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Alabama Barbecue Chicken with White Sauce

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Saucing the Chicken
Saucing Chicken

Saucing Chicken

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Once the chicken is done it's time to take it off the grill. This is barbecue so we are over cooking the chicken to make it tender. The chicken is done when the internal temperature reaches 180 degrees F. in the thickest part of the thigh. One trick is to grab a hold of a leg and twist it. If it turns the chicken is done.

Put on our sauce after the chicken has left the grill as this preserves the rich flavor of the sauce. For one chicken you will need about 1 1/2 to 2 cups of the Alabama White Barbecue Sauce. In the old barbecue joints in Northern Alabama they take a whole chicken and dunk it in a bucket of sauce. You probably don't want to make that much sauce for one chicken so I suggest brushing it all over the chicken as soon as the chicken comes off the grill. You want the heat of the chicken to warm to sauce. This is a runny barbecue sauce so just pour it on and spread it around with a basting brush.

Now cut of the chicken (cooked to this level of tenderness it is easy to do) and serve. Alabama Barbecue Chicken should be served hot right off the grill. I promise you will love this barbecue.

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