• 1 medium sized whole chicken, that has been split at the backbone so it will lay flat for grilling (insides removed obviously, rinsed, etc). Make it easy on yourself and have the butcher split the backbone for you!
• 2 tblsp extra virgin olive oil
• The ZEST of 2 lemons- this is really what makes it very fragrant!
• the juice of half a lemon (you don’t need much juice, mainly only the zest)
• 3 large sprigs rosemary (when adding to the food processor, remove the leaves from the woody stem)
• 1 tblsp smoked sea salt (if you don’t have smoked sea salt, use regular sea salt NOT iodized – it is not the same- it will be too salty!)
• 1 tblsp smoked fresh ground pepper (if you don’t have smoked pepper, use regular fresh ground pepper)

NOTES: I have made this recipe with preserved lemons before and it is amazing. You simply swap regular lemons for the preserved lemons. It adds much more lemon flavor than regular lemons. However, it is not easy to make or find preserved lemons so I changed this recipe to using regular lemons instead. You can sometimes find preserved lemons at Trader Joes, they used to carry them and you can find them on amazon, then swap the lemon juice and zest for 1/4 cup preserved lemons in this recipe. The use of Preserved Lemons in this recipe make it even more over the top!