Grilled Butter Pesto Chicken

Ingredients
1 (6 ounce) container pesto (or homemade pesto)
4 tablespoons butter, softened
1 whole chicken, giblets removed

Instructions
1. Prepare grill for grilling at a temperature around 375*F. 

2. Combine pesto and butter in small bowl. 

3. Loosen skin of chicken and, with clean hands, spread pesto butter between skin and meat.  Pat exterior of skin dry with paper towels then place chicken on upright roaster.  (Such as the Sittin’ Chicken.) 

4. Place chicken and upright roaster on baking sheet to catch any fat drippings and cook in grill until internal temperature reaches 165*F, about 45 to 60 minutes. 

5. Remove chicken from grill, cover in foil, and let rest for 10 minutes before carving. 

Comments
This recipe is inspired by Kayotic Kitchen.  The chicken turned out moist and full of delicious pesto buttery deliciousness.  Chickens are super easy to roast with the Big Green Egg and we were pretty pleased with how this one turned out. 

Shown here with tomatoes and mozzarella with Basil Vinaigrette.

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