Grilled Wine-and-Herb Marinated Chicken

Name: Grilled Wine-and-Herb Marinated Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups, dry white wine; 3 tablespoons, lemon juice; 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons, chopped fresh parsley; 2 tablespoons, chopped fresh thyme; 2 tablespoons, packed light brown sugar; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoon, pepper; 2 tablespoons, salt; 1 (4-pound), whole chicken, butterflied

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2012

Main Courses

American

Chicken

For chicken with real wine flavor, it turns out that the way you make and apply the marinade matters more than which wine you use.

SERVES4

TIME2 hours, plus 2 hours marinating

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Wine and poultry are a classic culinary duo, but actually getting wine flavor into the chicken took some work. Dry white wine proved to be the best contender, and we found that two cups was sufficient to marinate a 4-pound bird (butterflied...

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