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Ready to come off of the grill…..
Looking for am easy dinner idea idea last evening, I decided to make my go-to grilled chicken legs, simply prepared with a little butter and lemon-pepper seasoning. I usually boil fresh sweet corn to go with, but, with perfect timing, a blogging friend posted a recipe for grilling the corn in the husk. Super easy and something I’ve never done before..
Using my Kindle Fire to keep Diane’s instructions close by.
Diane’s blog, Photographs and Recipes, is a fantastic mix of cooking, creating, and family (including her furry family members). Check it out!!…..
The easy instructions for my whole meal…..
First, I turned on the outside two burners of my four burner Napoleon gas grill (two side, one center, and one back rotisserie), planning to cook the chicken in the center, with indirect heat, to cut down on flame-ups — preheated for about ten minutes (grill lid thermometer read 250 and rising when I put chicken on…read 350 during cooking).
I rinsed eight chicken drumsticks , put them on a platter, placed them skin side up in the middle of the grill, brushed it with butter, and sprinkled it liberally with lemon pepper seasoning. Planned on 45 minutes for the chicken legs and washed the platter for carrying the finished products back inside.
We get our corn from a farm down the road, and they plant a variety called “Whiteout” with medium-sized white kernels.
I peeled back the husks (without removing), removed the silks, and rinsed the ears. I spread the cobs with a new Smoky Barbecue grilling butter bv Aux Delices des Bois that we sampled at another market this week and pulled the husks back up, securing them at the top with a piece of husk. I placed the ears on the grill, closer to the actual burners at the side, with about fifteen minutes left for the chicken.
Everything finished up right at the forty-five minute mark. We added some fresh tomato slices and my Creamy Cucumber and Onion Salad. Even the boys ate well — one or two chicken legs each, corn, and some fresh strawberries ( or applesauce, for Evan).
squirrel circus 
Good grilled chicken is still my albatross – I can never master the crispy skin part. This looks easy enough for me to handle – thanks for the recipe!
Definitely using some kind of oil or butter helps. For less calories, I’ve used a cooking spray (definitely BEFORE the chicken is on the grill — keeps explosions down). 🙂
Oooooh (she finally gets it)… now I know what you meant about linking to my post! I’ve been a little behind in my reading, being tied up couch wrestling & hadn’t seen this. Thank you very much for your link & super kind comments (neat idea to show it up on the Kindle). Hope you loved the corn & I would love some of those drumsticks.
I’ve got to tell you your grill is far & above the stove I’ve got inside my house. Of course at the time I got it, I figured my cooking hardly warranted a top of the line stove.
You’re so very welcome! Actually, the grill website doesn’t feature the more basic Napoleon grill that we actually own. Basic black with heat-resistant plastic side trays. The cool thing about our grill, though (and my favorite thing) is that it is hooked up to the house gas line — which means I never run out of gas halfway through a roast!
Now how cool is that. I only run out of gas when I have company over. We don’t have any of that stuff available in our little town – no gas, all well water & septic tank but I’m going to mention that to my friend about that as an option since he has gas… for heat & cooking that is.
I will say that only problem we’ve had….which we didn’t initially think of…is that it gets very windy behind our houses, and, without a tank to hold it down, it took off a few times. Now we roll it in during storms. 😉
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Very nice recipe …. I’d love to come across those flavored butters too!
Thank you for stopping by! I love finding new foodie items, and taste-testing this butter totally sold me. I also tried their herb butter which they recommend for seafood, and it was good, but I mentioned how much I like to grill, and they showed me the barbecue butter. So versatile and yummy.