ALABAMA WHITE BBQ CHICKEN
When you prepare chicken using the Alabama White Sauce ala Diva (recipe above) as a baste, the chicken takes on a deep mahogany glaze. Then when you dip the cooked chicken in the sauce it’s absolute perfection.
Equipment
- BBQ or grill
Ingredients
Choose your chicken (pick one!)
- 4 chicken breast bone in, skin on
or
- 8 chicken thighs bine in, skin on
or
- 1 whole chicken spatchcocked
or
- 1 whole chicken cut in half
Instructions
- Make the Alabama White BBQ Sauce, (recipe above) and set aside half for serving later.
To make the chicken
- Season chicken lightly with salt and pepper only. Keep it simple so the sauce can shine.
- Let the chicken come to room temperature while you preheat the grill to medium-high temperature (approximately 400°F degrees).
- Prepare the grill or BBQ for indirect heat by either turning off burners on one side or moving coals to one side.
- Place chicken on the grill, skin side down, over the indirect heat area.
- Baste the underside (the side that's facing up now) with the white sauce.
- Cook for 7 to 10 minutes then turn the chicken and baste the skin side.
- Cook this side for 5 minutes.
- Continue turning and basting, until the chicken registers 160°F degrees using your meat thermometer. Check the temperature at the thickest point of the chicken piece. The temperature will continue to rise as it rests to at least 165°F degrees .
- Tent chicken for 10 minutes before serving.
- Any sauce that has been contaminated by raw meat should be discarded.
- Serve chicken with reserved sauce on the side.
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