Double Barbecue Hen. Utilizing each a barbecue dry rub to infuse flavour and a simple candy and sticky do-it-yourself BBQ sauce to complete, doubles the good flavour on this superb summer time hen recipe.
Initially revealed June 2013. Up to date August 2024.
So what’s double barbecue hen? In recent times since experiencing extra southern barbecue, I’ve come to get pleasure from dry rubbed barbecued meats of all types together with hen.
Generally, I wish to dry rub my favourite spice rubs onto the meat the night time earlier than and let the rub permeate the flesh lengthy earlier than it ever hits the warmth.
Now don’t get me incorrect, I nonetheless love my barbecue sauces! There’s nothing higher than licking a candy sticky barbecue sauce or honey barbecue glaze out of your fingers in a messy carnivorous feast however I’ve come to understand dry barbecue as effectively.
On this recipe I don’t have to decide on! I each dry rub the hen the day earlier than and slowly construct up glazed layers of sticky barbecue sauce towards the top of the cooking time.
Double barbecue, double flavour!
The consequence right here is outstandingly flavourful, particularly when slowly cooked over oblique warmth on a charcoal barbecue.
I simply like it and I hazard to say you’ll not eat a greater barbecued hen this summer time; actually not a extra intensely flavored one.
I like to make use of my recipe fro Brown Sugar Balsamic BBQ Sauce (recipe under) however I additionally like my Bourbon Barbecue Sauce that I usually use on ribs. Get that recipe by clicking right here.
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Prep Time:
1 hour
Prepare dinner Time:
half-hour
Whole Time:
1 hour half-hour
Double Barbecue Hen. Utilizing each a barbecue dry rub to infuse flavour and a simple candy and sticky do-it-yourself BBQ sauce to complete, doubles the good flavour on this superb summer time hen recipe.
Substances
- 1 complete hen lower in 8-9 items
For the Hen Dry Rub:
- 3 tbsp paprika
- 2 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 3 tbsp kosher salt
- 1 tbsp powdered ginger
- 1 tbsp chipotle powder
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp floor thyme
- 2 tbsp floor sage or poultry seasoning
- 2 tbsp dry mustard powder
- 2 tbsp garlic powder
- 3 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tsp floor cumin
- 2 tsp crushed or floor fennel seed
For the Brown Sugar & Balsamic Barbecue Sauce:
- 1 massive crimson onion diced
- 6 cloves minced garlic
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 massive apple thinly sliced
- 8 massive very ripe diced tomatoes, with the skins eliminated (or a 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes)
- 1¼ cups brown sugar
- ½ cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon floor thyme
- 1 tsp crushed chili paste (or ½ tsp cayenne pepper, kind of to style of both if you wish to higher management the warmth)
- 2 tbsp smoked paprika
- 2 tbsp chili powder
- ½ complete nutmeg , finely grated
- 2 tbsp recent finely grated ginger
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp freshly floor black pepper
Directions
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Combine collectively all of the substances within the dry rub effectively and retailer any unused dry rub in an hermetic container in a cool place or within the freezer.
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Start by rubbing a number of the hen dry rub all around the exterior of all of your hen items. Cowl and retailer in fridge. The longer you allow the rub on the hen the higher. As little as a few hours is nice however in a single day is greatest for the flavour of the spices to permeate the meat.
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If you’re utilizing your fuel grill to barbecue, place the hen items on one aspect of the grill and use the burner or burners on the other aspect in order that it’s not immediately over warmth. Regulate the fuel to maintain the temperature at about 300 – 325 levels F for sluggish barbecued taste. The identical method may also be used with a charcoal grill, simply maintain the charcoal on one aspect and the hen items on the other aspect.
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{Smoking directions (optionally available) For those who like, you’ll be able to add smoke taste by soaking hardwood chips like mesquite, apple, cherry or hickory in heat water for a couple of half hour. A few handfuls will do. Wrap the soaked wooden chips in a double layer of heavy responsibility aluminum foil and poke solely two holes within the foil, one at both finish to permit the smoke to flee. I place the foil packets in a vegetable grill pan in order that the packet just isn’t sitting immediately on the fuel burner. The packet will be immediately positioned on the coals if you’re utilizing a charcoal barbecue.}
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Prepare dinner the hen till the interior temperature reaches about 150 -160 levels F on a meat thermometer, then start to brush the barbecue sauce on the hen, turning it a number of occasions, each jiffy. I like to make use of my recipe for I wish to get a minimum of 3 or 4 layers of barbecue sauce on the hen. When the interior temperature of the hen reaches 170 levels F it’s carried out.
To Put together the Brown Sugar and Balsamic BBQ Sauce:
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Saute the onion, garlic, apples and olive oil all collectively in a medium sized saucepan till the onions and apples have softened.
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Add the tomatoes. Saute collectively till the tomatoes start break down and get mushy (or till the sauce is lowered by ¼ if utilizing canned tomatoes), then add all the remaining substances for the sauce.
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Simmer all collectively over low warmth for a couple of half hour or till the sauce reaches the consistency of barbecue sauce. I like mine a bit thicker than most as a result of it’s simpler to brush on no matter is being grilled.
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Puree the sauce after it cools down,to make it further easy should you choose. I all the time do.
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Retailer in hermetic container within the fridge if you’re utilizing it inside per week or so or freeze it in hermetic containers. Correctly preserving it in mason jars will make it final all summer time.
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