How Long Do You Grill Chicken Legs and Thighs?

Chicken Legs and Thighs are the most eaten parts of the chicken, and for good reason since they are cheap to buy and easy to cook. But mostly because they are juicy, taste great, and have a built in handle.

Directions:

Charcoal Bbq Grills

1. Make sure that the chicken has been rinsed thoroughly before cooking, unless the chicken is soaking in a marinade.

How Long Do You Grill Chicken Legs and Thighs?

2. Pre-heat the grill on med (240 degrees) and place the legs/thighs on the grill. Legs/thighs grill much best at a lower temperature for a longer period of time.

3. Frequent turning of the legs/thighs will insure a more even cooking, but will preclude any clear sear marks.

4. Legs/thighs come in so many sizes that it is hard to say exactly how long to cook in minutes. Start by letting the bottom side cook to a golden brown before turning. Continue turning as each side browns. If the face is browning in only a tiny or two than the heat is probably up to high and the face will burn before the inside is cooked.

5. If juices are advent out of the chicken then you have cooked it through and it may start to come to be dry if allowed to cook much longer. You can make a small cut in the chicken at the thickest point to see if it is still pink in the middle. It is preferable to not make any cuts though, because this will break the seal and allow the juices to fly development the chicken dry.

6. Remove the chicken from the grill and allow to cool a tiny before eating. This would be a good time to brush on your beloved sauce.

Safe Internal Temperature: 165 degrees

Tips:

* Grilling legs/thighs at too high a temperature will burn the face of the chicken without cooking all the way through to the inside.

* Grilling legs/thighs at too low temperature may preclude the face from getting brown and crispy. The chicken may also be dry.

* Be rigorous if you brush bbq sauce on while cooking. The chicken may burn easier and flavor the chicken with a burnt charcoal taste.

* To get the full flavor of the bbq sauce wait until the legs/thighs are done cooking and then brush on the sauce.

How Long Do You Grill Chicken Legs and Thighs?

How to Cook Bbq Chicken

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 incommunicable 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 originate a black, bitter barbecued chicken.

Charcoal Bbq Grills

That's it! straightforward wasn't it?! But, if you want more detail, read on...

How to Cook Bbq Chicken

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 retention the moisture in the chicken while grilling and pepper will add to the aroma and bite.

Preparing the charcoal

A grilling temperature in the middle of 230° and 250°F, is optimal, to perform 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 descriptive charcoal. Spread out charcoal into an even layer and when it has an even layer of ash practically 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 practically 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 take off from the heat.

Bbq Chicken Recipe

Now, here's a great wee formula 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 the oil in the frying pan and turn the stove to medium heat while you season your chicken.

Put a wee 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 wee bit of each of the seasonings (also sprinkle with some grated almonds). Make sure that there is sufficient 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!

How to Cook Bbq Chicken