How To Make BBQ Chicken

chicken

🥗Healthier: skinless chicken

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Skinless chicken is lower in fat; chicken thighs are often cheaper than breasts.

barbecue sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade barbecue sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup

Homemade sauce can be lower in sugar; ketchup is a budget-friendly alternative.

Season chicken thighs and chicken legs with a spice rub.

Prepare a grill with coals covering about 2/3 of the charcoal grate, leaving one side without coals for indirect heat.

Place the chicken over direct heat to start browning and melting the fat in the skin, cooking for about 8 to 10 minutes.

After 4 to 5 minutes, turn the chicken over to ensure even cooking.

Once the chicken has some color, move it to the indirect side of the grill.

Add soaked hickory wood chips on top of the embers for smoke flavor, which will last about 20 minutes.

Cook the chicken for a total of about 20 minutes in the wood smoke.

In the last 15 minutes of cooking, apply barbecue sauce to the chicken to glaze it without burning.

Remove the chicken from the grill once it has a beautiful mahogany color.

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Equipment Needed

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