Chicken Thighs With Alabama White Sauce

[gtaylor85]

I've seen a few posts recently talking about Alabama white sauce, and I wanted to give it a shot. We like chicken thighs in my house, so I bought 8 of them and fired up the PBC. I used half the recommended amount of coals, and I used lighter fluid to get them going. I use both methods from their website, but the lighter fluid is just so convenient, and I honestly can't taste it.

I made the sauce following this recipe. I'm not a mayonnaise guy, but this sauce was great.



I leave 1 rebar out when I'm cooking chicken. My PBC sits right around 350. I put skin side up until the IT reaches 155. I'll put skin side down and leave the lid cracked to really get the PBC hot, usually just south of 500. I do that until IT reaches 170. My wife likes the skin nice and crispy, and after trial and error this gives me the best results. I used salt and pepper on the chicken thighs.



The white sauce had been sitting in the fridge for a few hours, and then on the counter to warm it up a bit. Thighs were dipped and thoroughly enjoyed. I really liked eating the chicken like this, and we'll definitely do it again. Thanks for bringing this recipe to my attention.

[Nate]

Well done!

[DWCowles]

Beautiful!

[FlaBouy]

This is on my KFC bucket list...

[kmhfive]

Amazing!

[tbob4]

Love it! I resisted it when I first saw the recipe but it soon became "the hit" here. Your final products looks much prettier than mine do.

[HouseHomey]

He shoots, he scores! Ok, I'll be the one to say it. I am not judging however..... maybe you can't taste it but maybe your food will taste different without it, perhaps better.

Please purchase a chimney and Weber wax starters for a combined less then 20 bucks and give it a shot.
Lighter fluid? It's completely unnecessary especially if you are buying organic, free range, all natural, no additives quality chicken and adding smoke or using quality coal.

food looks great amaigo! Love the whitensauce.!

[jgreen]

That white sauce is awesome.

[Spinaker]

I love this recipe. Great looking cook.

[gtaylor85]

He shoots, he scores! Ok, I'll be the one to say it. I am not judging however..... maybe you can't taste it but maybe your food will taste different without it, perhaps better.

Please purchase a chimney and Weber wax starters for a combined less then 20 bucks and give it a shot.
Lighter fluid? It's completely unnecessary especially if you are buying organic, free range, all natural, no additives quality chicken and adding smoke or using quality coal.

food looks great amaigo! Love the whitensauce.!

I use both methods; lighter fluid and chimney. Lighter fluid when I don't feel like fiddling with the chimney. I agree using chemicals when I'm using quality protein is a bit funny, but sometimes convenience trumps all else.

[EdF]

That's ok - we'll larn ya!

[HouseHomey]

No issues here brother. I know what you mean somethimes. " The taqueria wasn't built all in a day." EdF and I would still eat your food. 😎 That plate looked outstanding .

[fzxdoc]

Gosh that chicken looks great, gtaylor85 . Congrats on the fine cook. That white sauce with the PBC chicken looks like a match made in heaven.

Fly that PBC however you like; it's your food after all. I don't use lighter fluid in any of my cooks, but that's not to say I wouldn't if a deadline was looming. Never say never is one of my many mottos.

So all 8 thighs sat on that grate without touching each other, no probs? How many more could you have fit onto it, would you guess?

Kathryn

[gtaylor85]

Yeah, I've had my PBC since last September, and I think I've used lighter fluid 3x. Didn't mean for that to take over the conversation.

All 8 fit pretty easy. I could have maybe fit 2 more.

[fzxdoc]

Good to know about chicken thigh volume on that PBC grate, gtaylor85 . Thanks.
K.

[BGWolf]

Great looking cook! I love Alabama White Sauce.

[mattcotool]

I tried this for the first time yesterday and now I am hooked! Unbelievable flavor.

[gtaylor85]

Looks great! We're hooked over here too.

[timesnewroman]

I also had to try this immediately after seeing the pics. I followed gtaylor's protocol and the cook went exactly as he described except that I tossed in some wings and used some memphis rub. The amount of horseraddish seemed huge, but it kind of vanished into the sauce- next time I am going to double that and half the vinegar.

[gtaylor85]

Looks great. I like the idea of personalizing the white sauce. I can't get enough vinegar so I might leave that the same and replace some of the mayo with extra horseradish. Hmm...