This juicy Grilled Rooster slathered with a caramelized Raspberry BBQ Sauce with hints of chipotle shall be your new favourite hen recipe. Serve it as is or flip it right into a sandwich for the final word weeknight dinner!

Why You’ll Love These Grilled Rooster Breasts

This garlicky, barbecued grilled hen with sweet-and-savory sauce shall be your new go-to hen dinner.

• Versatile. Serve it with rice, pasta, salad, or use the leftovers to make bowl-style dinners.
• Nice for meal-preps. This juicy hen recipe is ideal for reheating on hectic weeknights.
• Easy. You solely want 4 substances to throw this hen dinner collectively.
• Freezer-friendly. Pop them out of the freezer for a hearty, last-minute meal.

What You’ll Want

As soon as the do-it-yourself BBQ sauce caramelizes, it provides pure sweetness and smokiness to each chunk. Scroll to the recipe card on the backside of the publish for precise quantities.

• Rooster breasts – Flatten them with a meat mallet or rolling pin in the event that they don’t have a good thickness.
• Salt and pepper – Kosher salt and freshly-cracked black pepper are greatest.
• Raspberry Chipotle BBQ Sauce – Attempt my recipe or use your favourite.

Can I Use Different Cuts Of Rooster?

Completely! Be happy to make use of hen thighs, wings, or leg-quarters. They are often skin-on and bone-in or skinless and boneless. When you depart the pores and skin, grill the hen till the pores and skin’s crispy earlier than brushing the sauce on.

How To Make Grilled Rooster with Raspberry Chipotle BBQ

That is a straightforward hen dinner, with all the flavour coming from the do-it-yourself sauce with candy chipotle. Scroll to the underside of the publish for the complete recipe card.

• Prep the grill. Preheat it to 375-400F. Grease the grates with cooking spray.
• Season it. Use a paper towel to pat the hen dry. Season it with salt and pepper on all sides.

• Grill it. Place the hen on the grill and prepare dinner it for 4 minutes. Flip it over and prepare dinner for one more 3 minutes.
• Add sauce. Brush it with BBQ sauce and prepare dinner for one more 1-2 minutes. Flip it over, brush with extra sauce, and prepare dinner for one more 1-2 minutes.
• Serve. Take away it from the warmth. Let it cool for 4 minutes. Brush with extra sauce to style. Serve and revel in!

Ideas for Success

This completely grilled hen with fruity BBQ sauce is definitely become a bowl-style dinner, tacos, or tostadas.

• Make bowls. Use the BBQ hen to high my Rooster Burrito Bowl. You can even make your individual bowl with rice, black beans, grilled corn, and diced avocado.
• Use the range. Set a skillet over medium-high warmth with 1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil. Cook dinner the hen as traditional till it’s not pink within the middle.
• Marinate it. Place the hen in a big Ziploc bag. Add 1 cup orange juice, 1/2 cup water, 1 tablespoon contemporary cilantro, 1/4 teaspoon crimson pepper flakes, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Seal the bag and shake nicely. Refrigerate it for half-hour or as much as in a single day for extra taste.
• Swap the protein. Utilizing turkey breasts as an alternative of hen is a straightforward variation of this recipe.
• Shred it. Use two forks to softly pull the hen in reverse instructions till utterly shredded. Flip it into tostadas or tacos to make use of up any leftovers.

Serving Options

This grilled hen with do-it-yourself BBQ is a straightforward weeknight dinner. Serve it with my Strawberry Spinach Salad or Cucumber Tomato Feta Salad on the aspect. My Corn on the Cob and Grilled Candy Potatoes are different nice choices. When you want pasta or rice, attempt my Cilantro Lime Rice or Butternut Squash Pasta with Bacon.

How To Retailer & Reheat Leftovers

I really like freezing it in serving-size parts so it’s simpler to thaw all through the month.

• Fridge: Place it in an hermetic container for as much as 3 days. Discard it instantly if it tastes bitter or bitter.
• Freezer: Unfold out the hen in a baking tray and freeze it for 1 hour. Switch it to a freezer bag and freeze for as much as 3 months. Thaw in a single day within the fridge.
• To reheat it: Sprinkle it with 1/4 teaspoon water and microwave it in 20-second increments. You can even warmth it in a pan (lined) over medium warmth for 7-8 minutes.

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