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Rip’s Tarragon Butter Baste for Grilled Chicken

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Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings: 1 whole chicken
Course: Baste for Grilled Chicken
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • juice from half a lime about 2 tbsp
  • 3 finger pinch kosher salt
  • 1 tbsp minced shallot half a shallot
  • 1 stick butter cut in 3-4 pieces
  • 1 tbsp fresh chopped tarragon
  • 1 tbsp dried mustard
  • ⅛ teaspoon cayenne

Method
 

  1. Combine the lime juice and salt in a small sauté or sauce pan then set over high heat. Just as the juice begins to simmer, add the butter a chunk at a time, swirling continuously until the butter is completely melted. Add the remaining ingredients and remove from the heat.
  2. This will make enough baste for one whole chicken. My dad bought spit broilers, but you can also cut the chicken up or spatchcock it, a word he’d have loved.