Lemon Pepper Mesquite Grilled Chicken (Southwest) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lbs chicken
1 cup lemon juice
1 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons black pepper (coarse ground)
1 tablespoon salt

Preparation

Wash and pat dry chicken pieces, and place in plastic bag.
Pour lemon juice and olive oil over chicken, seal, and marinate for 3 hours in the refrigerator.
Remove from bag, discard marinate, and sprinkle liberal amounts of coarse ground black pepper and salt.
Cook chicken on grill, using indirect heating method, or a smoker using charcoal briquettes and mesquite chunks. Whole chicken breasts will take about an hour (in a Webber). Smaller pieces will take less time.
When done, serve immediately.