Lemon Pepper Mesquite Grilled Chicken (southwest)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs chicken
• 1 cup lemon juice
• 1 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons black pepper (coarse ground)
• 1 tablespoon salt

Recipe

• 1 wash and pat dry chicken pieces, and place in plastic bag.
• 2 pour lemon juice and olive oil over chicken, seal, and marinate for 3 hours in the refrigerator.
• 3 remove from bag, discard marinate, and sprinkle liberal amounts of coarse ground black pepper and salt.
• 4 cook chicken on grill, using indirect heating method, or a smoker using charcoal briquettes and mesquite chunks. whole chicken breasts will take about an hour (in a webber). smaller pieces will take less time.
• 5 when done, serve immediately.