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Grilled Chicken & Vegetables

August 25, 2014 By marketeditor

Fire Up the Grill for Chicken and Vegetables

Summer holiday weekends seem to be when everyone fires up their grill and this Labor Day weekend should be no exception. This week at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market pick up a fresh or frozen whole chicken and some fresh vegetables to cook on your grill. If you buy a frozen chicken the best way to thaw it is to defrost it slowly in the refrigerator. Allow about 24 hours for a 4-5 pound chicken, most chickens at the Farmers’ Market are smaller than that.

Many recipes for whole chicken call for cutting the chicken in half to “butterfly” it. This does reduce the time for cooking, but if you’re not confident with a knife, you can leave the chicken whole.

Preheat your barbecue to medium heat. If you have a 2-burner gas grill, light 1 burner to medium, if you have a 3-burner gas grill, do not light the center burner. This will give you good indirect heat for cooking the chicken.

While the barbeque is heating prepare the chicken by brushing it with olive oil and seasoning inside and out with salt and pepper. Using butchers twine tie the drum sticks together and fold the wings behind the chicken’s back.

Place the chicken breast-side up in the grill not directly over the heat. Close the lid and grill for one to one and a half hours, depending on the weight of the chicken. The chicken is done when a thermometer placed in the thickest part of the breast reads at least 165 degrees. Allow the chicken to cool for 10 minutes before slicing.

During the last half hour of cooking, place the vegetables in foil (see recipe below) on the grill directly over the heat source on either side of the chicken. Your entire un-official end of summer meal can be served grill side.

 

Vegetables Grilled in Foil

1 quart new potatoes*

1 large sweet potato*

1 large onion*

2 bell peppers*

2 tablespoon olive oil

1 sprig fresh rosemary

1 sprig fresh thyme

Salt and pepper to taste

 

Cut potatoes, onion and pepper into bite-sized pieces. Toss vegetables with olive oil in a bowl, sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Tear 6 square pieces of foil and divide vegetables onto foil, put some fresh rosemary and thyme in each, fold up foil to cover vegetables and seal. Place on a grill on medium heat and cook for about 30 minutes. Makes 6 servings.

 

Per Serving: 140 calories; 5 g fat (0.5 g sat); 0 mg cholesterol; 19 g carbohydrate; 3 g protein; 4 g fiber; 45 mg sodium. Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (190% daily value),Vitamin C (60% daily value).

Ingredients marked with an asterisk (*) are available at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market on High Rock Avenue. The Saratoga Farmers’ Market is open on Wednesdays from 3-6 pm and Saturdays from 9-1 pm. For information about food and nutrition contact Diane Whitten at Cornell Cooperative Extension at 885-8995or dwhitten@cornell.edu.

 

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This weekend discover fabulously fresh products fo This weekend discover fabulously fresh products for all of your holiday baking…
* Buttermilk and Greek yogurt from Argyle Cheese Farmer.
* Honey, which makes a fantastic sweetener in many recipes, can be found at Ballston Lake Apiaries and Slate Valley Farms, as can maple syrup, which you can also find at Slate Valley Farms.
* Applesauce, cider, and fresh apples are always available at Saratoga Apple; equally good alternative sweeteners to consider, and applesauce can be an excellent replacement for oils in many recipes.
* Looking for deliciously locally made jams that are perfect for thumbprint cookies, Linzer cookies, and anything jam-filled? Visit Kokinda Farm.
* Consider making your peanut butter cookies pop this holiday season with unique flavors from Saratoga Peanut Butter.
* Are you making Tiramisu? Grab locally fresh-roasted coffee from Nally Coffee.
* And, of course, there are fresh farm eggs at Hepatica Farm, Grazin’ Acres Farm, and Jireh Organic Farm & Livestock.
* Is bread pudding on your holiday menu? Grab that main bread base from Katie Bakes Gluten-Free, NightWork Bread, or The Bread Butler.
* And check out Muddy Trail and their Perpetual Vanilla; it’s fantastic. They also have nine convenient baking mixes to browse and explore!
If you don’t want to bake, that’s A-OK, too! The Saratoga Farmers’ Market has the non- baker, ‘need a break,’ or ‘need something quick’ covered too. Just visit one of the pre-
made sweet treat vendors;
Goodway Gourmet
Katie Bakes Gluten-Free
NightWork Bread
Parchment Baking Company
Sweet Treats by Jennifer
Perogi, Pierogi, Pyroogi
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This week’s vendor specials for the market in ce This week’s vendor specials for the market in celebration of Small Business Saturday.
Saturday - 9:30 to 1:30 at Wilton Mall in the
Food court!
Sweet Treats by Jennifer:
Holiday cookie flavors are here! We'll have our red velvet cookies, decadent millionaire bars and many other delicious sweet treats for you to enjoy
Scotch Ridge Berry & Tree Farm:
Scotch Ridge will be in the market with our farm made all natural Christmas wreaths, Door Swags, Garland, Kissing Balls and pre decorated Table Top Trees.  All greens and trees (like everything) from our farm are produced with no pesticides or herbicides
Jireh Organic Farms & Livestock:
Purchase $40 of meat - get Non-GMO Eggs half price!  GMO Free Pork: Bacon, Hams, Tenderloins, Hot Italian Sausage links, Breakfast Sausage, Ground Pork, Hocks, Organs and more!!  GMO Free Chickens (whole & cut-ups), soup parts, feet for bone 
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