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Sticky Grilled Chicken Recipe
That is the grilled chicken recipe my mates beg me to make each BBQ season. It’s sticky, candy and savoury, marinated to tenderise and infuse with flavour. The shiny glaze is the cherry on prime. The scent when the chicken hits the BBQ is outrageous. Outrageous!
(And also you don’t even want a BBQ….)
Grilled Chicken
I really feel just like the flavour of this marinade might be acquainted to everybody, even if you happen to haven’t made one thing prefer it your self earlier than. It’s a bit like Barbecue Sauce, kind of like a rustic rub, with a touch of candy and bitter sauce.
My mates describe it as a Nation Fashion Barbecue Sauce Chicken, which is an effective technique to describe it. But it surely’s form of a mouthful to say – so I simply name it a Sticky Grilled Chicken!!
This grilled chicken is completed with probably the most unimaginable shiny glaze!
Sticky Chicken Marinade & Glaze
Right here’s what you want for the marinade which doubles because the basting sauce so that you get a extremely improbable glaze on the chicken.
What I actually love about this marinade is that it’s made with pantry staples – and there’s a great deal of substitution choices and methods to customize it. Need a hit of warmth? Add a touch of scorching sauce! Attempt a sprinkle of dried herbs, a squeeze of lemon, a contact of ginger, or a superb hit of additional black pepper!
Additionally – I’ve listed substitution choices within the notes to the recipe. 😇
Sticky Grilled Chicken TIPS!
Need to be the grilled chicken KING in your neighbourhood?? Listed here are some suggestions so your chicken might be fantastically golden, extremely sticky and tremendous shiny!!
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Boneless CHICKEN THIGHS is one of the best reduce of chicken for this sticky marinade. The size of time it takes for the chicken to cook dinner on the BBQ is ideal to realize that lovely golden color. Breast works too however the caramelisation isn’t fairly pretty much as good. Bone in items like drumsticks and thigh take too lengthy to cook dinner and the chicken can get fairly darkish earlier than the within is cooked.
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RESERVE a few of the marinade to make use of for basting. You should use the leftover marinade within the bowl, however you’ll must be cautious to make sure the basted aspect is recooked for at the least 1 minute earlier than consuming to keep away from any hygiene issues about uncooked chicken within the marinade. A lot simpler to simply reserve some clear marinade for basting!
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MEDIUM warmth – If you’d like a sticky chicken, you want sugar within the marinade. And candy marinades tend to burn fairly simply on the BBQ. The trick right here is to cook dinner is barely longer on a medium warmth.
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BASTE GENEROUSLY a number of occasions! Baste flip, baste flip!
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REST the chicken for a couple of minutes after taking it off the range, for further juicy, tender chicken.
No BBQ?
No downside! Bake it or pan fry it – directions within the recipe!
Full your BBQ!
Whether or not you’re grilling outdoor midweek or throwing an enormous BBQ in your mates on the weekend, sides are a should!
Heat climate favourites for this grilled chicken that are perfect for making in huge batches and maintaining within the fridge for days and days!) embrace a basic Macaroni Salad (pictured beneath), Coleslaw or Potato Salad (right here’s additionally a no-mayo model with charred corn and bacon!)
For one thing just a little lighter, attempt a Lemon Potato Salad (no mayo!), Broccoli Salad, a creamy German Cucumber Salad, an enormous juicy Greek Salad or Corn Salad with Avocado.
For some aspect dishes to cook dinner on the BBQ, look no additional than Grilled Corn and Grilled GARLIC BREAD!! – Johnsat x
Watch the way to make it
Ingredients
- 700g/ 1.4lb chicken thighs , skinless boneless (Note 1)
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/3 cup brown sugar , packed
- 1/4 cup soy sauce , all purpose or light (NOT dark)
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 4 garlic cloves , minced
Instructions
- Mix Marinade in a large bowl.
- Scoop out 1/2 cup and reserve for basting ("Glaze").
- Add chicken, turn to coat. Marinade overnight (minimum 3 hours, up to 48 hours, or freeze).
- Brush BBQ with vegetable or canola oil, then preheat to medium.
- Pick up chicken, allowing excess Marinade to drip off.
- Place on BBQ, cook 4 minutes until nicely caramelised.
- Turn chicken, then brush generously with Glaze. Cook 4 minutes.
- Flip, brush with more Glaze, flip again and brush with Glaze.
- Remove chicken onto plate, cover loosely with foil.
- Rest 3 minutes before serving, sprinkled with parsley if using. Pictured in post with Macaroni Salad!
- Stove – follow up steps in a non stick pan, heated to medium high with 1 tbsp oil (cook in batches if needed).
- Oven – use this recipe: Sticky Baked Chicken
Notes
1. Chicken – this marinade is best with boneless thigh because it caramelises perfectly in the time it takes for the chicken to cook. Bone-in chicken pieces take longer to cook by which time the marinade gets quite dark! Breast also works great – pound to even thickness, then about 3 minutes on each side. Finish by basting lots!
2. Marinade / Glaze – plenty of sub options here, this is a really flexible recipe:
Ketchup – Aussie tomato sauce, BBQ sauce or other similar sauces
Brown Sugar- white sugar, or 2 tbsp honey, maple syrup, or any other sweet thing in similar liquid form
Soy Sauce – light or all purpose soy sauce, don’t use dark it will be too intense. Fish sauce would also work but reduce to 1 tbsp.
Apple Cider Vinegar – sub with any clear(ish) plain vinegars eg plain white vinegar, white wine vinegar, rice vinegar, champagne vinegar etc.
Worcestershire sauce – add 1/4 tsp black pepper then add an extra dash of all the other ingredients. A sprinkle of onion and/or garlic powder on the chicken before coating in sauce would also help.
Add ins – dash if your favourite hot sauce wouldn’t go astray! Pinch of herbs (mixed, oregano, thyme), cayenne pepper for heat, sprinkle of paprika for warmth, cumin or coriander for South-West edge.
3. Nutrition assumes half the marinade ends up discarded.
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