So, you want to know how to cook BBQ Chicken? This is one of the best summer foods available, but can also be a special treat all year round! The secret to how to cook BBQ chicken is simple...
...Cook over low heat, brush on the sauce after the chicken has cooked, and then serve. If you baste with barbecue sauce while cooking you may burn the sugars in the sauce and create a black, bitter barbecued chicken.
That's it! Simple wasn't it?! But, if you want more detail, read on...
Great barbecued chicken, with moist, tender succulent meat and sticky smoky skin, is made by cooking over low heat using a grill. You can get a great depth of flavour by using a spicy barbeque rub on the chicken before grilling. Salt and pepper can also be used in the same way. Salt will aid in keeping the moisture in the chicken while grilling and pepper will add to the aroma and bite.
Preparing the charcoal
A grilling temperature between 230° and 250°F, is optimal, to achieve this, stack charcoal in a pile in the centre of grill. Douse with lighter fluid and let it soak in. Light and leave it alone until grey ash has covered all visible charcoal. Spread out charcoal into an even layer and when it has an even layer of ash approximately 1/2 the depth of a charcoal briquette you are ready to grill. The actual grill should be at about 4 or 5 inches above the coals.
Cooking
Slowly cook the chicken until internal temperature is approximately 170 degrees and then add a BBQ sauce of your choice. Cook for another 5 minutes to allow the sauce to stick to the chicken and then remove from the heat.
BBQ Chicken Recipe
Now, here's a great little recipe for "Honey BBQ Chicken", which you don't need to cook on the BBQ; it's especially great for those wintery days of the year to remind you of summer!
Ingredients:
Put a little bit of salt all over the chicken and let it stand for about 10 minutes; the salt opens the holes in the skin of the chicken and will allow the other seasonings to permeate.
Sprinkle enough, but not too much, of each listed seasoning over the chicken.
Put some flour inside a medium sized bowl and add a little bit of each of the seasonings (also sprinkle with some grated almonds). Make sure that there is enough flour in the bowl to coat all the chicken pieces.
Check to make sure that the oil in the frying pan is hot and dip your chicken into the flour, covering it all over, then transfer it into the frying pan.
Let the chicken cook in the oil until it is golden brown all over, then poke a fork through the chicken to see if it's cooked, there shouldn't be any pink coloured meat and the juices should run clear.
Mix the BBQ sauce and honey together in a medium-sized bowl.
Preheat the oven. Take the chicken out of the pan and put it into the Honey BBQ sauce, then put it in the oven on a baking pan for about 6-8 minutes. Then serve.
So there you have it... all you need to know about how to cook BBQ chicken, for summer or winter!
...Cook over low heat, brush on the sauce after the chicken has cooked, and then serve. If you baste with barbecue sauce while cooking you may burn the sugars in the sauce and create a black, bitter barbecued chicken.
That's it! Simple wasn't it?! But, if you want more detail, read on...
Great barbecued chicken, with moist, tender succulent meat and sticky smoky skin, is made by cooking over low heat using a grill. You can get a great depth of flavour by using a spicy barbeque rub on the chicken before grilling. Salt and pepper can also be used in the same way. Salt will aid in keeping the moisture in the chicken while grilling and pepper will add to the aroma and bite.
Preparing the charcoal
A grilling temperature between 230° and 250°F, is optimal, to achieve this, stack charcoal in a pile in the centre of grill. Douse with lighter fluid and let it soak in. Light and leave it alone until grey ash has covered all visible charcoal. Spread out charcoal into an even layer and when it has an even layer of ash approximately 1/2 the depth of a charcoal briquette you are ready to grill. The actual grill should be at about 4 or 5 inches above the coals.
Cooking
Slowly cook the chicken until internal temperature is approximately 170 degrees and then add a BBQ sauce of your choice. Cook for another 5 minutes to allow the sauce to stick to the chicken and then remove from the heat.
BBQ Chicken Recipe
Now, here's a great little recipe for "Honey BBQ Chicken", which you don't need to cook on the BBQ; it's especially great for those wintery days of the year to remind you of summer!
Ingredients:
- Chicken wings
- Seasoned salt
- Adobo
- Garlic salt
- Garlic powder
- Honey
- BBQ sauce
- Oil
- Salt and flour
- Grated Almonds
Put a little bit of salt all over the chicken and let it stand for about 10 minutes; the salt opens the holes in the skin of the chicken and will allow the other seasonings to permeate.
Sprinkle enough, but not too much, of each listed seasoning over the chicken.
Put some flour inside a medium sized bowl and add a little bit of each of the seasonings (also sprinkle with some grated almonds). Make sure that there is enough flour in the bowl to coat all the chicken pieces.
Check to make sure that the oil in the frying pan is hot and dip your chicken into the flour, covering it all over, then transfer it into the frying pan.
Let the chicken cook in the oil until it is golden brown all over, then poke a fork through the chicken to see if it's cooked, there shouldn't be any pink coloured meat and the juices should run clear.
Mix the BBQ sauce and honey together in a medium-sized bowl.
Preheat the oven. Take the chicken out of the pan and put it into the Honey BBQ sauce, then put it in the oven on a baking pan for about 6-8 minutes. Then serve.
So there you have it... all you need to know about how to cook BBQ chicken, for summer or winter!
