Whenever a meal is planned that requires a grill odds are that it is going to rain. This was of course the case on Sunday. Not only did it rain, but I ran out of propane spurring a soaking sprint to Steve's house to salvage a dinner that had not even started to cook.
Once the grill was up and running on went a whole chicken that had been marinating in a blend of citrus juices, rosemary, garlic and oregano. I know, pretty bad ass. And it was. The chicken was butterflied so it would cook faster and under the skin we slid in some orange slices. I'm not kidding. I threw it on the grill, placed some bricks on top to crisp up the skin and promote browning and went inside to dry off.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/GRILLED-CITRUS-CHICKEN-UNDER-A-BRICK-242115
Since the chicken had about 40 minutes to cook I decided to get the meal going with a soup I prepared earlier in the day. It was a watermelon based soup with oranges, beets and some other citrus juices added in. The beet flavor kind of caught me off guard and was a little too strong. However with the addition of some feta and the polishing off of the first couple bottles of wine for the night it began to improve. Jackie hated it but the rest of us were at least able to put down the bowl. I would do it again just with fewer beets.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_32590,00.html
With about 10 minutes to go in the chicken cooking Allison finally started to help out around the kitchen and cored some tomatoes for me. Into the hollowed out orbs I threw in an orzo, and goat cheese stuffing (Dzam). On top of that some fresh parmesan and onto the grill.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_167593,00.html
The chicken finished up along with the tomatoes and the meal was devoured. I attribute that to us being hungry and the food being "off the hook". For the first time in a Pat meal there were no leftovers (see reasoning above). It went over well and as we take the next week off for the holiday we are all excited to see what Jackie has in store next week!
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I'm jealous, my husband and I have not been able to cook in our kitchen the way we want for a half of a year because we tore out the old kitchen. Sounds like your dining experiences are fun :)
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