You can grill chicken up a hundred ways but making sure you serve a tasty dish without drying out the meat can be challenging. Try these recipes from Rach and friends and leave your guests asking for more!

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Chicken

  • Rach's friend Adam Perry Lang has contributed this recipe, which involves propping a whole chicken on an open can of beer while slow-roasting it on the grill. The acrobatics are worth it – this bird's delish!

    This is a MAKE-AHEAD dish. 

    Active Time: 2 hours
    Total Time: 4 1/2 hours, plus overnight marinating

  • Spicy Black-Pepper-Coated Drumsticks

    Mario Batali has shared this delicious recipe for Italian-style grilled Buffalo wings with us from his book, Italian Grill!

    Buffalo wings go to Italy: drumsticks in a spicy buttermilk marinade, red wine- Gorgonzola dressing and fennel sticks standing in for the celery. Set out bowls of the sauce for dipping, or let guests spoon it over their chicken and fennel – either way, everyone will be very happy.

    Partly cooking the drumsticks in the oven ensures that they will cook through on the grill without charring. You can bake the chicken early in the day or even the night before.

  • Mario Batali has shared this delicious recipe for chicken kebobs with us! Check out Mario's tips for cooking kebobs like a pro, here.

    These kebobs make an ideal tailgating dish because everything is already cut up, which means you only need to use a fork. That means you'll always have one hand free to hold your beer!

  • Chicken Thighs with Snap Peas and Agliata

    Mario Batali has shared this delicious recipe for juicy chicken thighs with us from his book, Italian Grill!

    These chicken thighs are coated with a garlicky breadcrumb mixture and cooked slowly over the cooler part of the grill so that you end up with juicy meat and a toasted herbed crust (be sure to scoop up all of the delightful little clumps of flavorful crumbs from the grill and scatter them over the chicken). Start the thighs boned-side down so that by the time you flip them over, the “presentation side” will have dried a bit and won’t stick to the grill. The snap peas are good with almost anything – in this particular pairing, the subtle flavor of the anchovy paste in the peas echoes the anchovies in the breadcrumb coating.

  • Rachael says, "A friend was having a baby at work and she LOVES eggplant, so I wrote these three easy meals using eggplant steaks for her. I love you, Mommel Hommel, as much as you love eggplant. Enjoy!"

    Check out the other two delicious eggplant recipes Rachael wrote for her friend, Meat and Mushroom Eggplant Roll-ups with Tomato Gravy and Eggplant Steak Lasagna Stacks.

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