Pollo Alla Diavola Devil Style Grilled Chicken Food

POLLO ALLA DIAVOLA ("DEVIL-STYLE" GRILLED CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Begin by butterflying a young chicken: cut away the chicken's back bone with kitchen shears and spread the chicken flat, skin side up. Cover the chicken with a sheet of waxed paper and, with the bottom of a frying pan, give the chicken a few good whacks to flatten it even more, but without breaking it up.
• Place the chicken on a platter and season it generously on both sides with olive oil, salt and red pepper flakes. To this, I often add the juice of half a lemon. Let the chicken marinate for about an hour or so.
• Heat up your grill and grill the chicken on both sides, over a moderate flame, until nice and golden brown all over, about 15-20 minutes per side. A little charring on the edges is perfectly fine-and even desirable. I find that a grilling basket makes the job very easy and helps keep the chicken flat, but you can simply place the chicken directly on the grill if you prefer, placing a brick or other heavy weight on top to keep the chicken flat.
• Serve your pollo alla diavola right away, although it is tasty at room temperature as well.

POLLO ALLA DIAVOLA (DEVILISH CHICKEN)

Steps:

• To butterfly chicken: place chicken breast side down on a cutting board. Using kitchen sissors or a boning knife, cut out backbone (toss or use to make broth).
• Spread open chicken and press down with hands to flatten (it should "crack").
• Rub the chicken all over with olive oil; season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper (or red pepper flakes).
• Cover and refrigerate chicken for several hours or overnight.
• Heat the grill to medium high heat.
• Place the chicken on the grill and cook, turning frequently so as not to burn, until done (internal temperature of 175 degrees F in the thigh), about 20 to 25 minutes.
• After about 10 minutes, begin brushing the chicken with the white wine every time you turn it over.
• Once done, transfer to a cutting board and cut it into serving pieces.
• Serve hot, with lemon wedges.

LUPA POLLO ALLA DIAVOLA (DEVILED ROAST CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES)

Steps:

• The"devil's oil" needs to steep overnight, and the chicken halves need to marinate at least four hours DEVIL'S OIL: Combine all ingredients in heavy small saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat until oil bubbles at edge of pan and thermometer registers 200 degrees F, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
• Set oil aside overnight to steep.
• Strain oil through fine sieve into small bowl, pressing on solids to extract as much oil as possible.
• Season oil to taste with salt.
• (Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before serving.) CHICKEN?
• VEGETABLES: Whisk 1 cup olive oil and 1/4 cup pepper in 15 x 10 x 2-inch glass baking dish to blend.
• Add chicken halves to pepper oil; turn to coat well and arrange in single layer.
• Tuck lemon slices between and on top of chicken halves.
• Spoon some pepper oil fro dish over chicken halves.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight, turning chicken halves occasional.
• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
• Heat 2 heavy large (11- to 12-inch) ovenproof skillets (preferably cast iron) over medium-high heat 5 minutes.
• Add 3 tablespoons olive oil to each.
• Remove chicken halves from pepper oil and discard lemon slices; sprinkle each chicken half with coarse salt and black pepper.
• Place 2 chicken halves, skin side down, in each skillet.
• Cook until skin is deep golden brown, about 8 minutes.
• Place skillets in oven and roast until chicken is cooked through and thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 180 degrees F, about 25 minutes.
• Using tongs, turn chicken skin side up in skillets; let rest 5 minutes.
• Heat remaining 4 tablespoons olive oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add onion, carrots and celery; sauté until celery begins to look translucent, about 8 minutes.
• Add chicken broth and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; cover saucepan and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 25 minutes.
• Mix glaze into vegetables; season with salt and pepper.
• Spoon vegetables onto platter.
• Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil.
• Top with chicken.
• Serve chicken and vegetables, passing devil's oil separately.

CHICKEN ALLA DIAVOLA (THE HEALTHY WAY!)

Steps:

• Trim all of the fat from the chicken breasts. Gently flatten each breast between two sheets of plastic wrap using a cleaver to achieve uniform thickness. Arrange the chicken in a baking dish.
• Combine lemon juice and mustard in a mixing bowl and whisk to mix whiskey in the oil pepper corns and pepper flakes poor the marinade over the chicken. Turn the breasts several times to marinade the chicken. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the grill to high. Oil the grate. Grill the chicken breasts until cooked, about 2 to 3 minutes per side, seasoning with salt and basting with any extra marinade.

SPICY CHICKEN WITH OLIVES (POLLO ALLA DIAVOLA CON OLIVE)

Steps:

• Position rack in upper third of oven; heat to 425°F Lightly grease 1 large roasting pan or 2 baking dishes with oil. Open chickens and put them, skin-side up, into pan.
• In a small bowl, mix together mustard, black pepper, marjoram or oregano or sage, rosemary and red pepper flakes. Spread mustard mixture over chickens, distributing mixture evenly; season with salt. Drizzle each chicken with 1 teaspoon oil.
• Bake chickens for 20 minutes. Sprinkle olives over chicken, add wine to pan and continue baking until skin is golden and chicken is cooked through, about 30 to 35 minutes more.
• Transfer pan to a wire rack, tent with tin foil and let chickens rest for 5 minutes, spooning juices over the top. Serve with juices.

RED DEVIL CHICKEN

Steps:

• Using a cleaver or heavy knife, cut down one side of the backbone to cut the chicken in half.
• Cut down the other side and discard the backbone.
• Place the chicken on a work surface, skin side up.
• Press hard on the breastbone with the heel of your hand to flatten the chicken.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the wine, oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, red pepper flakes, and salt.
• Place the chicken and marinade in a zippered plastic bag.
• Close the bag and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, and up to 2 hours.
• Build a charcoal fire in one side of an outdoor grill and let burn until covered with white ash.
• Place a large disposable aluminum foil pan on the empty side of the grill and fill halfway with water.
• In a gas grill, preheat on High.
• Turn one burner off, and keep the other burner (s) on High.
• Place the foil pan on the Off burner, and fill halfway with water.
• Remove the chicken from the marinade.
• Lightly oil the cooking grate.
• Place, skin-side down, over the pan.
• Weight the chicken with an aluminum foilwrapped brick.
• Cover and cook for 25 minutes.
• Remove the brick and turn the chicken.
• Cover and continue cooking (without the brick) until the chicken shows no sign of pink when pierced at the thighbone, about 25 minutes more.
• Using a cleaver or heavy knife, chop the chicken into quarters, and serve hot.