Yesterday I sent my husband a whining e-mail about not having a grill, so he went over to the commissary/PX and bought one, then spent most of the night putting it together. Nice man. Harpy wife. Opposites attract 😀
Frugal’s post on Mushroom Orzotto http://frugalfeeding.com/2013/02/17/mushroom-orzotto/ reminded me that I had brought over a bag of risetti/risoni/orzo from my pantry in France.
I’m very much a hater when it comes to rice but this rice-like pasta is fabulous, nothing like rice 🙂
I butterflied (for you Brits, Kings and Queens of the English language, that’s spatchcocked) a farm chicken and rubbed it with a basil marinade.
Having no bricks, I weighed it down on the grill with the “big black”.
Fabulous!
Grilled Basil Chicken
1 butterflied chicken
3 garlic cloves, chopped
2 tbsp fresh basil
1/4 cup olive oil
3 tbsp lemon juice
Salt and pepper
Blend the garlic, basil, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper together until smooth. Gently loosen the skin over the breast and legs with with your fingers and insert marinade between the skin and meat, then rub marinade over the whole chicken. Set some marinade aside for basting. Refrigerate the chicken for at least 2 hours.
Grill the chicken on a 425 F grill over indirect heat, top down, weighted with bricks or a cast iron skillet, turning and basting every 15 minutes for a total of 45 minutes. Start skin side down.
Spinach Risoni
1 small onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 yellow bell pepper, diced
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp coriander
1/2 tsp cumin
4 cups fresh baby spinach
8 oz dried risoni, cooked and drained
3 tbsp fresh oregano, chopped
Salt and pepper
Saute the onion, pepper and garlic in the olive oil. Add the coriander and cumin and continue to cook for a minute. Add the spinach and cook just until wilted. Stir in the risoni, oregano, salt and pepper and mix well.
Now that is a grill to be proud of. The chicken and orzo look delicious…I can’t wait until we have grilling weather here in New England.
Thank you. We don’t have grilling weather here in Stuttgart. I just put on a coat and boots 🙂
This looks very, very good! I love risotto!
Thank you Arthur but it’s not risotto but a rice shaped pasta 🙂
Ops! Maybe my partner is right! I do need new glasses! risoni! 🙂
🙂
Looks fabulous! That grill is impressive 🙂 Have you ever been to Strasbourg? I used to live there, some of your recipes remind me of those days.
Thank you. Our daughter is in boarding school very close to Strasbourg.
Wow, that’s a coincidence! Love it there! Attempted to make ‘tarte- flambee’ from memory once, it didn’t quite turn out. Would love to get a proper recipe and try it out sometime. Have you ever had it? Try it next time you’re up there.
If you haven’t had a tarte flambee, then you haven’t been to Strasbourg 🙂
Agreed!
Is there an email address where I can contact you, if you don’t mind?
I just love your chicken grilling method!
I had fun with that 🙂
Gorgeous chicken, fabulous grill. Am going to start whingeing a bit more and see if I get one too!
Thank you Chica, it has always worked for me 🙂
I’m getting all over the place today – isn’t it a great pasta? One of my faves. Lovely dish, Rosemary!
Thank you Frugal for the inspiration.
Roll on the spring, so I can whip the cover off the Webber. The best way to cook chicken in my opinion – it looks great. Like the risoni too never tried it like this.
The spinach and the yellow bell pepper really made it.
Excellent grill action 😉
Thank you Mad. Loved using my big black 🙂
Somehow I think spatchcocking a chicken makes it cook so much better and it is always moist and delicious. I even do my roast chickens this way now. Great post!
Thank you crust 🙂
well as they say ” happy wife, happy life” , glad your husband got you such a nice grill, and he did get a beautiful chicken out of it, so i think you two are even 🙂 great recipe…lovely post..sarah
Thank you Sarah. I think you know him 🙂
We have a charcoal grill, and as soon as it stops raining and gets warm enough to grill again, I’m making this! 🙂
And it was good! I’m making it again 🙂
I love chicken on the Grill – can’t till first sign of Spring to do this, even if it’s still raining. I like the flattening idea – clever.
Congratulations with that grill, do you believe I dont have it either. I usually grill mine on charcoal.
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