Chicken World’s Best Bbq Chicken

Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 chicken legs with thigh (still connected, bone in, skin on, about 10 ounces each)
• 2 quarts water
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 garlic cloves, smashed with the side of a large knife
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1 slice bacon
• 1 bunch fresh thyme
• extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 cups ketchup
• 1 cup pineapple-apricot preserves
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl combine the water, salt, brown sugar, garlic, and thyme.
• 2 pour the brine into a 2-gallon sized ziploc plastic bag.
• 3 add chicken; close the bag and refrigerate 2 hours.
• 4 wrap the slice of bacon around the bunch of thyme and tie with cooking twine together.
• 5 in a large saucepan over medium heat heat about 2 tablespoons of oil.
• 6 add the thyme and cook slowly 3 to 4 minutes.
• 7 add the onion and garlic and cook slowly without changing colors.
• 8 add ketchup, preserves, brown sugar, molasses, wine vinegar, dry mustard, cumin, paprika and fresh ground black pepper.
• 9 give the sauce a stir and turn the heat down to low.
• 10 cook slowly for 20 minutes to saturate the flavors together.
• 11 directions for grilling:.
• 12 preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• 13 preheat oven 375 degrees fahrenheit.
• 14 preheat a grill pan or an outdoor gas or charcoal barbecue to a medium heat.
• 15 dip a few paper towels in oil and rub the grates of the grill to make a nonstick surface for grilling chicken.
• 16 take the chicken out of the brine bag, pat it down on some paper towels.
• 17 arrange the chicken pieces on the preheated grill and cook, turn once mid-way, and cook for a total of 10 minutes.
• 18 transfer the grilled chicken to a cookie sheet and then place in the oven.
• 19 cook the chicken for 15 minutes.
• 20 remove chicken from the oven and brush liberally, coating every inch of the legs with the barbecue sauce.
• 21 return chicken to the oven for 30 more minutes, basting the chicken for a second time half way through remaining cooking time.
• 22 serve with extra reserved sauce.