Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 2 chickens (3 1/2 to 4 lb each) BBQ Rub: 3 tbsp BBQ Rub 1/4 c packed brown sugar 1 1/2 c BBQ Mop Sauce 1/4 c sweet paprika 2 c Basic BBQ Sauce 3 tbsp black pepper 4 tbsp course salt BBQ Mop Sauce: 2 tsp garlic powder 2 c white vinegar 2 tsp onion powder 1 tbsp course salt 2 tsp celery seeds 1 tsp black pepper 1 tsp cayenne pepper 1 tsp red pepper flakes 1 sm onion, thinly sliced 1 jalapeño, thinly sliced.
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Directions: |
Directions:Mop Sauce: Combine ingredients in a non-reactive squeeze bottle. Use the same day made. BBQ Rub: Clean the chicken, cut in half. Place in baking dish. Sprinkle all sides with rub, pat into chicken. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes to 4 hours. Preheat grill to medium. When hot brush grates with oil. Add chicken skin side down. Baste birds with mop sauce every 5 minutes. Move chicken from direct flames to avoid flare-ups. After 10-12 minutes skin should be crisp and golden brown. Turn the chicken halves, apply more mop sauce, grill the same as other side. Move to prevent flare-ups. After chicken has grilled 8 min on second side brush skin side with BBQ sauce, turn. Grill 2 minutes to sizzle sauce then brush bone side with sauce and turn chicken. Grill a few minutes before removing. Chicken is done when the thermometer read about 180º in the thickest part of the thigh. Serve with reserved BBQ sauce. |