Citrus Chicken

[doubleducky]

Cooked this on my GMG Jim Bowie. Marinated in EVOO, lime juice, honey, salt, and NM chili powder. Then 1 hour at 180, then 45 min at 350. Internal temp ~ 166. It's for the neighborhood 4th block party, if I can wait that long. I hope the pic came across ok, I'm an iOS knucklehead.

[Mr. Bones]

Looks / sounds like some tasty yardbird, Brother!

[RonB]

Lookin' good to me.

[djl]

Looked and sounded good. Probably don't have any leftovers

[mountainsmoker]

Love citrus chicken. Would you mind sharing the exact recipe and I'll share mine. Hope you had a happy 4th.

[doubleducky]

I had 8 lbs of skin on bone in thighs and legs. For the marinate: 8 tbsp EVOO, 1 cup of lime juice (too lazy to juice limes - i used Kroger's bottled juice), 1 tsp honey, 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 tsp table salt with a pinch of pepper, and 2 tbsp NM chile powder, a blend I got from Savory Spice, Then 1/2 cup of chopped cilantro, leafs only. Whisked it togeher, and poured it over the chicken and refrigerated that for 2 hours. Then, instead of straight grilling, I used hickory pellets and smoked them at 180 for an hour.Then went to 350 and hit 165 internal temp in about 40 minutes. I flipped the thighs twice during the last stage. The only other thing I did was I found Traeger has a stand that will hold 12 legs upside down, it worked great. I'm not a sauce guy, I like the meat without it. That's it! Happy 4th back to you in the great state of North Carolina.

[fzxdoc]

Thanks for the additional information. That chicken looks so delicious. I bet it disappeared quickly when you got it to the party.

Kathryn

[mountainsmoker]

Thank you will try later in the summer

[RAGBBQ]

Wow, those look great! Makes me hungry. Greetings from your neighbor in Central Oregon.

[jgreen]

Look really good. Thanks for the recipe.

[fzxdoc]

... The only other thing I did was I found Traeger has a stand that will hold 12 legs upside down, it worked great.

I use this King Kooker one from Amazon :



Kathryn

[mountainsmoker]

Thank you much for the recipe. Got a 5lb bag of legs and thighs for next weekend.