BBQ grilled chicken is one of the most exciting treats for the mouth that anyone can try. One must try the barbeque chicken that is jazzed up in lime juice and honey. The flavourful chicken marinated in herbs smashes flavours in your mouth instantly.
Here, we provide you the best BBQ grilled chicken recipe that is surely going to amaze you for a while. But before that, let’s face some facts about the grilled chicken recipe.
How Long Does It Take to Make Barbeque Chicken?
For barbeque boneless chicken breast, it takes 10-12 minutes per side. And for drumsticks, it would take 12-15 minutes per side. This will allow you to get a Smokey and char flavour without overcooking it.
What Will Be the Ideal Temperature for the Chicken Before Putting it Down from Grill?
To cook chicken, the internal temperature of the barbeque is 165ºF. You can insert a thermometer to check the thickest part of the chicken meat to cook it ideally.
For How Long do you have to Heat Up the Grill to Barbeque?
To perfect the grill marks on the chicken, preheat your grill before 15 minutes and avoid dried-out chicken.
Barbecued Chicken Grill Recipe
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Serving: 5 to 6
Ingredients
- Lime juice
- Two tablespoon honey
- Four pounds of chicken (legs, wings, thighs, and breast)
- Hot sauce
- Salt
- Extra virgin olive oil
- One cup barbeque sauce
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Griller
Cooking Directions
Chicken marination
- In a large bowl, put all the ingredients such as barbeque sauce, lime juice, honey, seasonings, extra virgin olive oil, salt, and black pepper. Mix all these ingredients and keep half a cup for basting.
- Once the mixture is ready, add the chicken pieces to the bowl and toss it into the mix until it is coated completely.
- Once the chicken pieces are appropriately coated, keep it aside for resting for about two hours.
- Resting is one of the essential steps as it allows us to trap the flavors inside the chicken.
Prepare grill
For barbequing, preheat the grill to high. Apply oil to the grill tray and allow it to preheat for at least 10-15 minutes. If you are using stainless steel or a wood griller, then make sure to have a cool side where you don’t put coal.
Sear Chicken on Hot Side of the Grill
Once your grill is ready, make sure to lay your marinated chicken pieces on a grilling plate and chicken skin on the hottest side of the grilling plate. This will allow you to have a perfect searing side of the chicken. Also, make sure to grill the chicken by keeping it uncovered for about 10-15 minutes. Depending on the heat of your grill, it may take more time to grill the chicken.
Once you get the perfect sear on the one side of the chicken pieces, after that, turn the chicken piece and grill for another 15 minutes. When the chicken grill is ready, move it to one side of the griller.
If you’re using a gas griller, then maintain medium flame on the griller right side, then move on to the chicken pieces on the cooler side. Also, make sure not to put the chicken directly under the flame.
Cover the grill and cook further for 20-30 minutes.
Turn Down and Baste with the Barbeque Sauce
While barbequing, turn down the chicken pieces after the grilled chicken pieces with the barbeque sauce. After that, cover the grill, again and again, cook it for 20-25 minutes.
Repeat the process by turning other grilled chicken pieces, basting them all in the barbeque sauce, covering them, and cooking for another ten to thirty minutes.
Note
The grilling time will depend on the griller heat and the size of the chicken pieces. It also depends upon how cold your chicken pieces are.
However, if you’re grilling small pieces of chicken then use a flat top grill, it could be done a bit earlier.
Also, keep the flame low to grill the chicken pieces accurately.
Finish the Sear and Turn Them Out from Grill
Once the chicken grilling is done, make sure to test the chicken’s temperature with the meat thermometer, it should be around 160ºF for the breast region, and for the thigh region, it must be 170ºF.
Moreover, you can test it with a knife. Insert the knife tip inside the thick piece of the chicken. If the juice runs clearly, that means the chicken is done.