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Before you can really serve up a tasty poultry dish the right way, you need a few tips for grilling chicken. The trick? Start with the fire. Your fire is the beginning of the grilling process. Without a proper fire, you can not expect great results. And don’t for a second think this does not apply to you gas grillers! It does!How Many Briquettes? As a general rule of thumb, plan on using about 30 briquettes to cook 1 pound of meat. A standard five-pound bag contains 75 to 90 briquettes. You want to make sure that you have enough briquettes to cover the grills pan in a single layer and extending out about 2″ beyond the area of the food on the grill. The first step is to place the briquettes in the grills pan to determine the quantity and then stack them up in a rough pyramid shape to light. Soak the briquettes with approximately 1/2 cup of lighter fluid, and let set for a few minutes before lighting.

After the coals have begun to burn and ash starts to form, you will need to arrange them with long handled tongs into a single layer.

Once you have mastered even heating its time to step up to the professional level. A Pro likes to have a controlled temperature variation, a hot area and a not so hot area. In grilling this is called a two level fire. If you have a dual burner gas grill just set one burner on high and the other on medium. The advantage to this is that you will have one area to sear foods and another area to cook them through.

Grilled Chicken With Roasted Garlic Sauce

Yield: 6 Servings

6 boneless chicken breasts

-(about 1,1/2 pounds)

1/2 c lemon juice

2 cloves garlic

1 T red wine vinegar

1 t rosemary

1/4 c olive oil

1 salt and pepper To Taste

1 jar (28 ounces) Rag=FA Hearty

-Roasted Garlic Pasta Sauce

2 tb chopped fresh basil

2 tb chopped fresh parsley

Grilled crusty bread

Fresh herbs for garnish

-(optional)

Place chicken in a bowl with lemon juice, garlic, vinegar, rosemary, olive oil, salt and pepper.

Marinate in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight.

In a medium saucepan, heat sauce over low heat, stirring occasionally until heated through. Add fresh basil and parsley to the sauce just before serving. Meanwhile, preheat grill or broiler.

Grill chicken about 3-5 minutes per side or until chicken is thoroughly cooked.

Server grilled chicken with roasted garlic sauce of grilled crusty bread.

Garnish with fresh herbs.

Enjoy!

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