Editor's note:The recipe and introductory text below are adapted from Elizabeth Karmel's Web site,girlsatthegrill.com.
Once you understand the technique of grilling chicken pieces, it will be easy for you to add your favorite rubs, marinades, and sauces. I recommend grilling chicken pieces over an indirect heat so that the chicken is cooked on the inside and golden brown on the outside at the same time. Cooking over direct heat can create a raw interior and a burned exterior—especially if you put the barbecue sauce on too soon.
Ingredients
Step 1
Grilling Method: Indirect/Medium Heat
Step 2
Remove and discard excess fat from chicken. Pat dry. Brush lightly with oil. Season with salt and pepper. Place chicken, bone-side down, in center of cooking grate. You do not need to turn the chicken pieces.
Step 3
Grill-roast until breast meat near bone registers 165°F and thigh meat registers 180°F. If you don't have a meat thermometer, cook until the chicken meat is no longer pink and the juices run clear. Remove and let sit 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
If preparing barbecued chicken, season with favorite barbecue rub and brush sauce on chicken during the last 10 to 15 minutes of cooking time to prevent burning.
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Back to TopThis is the best way to grill bone-in chicken pieces. Once you have the cooking basics down, you can flavor them any way you like.
cooking queen
Seattle, WA
2/25/2019
Why all the haters? Ok its more of a set of instructions than a recipe, but its good sound grilling.
mgar64
5/14/2011
LOL at Marilou. Seriosuly, though, this is the second useless "recipe" epicurious has featured from Girls at the Grill. Give it up, Girls. You give girls everywhere a bad name.
European_Historian
8/2/2010
Love this recipe!!I use it several times a day EVERY DAY! The only thing is I don't include the chicken!
Marilou11449
Idaho
3/26/2009
so i went to the girls website, hmmm if you want to lose about 5 min of your life go ahead, pointless waste of information and space
Anonymous
2/2/2009
haha!! seriously though?? that chicken is going to suck
Anonymous
wi
2/2/2009
This "recipe" is a waste of space and my time. Is there an editor out there?
Anonymous
Portland OR
1/23/2009
seriously!!!!!! The ingredients are SALT and PEPPER?????/ this is not a recipe
Anonymous
california
1/10/2009
What a joke
jsc3112
Chicago
8/8/2008
Are you kidding? Don't grill the skin side? A grill is not an oven. With this method, you might as well bake the chicken. "Girls", this is rudimentary, and not a good way to take advantage of what grilling has to offer. How this got onto Epicurious, I'll never know. Don't grill your chicken pieces this way, it's a waste of charcoal or gas!
Anonymous
Bethesda, MD
8/1/2008
