Rubbed and Sauced Barbecued Baby Chickens

Rubbed and Sauced Barbecued Baby Chickens is a dairy free main course. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains about 153g of protein, 135g of fat, and a total of 2370 calories. This recipe covers 59% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up onion powder, baby" chickens, molasses, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the brown sugar you could follow this main course with the Brown-sugar Pound Cupcakes With Brown-butter Glaze as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Build charcoal fire or preheat gas grill. Using poultry shears or a chef's knife, split chicken down the breast bone to cut the chicken in 1/

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Poultry

Bone

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Poultry Shears

Chefs Knife

Grill

Brush lightly with olive oil on all surfaces and sprinkle with salt and pepper or Classic BBQ Rub. Set aside.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

Using a rib holder, place the 4 chicken halves vertically skin-side facing out in each of the 4 slots. The chicken in the holder will resemble slices of toast in an old-fashioned toast holder.

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Whole Chicken

Toast

Place the rib/chicken holder in the center of the cooking grate over indirect medium low heat (making sure no heat is directly under the chicken.) Grill for 1 hour, or until chicken registers 185 degrees F in the thickest part of the thigh. After 30 minutes, check the internal temperature with an instant-read thermometer.

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Whole Chicken

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Kitchen Thermometer

Grill

Brush liberally with barbecue sauce during the final 15 to 20 minutes only. If the chicken is sauced too early, it will burn on the outside before the interior meat is cooked through.

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Barbecue Sauce

Meat

Combine paprika, salt, sugar, brown sugar, cumin, chili powder, pepper, cayenne, onion powder, garlic powder, celery salt and oregano in bowl; mix well. For a smoother rub, puree ingredients in a spice grinder until well combined and all pieces are uniform (the rub will be very fine and tan in color). This step is important if adding to any homemade barbecue sauce.

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Barbecue Sauce

Garlic Powder