Chicken with Garden Salsa
- 2-1/2 pounds chicken quarters or meaty chicken pieces (breasts, thighs, and drumsticks)*
- salt and pepper
- 1 cup bottled salsa
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1/2 cup finely chopped, seeded cucumber
- 1/4 cup chopped green sweet pepper
- 1 tablespoon snipped fresh cilantro
- 1.
- Rinse chicken; pat dry with paper towels.
- Sprinkle chicken lightly with salt and pepper.
- 2.
- In a covered grill arrange medium-hot coals around drip pan.
- Test for medium heat above the pan.
- 3.
- Place chicken, skin side up, on the grill rack over the drip pan but not over the coals.
- Lower grill hood.
- Grill chicken for 50 to 60 minutes or until tender and no longer pink, adding more coals as needed.
- 4.
- Meanwhile, combine salsa and lime juice.
- Set aside 1/2 cup of the mixture.
- Brush chicken occasionally with the remaining salsa mixture during the last 10 to 15 minutes of grilling.
- 5.
- For sauce, in a small saucepan combine the reserved salsa mixture, the cucumber, green sweet pepper, and cilantro.
- Bring just to boiling.
- Remove from heat.
- Serve the cucumber mixture with chicken.
- Makes 4 servings.
- * If you make this recipe with chicken quarters, break the wing, hip, and drumstick joint so the quarters will lie flat on the grill.
- Also, twist the wing tips under the backs.
chicken quarters, salt, bottled salsa, lime juice, cucumber, green sweet pepper, fresh cilantro
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/chicken-garden-salsa-147489.aspx (may not work)