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Top 10 Grilled Chicken Recipes

The Most Popular and Best Chicken Recipes at Barbecue & Grilling

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There are a lot of ways to cook chicken. The grill (or smoker) makes any cut of chicken better. From Beer Can Chicken to Rotisserie to Chicken Wings, there are millions of ways of making the most of your next chicken dish. These ten recipe are the most popular I have and represent a wide variety of great ways to grill or smoke chicken.

1. Beer Can Chicken

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This basic variation of the "beer in the butt" chicken recipe combines the flavors of a great spice rub with the flavors steamed out of the beer can.

2. BBQ Chicken Thighs

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At barbecue competitions the the champions cook chicken thighs to win the chicken category. It takes a lot of time, patience and practice to master barbecue chicken on this level. This is not the recipe for those chicken things but it is a lot easier and nearly as good.

3. Peruvian Roasted Chicken

Peruvian Style Rotisserie Chicken on RotisserieDerrick Riches

This great rotisserie chicken recipe became hugely popular along the East Coast of the United States a few years back. Know as Super Chicken, El Pollo Rico, or Peruvian Chicken this is a tasty way to make a bird with enough flavor to satisfy anyone, but mild enough for everyone.

4. Super Smokers Sweet and Spicy Chicken Wings

These chicken wings are one of the most popular appetizers at Super Smokers BBQ. The sweetness comes from honey and the kick comes from using the hottest, spiciest barbecue sauce your taste buds can handle. You will need apple wood chips and a disposable foil pan for this recipe.

5. Beer in the Butt Chicken

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This is the classic beer in the butt chicken recipe, developed by a couple of guys with too many beer cans and not enough pans. This chicken is moist and flavorful. About the best way there is to cook a chicken. This recipe uses a smoker to slow roast the chicken with lots of smoky flavor.

6. Better BBQ Chicken Legs

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Remember those chicken drumsticks your Dad used to cook up on Saturday afternoons in the summer? Well these are an improvement on those. Brined to be moist and tender and slow grilled with a classic BBQ sauce to give them flavor and leave sticky sauce on your fingers.

7. Very Best Buffalo Wings

Very Best Buffalo WingsRegarding BBQ, Inc.

These chicken wings take the classic appetizer to a new level with a marinade that keeps them moist and tender. These wings are also full of flavor.

8. Chicken and Mozzarella Panini

Grilled Chicken and Mozzarella PaniniRegarding BBQ Inc.

This is a delicious grilled chicken panini recipe that fast and easy to make. You can add or substitute any of the ingredients to suit your needs.

9. Grilled Lemon-Rosemary Chicken

Lemon Rosemary ChickenRegarding BBQ Inc.
This simple grilled chicken breast dish can be served with grill vegetables or diced and used in a salad.

10. Take Out Style Rotisserie Chicken

Love that rotisserie chicken you get at the store? Well this is even better because you make it fresh, season it to your liking, and you get to watch it cook. Maybe I should call it "Better Than Take Out Style Rotisserie Chicken".

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