... Salsa\'s Grill Roasted Yard bird is so easy you will probably
laugh. Of course it goes with out saying you need to rinse the
chicken in cold water before you cook it. All you are going to need
is a generous amount of Lemon Pepper Seasoning. Mix up a solution of
1 part vegetable oil with 4 parts of Apple Cider Vinegar, remember
that\'s the brown vinegar, together in a squirt bottle, an empty
syrup bottle will do just fine.

Now we are going to cook our grilled chicken whole on your favorite
charcoal or 2 burner gas grill using the \"indirect heat\" method.
Your grill needs a lid that will close, too. Most of the time now I
just use the gas grill, heating the grill with both burners, then
turn one of them totally off, yes, off and the other burner turn it
all the way down to low.

I\'m getting a little ahead of myself. Preheat your choice of grills.
Then rinse and clean the birds. Now hose down the chicken with the
mixture of oil and vinegar using the squirt bottle and sprinkle a
generous portion of Lemon Pepper Seasoning all over the chicken.
Don\'t forget the body cavity.

Place the chicken breast side up on the grill away from the heat
source, above the burner that is turned off, indirect heat method
remember. Squirt a little more oil and vinegar into the cavity of
the chicken until it \"overflows. \" Now close the lid. You want a low
to medium low heat level. The objective is to take at least 2 to 2 ½
hours to cook the chicken, nice and slow. Don\'t worry after a couple
of times you will have it \"down to a science\" and know what works
best for you.

Once you have your chicken on the grill go mow the grass or work in
your garden for the next 2 to 2 ½ hours without even looking at the
birdswell, if you insist on looking after about an hour, you can
raise the lid and give the birds a good squirt of the oil and
vinegar solutionNow, close that lid and get back to workggg.

You will know the chicken is done by grabbing the tip of one of the
legs with a paper towel, careful it will be hot, and gently twist
the leg bone in a circle. If the leg bone easily breaks free at the
joint, the chicken is done - a beautiful golden brown, moist and
tender every time.

Easy huh?

Place the chicken on the grill, mow the grass and when you are
finished with your yard you have Capt\'n Salsa\'s Grill Roasted
Chicken make that Yard Bird! Serve it up with one of your favorite
homemade salsa recipes.

Roasted Corn Salsa or tasty Salsa de Tomatillos Delicious! Wrap it
all up in a warm tortilla, complete with your favorite thirst
quenching beverage and you will marvel about how great your yard
looks.

Imagine. Mowing the grass and cooking supper all at the same
timeEnjoy!

Capt'n Salsa provides an outstanding collection of free homemade
salsa recipes at his web site, Great Salsa.
Submit your favorite salsa recipe for publication at:
=> http://www.great-salsa.com/submit_your_favorite_recipe.html