Indirect Heat Gas Grill Chicken
If you are cooking something longer than 20 minutes then you need to use indirect cooking.
Indirect heat gas grill chicken. 03 prepare the grill for indirect cooking over medium heat 350 to 450 f. 04 brush the cooking grates clean. So you have that new gas grill and you want to cook ribs or a whole chicken. Do this by creating two heat zones.
Place the seasoned chicken on the indirect side of the grill skin side up if using skin on chicken as close to the fire as possible without being over the direct heat. Grill the barbecue chicken. My husband said this was the best chicken he had ever had. Meanwhile prepare a gas grill for indirect heat.
If not you can roast the chicken right away. Grill the marinated chicken thighs on a pre heated grill over medium heat for 15 minutes. Indirect cooking on a covered grill proves to be the ticket to success. The breasts and wing pieces will take 30 to 40.
For a charcoal grill stack coals on one side of grill. Prepare your grill for high indirect heat no coals or burners on directly under the bird. Well before you turn on that grill here is the golden rule of grilling. When temperature inside the grill reaches 400 f turn off one burner.
Indirect grilling is effective for large cuts of meat thick steaks roasts or even entire chickens that need long slow heat or foods like pizza that need to be seared then finished slowly. Look to indirect heat grilling when cooking large pieces of meat like whole chickens roasts or cedar plank fish. When you cut into it you can see all the juice that remains. The area over the turned off burner is the indirect heat section.
Cook the chicken rotating the pieces 180 degrees every 15 minutes until an instant read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the chicken. Turn all burners on high and close the lid. With all these recipes available to you preparing the best grilled chicken thighs on a gas grill is up to you your creativity and your love for food. For a gas grill leave one burner turned off.