Cranberry Grilled Chicken Quarters Recipes

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup water to a boil. Stir the salt and brown sugar into the boiling water until dissolved. Place the ice cubes in a large container. Pour the brine over the ice cubes and stir to mix and cool. Add the leg quarters to the cooled brine, adding additional water if needed to make sure they are submerged. Refrigerate overnight.
• Remove the chicken from the brine, rinse and pat dry. Preheat the grill to medium-high. Turn one side of the grill off and place the chicken skin-side down over the indirect heat. Cook for 10 minutes, turn, cook another 10 minutes and then brush with a thick coating of basting sauce. Turn, cook another 10 minutes, baste and cook a final 10 minutes for a total of 40 minutes on the grill. The chicken should register at least 160 degrees F and the juices should run clear. Serve immediately.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, 1/4 cup lemon juice, honey and salt. While constantly whisking, very slowly drizzle in the canola oil, drop by drop, until an emulsion forms, and then continue adding the oil in a slow steady stream. The mixture should thicken to the consistency of mayonnaise. Whisk in a little water to thin the final sauce to the consistency of a creamy salad dressing. Taste and add more salt or lemon juice, if necessary.

Steps:

• 1. preheat barbecue to high. In a small pan, mix cranberry sauce, tomato sauce, Brown sugar, vinegar, mustard and garlic powder. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for five minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 2. Break the wing, hip and drumsticks joints so the chicken pieces lie flat. Barbecue chicken, skin side down, over direct heat for 20 minutes. Turn chicken, grill for a further 20 to 30 minutes or until chicken is tender, brushing occasionally with sauce. The chicken can be cooked in a kettle or Weber for 50 to 60 minutes. Heat any remaining sauce until bubbly. Serve chicken with sauce and if desired Rice pilaf and parsley. Serves four.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large skillet brown the chicken in butter/margarine. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from skillet and place in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In the drippings (in the skillet), saute onion and celery until tender. Add cranberry sauce and barbecue sauce. Mix well.
• Pour cranberry mixture over chicken and bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes, basting every 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Dissolve the bouillon cube in the water; combine with the next 6 ingredients in the container of a blender. Cover, process until the sauce is smooth. Put half the sauce in one bowl, half in another. Set aside.
• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Grill chicken, starting skin side down, over hot coals for 30 minutes, turning every 10 minutes. Baste the chicken with one of the bowls of the sauce.
• Grill an additional 30 minutes. Baste every 10 minutes with the sauce, continuing to turn the chicken.
• Serve chicken with the reserved sauce. (the one from the bowl that you set aside and haven't used -- do not use the sauce that you have been brushing on the chicken while it cooked).

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• Heat butter with oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Season the chicken with salt and pepper, then add to the skillet; cook on both side until lightly browned, then place the chicken skin-side up into the baking dish (leave the drippings in the pan).
• Add in the onion, celery, garlic and cayenne pepper (if using) adding in a little more oil if needed; sate for about 3 minutes; stir in the cranberry sauce and BBQ sauce; bring to a light simmer, stirring until completey combined, then pour over the chicken.
• Bake uncovered for about 50 minutes or until chicken is tender and cooked through, basting with the sauce a couple times during baking.
• Delicious!

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place the butter and onion in a 9x13 inch baking dish, and bake in the preheated oven, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, about 15 minutes. Remove the dish from the oven, push the onion over to one end, and place the chicken thighs in the dish in a single layer. Return to the oven and bake for about 25 minutes.
• Stir together the ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, mustard powder, and cranberry sauce in a bowl. Remove the chicken from the oven, and scoop the cooked onions into the cranberry mixture. Spoon the mixture over the chicken thighs, and return to the oven.
• Bake until the cranberry mixture is slightly caramelized and the chicken is done, about 20 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the center should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine syrup and 3/4 cup cranberry sauce; set aside. Sprinkle chicken with salt., Moisten a paper towel with cooking oil; using long-handled tongs, lightly coat the grill rack. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 6-8 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 165°, basting frequently with syrup mixture. , Warm the remaining cranberry sauce; serve with chicken.