Chicken Leg Rub For Grilling

Place a metal rack on top of a foil lined baking sheet easy clean up lightly coat the rack with cooking spray and arrange the chicken in an even layer.

Chicken leg rub for grilling.

Alternatively if you re not in a grilling kind of mood this spice rubbed chicken can be cooked under the broiler. Use this dry rub for chicken on the best grilled chicken legs and pair with our olive oil parmesan grilled corn foil pack grilled red potatoes and grilled peach crumble. Broil the chicken thighs for 8 to 10 minutes turning halfway through. Delicious homemade bbq chicken rub featuring a mix of sugar salt chili powder smoked paprika garlic powder onion powder and ground oregano for a flavorful homemade spice rub.

A flavorful rub that i ve used already multiple times. This will make for a super fast and easy clean up later. The true secret to grilling chicken legs is to allow enough time to get the meat cooked all the way through to the bone while getting the outside skin crispy without over cooking or burning. Line a sheet pan with non stick foil.

This grilled chicken dry rub is a flavorful blend of spices you can keep at the ready for when you need a quick chicken recipe for any grilling occasion. There s a basic spice rub smoky chipotle spice rub mediterranean spice rub lemon pepper spice rub and my favorite a buffalo spice rub. Then prepare chicken dry rub by mixing together all of the spices in a medium bowl. Rub it on your chicken legs whole chicken chicken breasts and more to give it the best flavor ever.

Filled with savory flavor from garlic and onion powder countered with the classic herby flavor from greek cooking like dried basil oregano. Drumsticks and smaller chicken pieces don t take long to grill but a whole chicken leg or small chicken will take potentially over 30 minutes to grill. Skin on chicken helps to hold in the moisture of the chicken when grilling. Chicken breasts are great for marinades and for chopping for grilled chicken salads.

You should get around 4 5 tablespoons of dry rub. How to make grilled chicken breast before you even touch the chicken you want to make sure that your chicken has rested at room temperature for at least 15 minutes to take the chill off. If you like simple protein preparations then you ll also want to try this garlic lime shrimp marinade the best quick steak marinade or one of these excellent chicken marinades. Chipotle apricot grilled chicken thighs rub the chicken thighs with this spice blend before glazed them with the sauce.

Finally a dry rub for chicken with no additives that actually packs a flavor punch make a batch of this dry rub with ingredients you likely already have in your pantry and be ready anytime the dry rubbed chicken mood strikes. If you d like to add a rub or marinade to the chicken legs you can do so up to a day in. It s perfect for your grilled chicken or smoked chicken. Preheat grill to 425ºf.

We do that with a combination of indirect direct heat.