Barbecued Chicken from Fine Family Cooking by Tony Bilson

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons virgin olive oil
• juice of 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped
• 1 tablespoon strong Dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
• 1 bay leaf crushed
• 2 x 1 kg (2 lbs) corn-fed chickens
• 3 golden shallots, finely chopped