President Nixons Marinated Barbecue Chicken
Created by dienia b on May 20, 2024
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 1d
- Cook Time: 75m
- Recipe #42855
Ingredients
- 1 cup margarine (1 cup olive oil)
- 3/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons garlic salt (or 1/2 garlic powder)
- 2 tablespoons paprika
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- Chicken
- 4 pounds chicken thighs
- 3 teaspoons salt, to taste (they had a heavy hand with salt)
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper, to taste
How to Make
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Step 1: Melt margarine in saucepan.(could use margarine and olive oil)
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Step 2: Stir in lemon juice, garlic salt, (and garlic powder it's too salty for today's recipe), oregano and paprika.
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Step 3: Put pieces of chicken in Tupperware (or ziplock bags. Everyone back in the day went to Tupperware parties and everyone had them) to marinate in, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.(Go lightly on this one)
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Step 4: Pour marinade over the chicken and cover it.
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Step 5: Marinate overnight, turning over occasionally.
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Step 6: Place on grill above hot coals.
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Step 7: Cook until tender, occasionally turning and brushing with marinade.
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Step 8: Allow 45-75 minutes total cooking time, depending on size of chicken and distance from the coals.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (280 g)
- Calories 713.6
- Total Fat - 60.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 14.9 g
- Cholesterol - 222.3 mg
- Sodium - 1314.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 4.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.4 g
- Sugars - 0.7 g
- Protein - 37.7 g
- Calcium - 41.4 mg
- Iron - 2.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 10.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg