This recipe is one of the least fussy ways we've ever grilled chicken. The bonus is that it's juicy with a beautiful balance of smoky flavor. The science behind this recipe, simplified, is to brine the chicken in a sugar/salt solution for at least 30 minutes, and up to an hour. The smoking comes from using a small amount of soaked wood chips over charcoal. Our chicken turned
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Grilled Chicken with Homemade Balsamic Barbecue Sauce
This recipe for homemade Balsamic Barbecue Sauce is not only fast and easy-- it's loaded with fabulous flavor. Make the sauce ahead of time, and don't hesitate to use it on ribs or even steak. This is a family favorite for grilling.
Today, was a beautiful and warm California spring day. I decided it was a good day to grill with our Weber. I bought a whole chicken and some
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The Best Grilled Hawaiian Style Huli Huli Chicken
Huli-huli chicken is a grilled chicken dish in Hawaiian cuisine, prepared by barbecuing a chicken over mesquite wood, and basting it with a sweet huli-huli sauce. Huli means to turn, reverse, or curl over.This recipe has been adapted so that you make it at home. The sauce is what makes this chicken taste so good.
Last year, Craig and I spent a glorious week on the Hawaiian
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Lemon and Rosemary Scented Grilled Butterflied Chicken (Spatchcock Chicken)
Butterflied (or Spatchcock) Chicken is when the chicken's backbone is removed so that it lays flat. (Your butcher will do it for you, if you don't know how.) To boost the flavor, lemon, rosemary and garlic that is mixed into a paste is slid underneath the skin. Once laid on the grill, the chicken is weighted down with bricks (covered in foil, of course) or a heavy cast-iron
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Fast and Easy Chicken Yakitori Skewers
These Japanese flavor grilled chicken skewers are so fast and simple to prepare. The homemade yakitori flavored sauce gives the chicken and green onion a charred and sticky flavor that is out of this world delicious!
Before I retired, I'd occasionally treat myself to a take out lunch from a Japanese restaurant that was walking distance from my work place. I loved their
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Air Fryer Glazed Korean Barbecue Chicken Drumettes, Made Healthy
One of the first recipes I ever tried in my new air fryer was chicken wings. It was a game changer! For one, eating chicken wings never appealed to me because I had it in my mind that they were rubbery-- and so little meat didn't seem worth the trouble. I was so wrong! With this recipe, chicken "drumettes" are marinated in a healthy homemade sauce that has Korean Gochujang.
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Chicken Under a Brick with Herb Potatoes (Spatchcock Chicken)
Spatchcock chicken is simply a whole chicken that has the backbone removed. It's then flattened, for even cooking. Instead of using a brick, covered in foil, I used my heavy Dutch Oven to flatten the chicken while searing the skin to a beautiful golden brown. Red potatoes are evenly spread out on a pan, and the seared chicken is placed on top-- and then slathered with a
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Easy and Delicious Indoor Barbecue Chicken
This Indoor Barbecue Chicken recipe really knocked our socks off-- from the juicy chicken to the quick homemade tangy barbecue sauce that was rich in flavor. Best of all, the prep work wasn't über time-consuming. A quick spice rub (with no unusual ingredients) took a couple of minutes to mix together. The chicken is easily seared by placing into a screaming hot cast-iron
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Jamaican-Style Jerk Chicken and Citrus Mashed Plantains
Jamaican Jerk Chicken originates from Jamaica. Jerk refers to a way that a meat,is seasoned and cooked). This jerk chicken is marinaded in in a thick sauce, including the traditional allspice. Instead of using more traditional hot Scotch Bonnet peppers,) this marinade is made with jalapeno. The chicken turned out to be so moist and flavorful! We really enjoyed this tasty
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The Best Grilled Steakhouse Steak Tips
Grilled Steakhouse Tips is also referred to as Flap meat or Sirloin Tips in, New England. It's the cut of beef from the bottom sirloin part of the steer. With this recipe, the beef is marinated with brown sugar, soy sauce, plenty of garlic and a few other pantry ingredients. It's quickly grilled over a gas (or charcoal) grill. The result is steak with a beautiful char and
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