Monday, May 26, 2008

Secrests' Lemon Pepper Chicken

This is something that my family has liked to do for the last several years. Almost everybody loves to eat Lemon Pepper Chicken. It's great for something easy and fast to do on the grill. This recipe prepares about 6 large chicken breasts. You can use scale this for more or less chicken breasts, but they need to be able to be immersed in the solution. Chicken strips or smaller chicken breasts also work well.
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Lemon Pepper Chicken
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6 large chicken breasts (they tend to be juicier if they haven't completely thawed.)

4 cups water
1/2 cup salt
2 cups white vinegar

(Variation: add one extra cup of water and a cup of sugar.)

Lemon Pepper
Other Seasonings if desired

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Dissolve the salt in the vinegar and add it to the water in a big bowl (we like to use an empty ice cream bucket). Immerse the chicken in the water/vinegar/salt solution and let it sit there while heating and preparing the grill. Sear the chicken (try heating the grill to about 400 degrees before throwing on the chicken, but let it cool to 300 degrees for the duration of the grilling process) and season it to taste. We usually grill half of them with lemon pepper and the other half with Grill Creations: Gourmet Burger. Turn the chicken after 5-7 minutes depending on the thickness of the chicken. After turning the chicken grill them for another 5 or 6 minutes - if the chicken isn't quite done turn it and grill for another few minutes. Serve.

1 comment:

Leslie Duke said...

you know, i love this recipe. i love your mom for making this. i love my vegetarian willpower for breaking down whenever she makes this....