Easy Citrusy Garlic Sesame Grilled ChickenHappy Labor Day Weekend hard working Tumblrs of the world.

Easy Citrusy Garlic Sesame Grilled Chicken

Happy Labor Day Weekend hard working Tumblrs of the world. 

This is delicious and delectable! I love grilled meats! Yum. This is a quick marinade. You can put the chicken in the marinade in a ziplock, put it in a cooler bag with some ice, and then grill it fresh when you get to whatever BBQ you might be going to for Labor Day. I like to cook this recipe on the up high rack of the grill, over indirect heat, because the apricot jelly might make the chicken stick to a super hot part of the grill. That being said, more juice and olive oil than jelly and you shouldn’t have too much of a problem with sticking.

In a ziplock bag, 6 or 7 crushed garlic cloves, the juice of 2 whole lemons or 1 lemon and 1 sweet orange or tangerine, a big drizzle of olive oil, a tablespoon apricot jelly or jam, salt and fresh ground pepper, a teaspoon of soy sauce, teaspoon of sesame oil. Mix thoroughly and set aside a small cup of this for final basting on your chicken. You could add extra garlic to that final baste cup for extra flavor and health.

Add chicken pieces to the bag, mix it all together and let marinate in the fridge for about 20 minutes to 1 hour. Don’t go longer with small chicken pieces like the legs or the lemon juice will start to “cook” the chicken a bit, so it gets a weird texture.

Once it’s marinated, place chicken pieces over indirect heat on a hot grill, keep turning and cooking for 10 to 15 minutes, at the ned of cooking time, baste with the reserved marinade. Cook all the way through. I like to make rice with this and grill veggies and tomatoes to go with it.

Yum!