Grilled Cranberry Chicken Recipes

EASY CRANBERRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper; brown in a skillet in butter. Remove the chicken to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. In the drippings, saute onion and celery until tender. Add cranberry sauce and barbecue sauce; mix well. Pour over chicken. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1-1/2 hours, basting every 15 minutes.

GRILLED CRANBERRY CHICKEN

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).

CRANBERRY GRILLED CHICKEN QUARTERS

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.

GRILLED CRANBERRY-ALMOND CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. In small bowl, mix all dressing ingredients with wire whisk. Reserve 3/4 cup dressing for the salad.
• Spray chicken with cooking spray; sprinkle with salt. Cover and grill chicken over medium heat 15 to 20 minutes, turning once and brushing occasionally with remaining dressing, until juice is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°). Discard any remaining dressing used for brushing. Cut chicken into 1/2-inch slices.
• Divide lettuces among 6 individual serving plates. Top with chicken. Drizzle reserved 3/4 cup dressing over salads. Sprinkle with cheese, cranberries and almonds.