Balsamic Glazed Chicken with Grilled Treviso

Balsamic Glazed Chicken with Grilled Treviso
Main Ingredient: Lamb and Mutton Chicken

Preparation: Barbecue

Course: Various Main Dishes

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Balsamic Glazed Chicken with Grilled Treviso ingredients

  • 4 lb chicken
  • 2 clv garlic, -- finely minced
  • 4 T chopped rosemary leaves
  • 2 T Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 t sea salt
  • 3 T Virgin olive oil
  • 2 oz prosciutto rind
  • 2 oz Parmesan rind
  • 2 med red onion, -- sliced into 1-inch disks
  • 1 glass Lambrusco
  • 4 T Balsamic vinegar -- plus 4 tablespoons
  • 6 large radicchio di Treviso
  • 2 T Extra-virgin olive oil

Cooking Balsamic Glazed Chicken with Grilled Treviso

1. Rinse and pat dry chicken.
2. Remove the giblets and set aside.
3. Chopi the garlic, rosemary, pepper and sea salt together and mix with virgin olive oil. Rub the outside of the chicken all over with the rosemary mixture.
4. Place the prosciutto and Parmesani rinds inside the cavity and allow to sit refrigerated overnight.
5. Preheat oven to 375 F and preheat grill.
6. Place onion disks and giblets in bottom of a small heavy bottomed roasting pan. Place chicken on top of onions, breast side up. Pour glass of Lambrusco over onions and rub chicken all over with 4 tablespoons Balsamic vinegari.
7. Place in oven and cook for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a skewer pushed into thickest part of the thigh shows clear -- not bloody -- juices.
8. Cut the radicchio in half lengthwise and place it on the grill and cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side.
9. Remove from grill and brush with extra virgin olive oil and set aside.
10. Remove bird from oven and allow to rest 5 minutes.
11. Transfer the chicken to a carving platter.
12. Put onions and giblets in a bowl, with the juices.
13. Carve the chicken, drizzle with remaining vinegar and serve immediately.