Barbecue Chicken - Easy Barbecue Chicken Recipe

barbecue sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade barbecue sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup + spices

Homemade sauce can reduce sugar and preservatives.

chicken pieces

🥗Healthier: skinless chicken

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Skinless chicken is leaner, while thighs are often more affordable.

Cut a whole chicken in half or buy it pre-cut.

Make deep slashes in the breast, thigh, and leg of the chicken.

Cut the wing at the first joint for easier grilling.

In a bowl, combine crushed garlic, 1/4 cup rice vinegar, and a few tablespoons of barbecue sauce to create a marinade.

Swish the slashed chicken around in the marinade until coated.

Refrigerate the marinated chicken, slash side down, for 1 hour.

After 1 hour, pat the chicken dry with paper towels.

Dust the chicken with a basic barbecue dry rub.

Preheat the grill and mark the skin side of the chicken for 3-4 minutes to get grill marks.

Flip the chicken over and cook the rest of the way with the skin side down, brushing on barbecue sauce every 6-7 minutes.

Close the lid of the grill and adjust the vents to be barely open to smoke and bake the chicken.

Cook for about 35 minutes, checking for doneness at 170°F with a thermometer.

Remove the chicken from the grill and enjoy.

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