- 2 small, approximately 2 to 2 1/2-pound [1 to 1.3-kg] each, chicken fryers
- 1/3 cup [80 mL] lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons [30 mL] liquid honey
- 1 teaspoon [5 mL] salt
- 6 tablespoons [90 g] melted butter
- 4 fresh large peaches or nectarines
- More liquid honey, to serve [optional]
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- Half chickens lengthwise.
- Arrange chicken halves, side-by-side cut side up, into a large shallow glass dish.
- Mix together lemon juice, liquid honey and salt.
- Evenly pour mixture all over chicken halves.
- Cover dish; leave chicken halves to marinate, refrigerated, for approximately 1 hour.
- Preheat barbecue to medium-hot intensity.
- Remove chiken halves from marinade draining well each half over dish.
- Mix marinade into melted butter.
- Using a brush, coat chicken halves with melted butter mixture.
- Arrange chicken halves, cut sides underneath onto hot barbecue rack, approximately 6 inches [15 cm] from medium-hot charcoals.
- Barbecue chicken halves for approximately 45 minutes, turning and brushing halves each time with melted butter mixture from time to time, until well-done [no longer pink inside].
- Meanwhile, peel, half lengthwise and stone peaches or nectarines.
- Brush each with melted butter mixture.
- Approximately 10 minutes before the end of chicken cooking time, arrange fruit halves, cut sides underneath, onto barbecue rack.
- Barbecue fruit halves for 2 to 3 minutes; brush fruit halves with melted butter mixture.
- Using 2 large spoons, delicately turn fruit halves over.
- Barbecue fruit halves for 5 minutes more.
- Serve chicken halves decorated with fruit halves, coated with a little liquid honey if fruits are not that sweet.
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