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BBQ chicken reminds me of visiting my in-laws in the south. I love the south, their good food, kind people and the accent.

BBQ Chicken in an iron cast skillet with corn on the side

You will need some Easy Homemade BBQ Sauce for this recipe. The BBQ chicken compliments mashed potatoes and corn well. That would make you a southern meal.

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BBQ Chicken in an iron cast skillet with corn on the side

Easy BBQ Chicken

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Servings
8 Servings
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Place chicken into a deep dish. In a separate dish, dissolve sugar and salt in warm water, add lemon juice to the water. Pour the mixture over the chicken, add enough water to cover the chicken. Leave chicken marinating overnight.
    Sugar, salt, and lemon juice dissolved in a bowl with water with chicken drumsticks in the water
  • Remove chicken from the liquid. Place chicken on a grill for about 30 minutes on each side, until it's all coked through.
    Chicken drumsticks on the grill
  • Apply BBQ sauce on all sizes of the chicken.
    Chicken drumsticks on the grill with BBQ put over the top of them
  • Serve chicken while it's warm.
    BBQ Chicken in cast iron
Nutrition Facts
Easy BBQ Chicken
Amount Per Serving
Calories 249 Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 3g15%
Cholesterol 104mg35%
Sodium 2229mg93%
Potassium 336mg10%
Carbohydrates 16g5%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 13g14%
Protein 20g40%
Vitamin A 130IU3%
Vitamin C 1.7mg2%
Calcium 23mg2%
Iron 0.9mg5%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Posted August 30, 2014

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Natalya founded Momsdish to demonstrate that placing a homemade meal on the table is not hard at all. Natalya makes cooking easier and approachable, by simplifying the ingredients, while still producing the same great taste.