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Quick and easy chicken meals

Quick and easy chicken meals chicken on the grill is a summer must. But barbecue chicken tastes just as good in the winter. Plus, like many grilled meals, prep and cleanup are quick and easy. Quite often you’ll see people grilling chicken in pieces, such as wings, legs, breasts, and thighs.

This half chicken recipe from recipe creator Angela Latimer of Bake it With Love has a short prep and an hour cook time for a sumptuous barbecue meal, whether you use charcoal or gas. Latimer specializes in quick and delicious recipes and this one is no exception. After a quick prep indoors, you can let it ride on the grill. A half chicken cooks faster, and is more suited to dinner for two,” she says. The prep is easy and the cook is a breeze for this barbecue chicken. Just as simple is the collection of ingredients. All you need to get started is half a chicken.

Some stores will sell half a chicken pre-wrapped. Others will sell a full chicken that you can cut in half, though you’ll want some level of butcher skills for that. You also might be able to request it from your store’s butcher. Ideally you’ll have some if not all of these at home, since none are exotic. A little bit of paprika, a little bit of salt, a little bit of ground pepper, a little bit of garlic powder, and a little bit of onion powder.