Grilled Firecracker Chicken

Description: Bottled sweet chili sauce can be found in the international section of your grocery store. Orange marmalade can replace the apricot in this juicy chicken recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (5 lb) roasting chickens, cut into 8 pieces
• 1/3 cup apricot preserves
• 2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
• 1 tablespoon scallion, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce

Steps:

1. Prepare grill for indirect-heat cooking.
2. Combine salt, garlic powder and pepper; sprinkle over chicken.
3. Combine the last five ingredients, including the preserves, sweet chili sauce, scallion, ginger and soy sauce; set aside.
4. Grill chicken, skin-side down, over direct heat until browned, 5 minutes.
5. Turn; place over indirect heat.
6. Cover; grill 45 minutes, and baste occasionally with the apricot-chili sauce mixture.