What's up guys it's Susie Bulloch from HeyGrillHey.com
and if you're here that means we already have something amazing in common
we both love good barbecue and that's perfect because here at Hey Grill Hey my
whole goal is to help you make better barbecue
so you can feed the people you love and become a backyard barbecue hero
one of the people i love Todd my husband and official taste tester is obsessed
with grilled chicken thighs and this recipe for these lemon and herb
marinated grilled chicken thighs is lights out his favorite
every time so that's what we're opening up today let's do it
let's get started with our chicken thigh marinade
here's what you're going to need to put the marinade together three pounds of
boneless skinless chicken thighs and then for the liquid
part of the marinade you're going to need a cup of olive oil
a half a cup of white wine and a half a cup of white wine vinegar
so go ahead and add those liquid ingredients to a gallon zip top bag
to that we're going to add 5 cloves of minced garlic
now we need to prep our herbs we're using two tablespoons of flat leaf
italian parsley two tablespoons of rosemary a tablespoon
of thyme and a tablespoon of oregano now we're using fresh herbs if you're
going to substitute for dried herbs you actually need a little bit less i'll
cut it about by a third
you just want to give all of your herbs a really nice
fine mince
add your herbs into your marinating bag
and then the rest of our seasonings we're going to add in
two tablespoons of sugar this just really balances out the marinade with a
kiss of sweetness a tablespoon of kosher salt
two teaspoons of black pepper a teaspoon of red pepper flakes just for
a kiss of heat and then the zest and the juice of one
lemon
I'm like scared I'm gonna cut myself
all the ingredients are in zip your marinading bag
closed and then give it a good mix to get all those ingredients incorporated
marinade is ready grab some tongs and get your boneless
skinless chicken thighs into the marinade once these are all in
we're just going to pop it in the fridge and let these marinade for
at least four hours up to eight hours really get a lot of flavor one of the
reasons that i like these boneless skinless chicken thighs
it just gives you a ton of surface area for this yummy
lemony herby goodness to get on all sides of the chicken breasts
thighs chicken thighs chicken's ready to go into the fridge i love to get this
prepared in the morning so by dinner time
it's ready to grill.
chicken is marinated we've got our grill preheated you're looking for between 400
and 450 degrees we're working on charcoal today but this
works perfectly on gas or your pellet grill
whatever you can get up to those temps and for our charcoal we just have
the coals arranged pretty evenly across the bottom with a small space that's
kind of our indirect zone if we need to move
any chicken thighs that are cooking too quickly off to the cool zone
just shake off any excess marinade get your thighs
directly on the grill grates they're probably going to take about
six to eight minutes per side
so we're getting some really nice color over here where the coals are hot
and then once i get the kind of grilled char on the outside that i like
i'll move them over the cooler areas to finish cooking
now chicken is fda safe at 165 degrees but i actually prefer to take
chicken thighs up to 175 degrees they have enough fat in them to stay
juicy and that higher temp breaks down some of that tight
connective tissue and you'll get a more moist
juicy melt in your mouth chicken thigh
these thighs look beautiful they're up to that perfect temperature we're gonna
pull them off let them rest on the cutting board for
about five to ten minutes and then we're ready to eat
well these look delicious and you know we can't finish a video
without tasting them because I would never ever give you a recipe that we
don't eat and love at home so i get to try a bite of this
tasty juicy lemony garlicky chicken thighs
also whoa whoa whoa are these my chicken thighs
I know they're your favorite I got you your own fork though let me buy one
there I love the char on the outside of these
from the grill charcoal does something magical to
chicken thighs a little extra lemon juice they're so
moist already you got all the fresh herbs this is so
good lemon white wine these are like a
perfect weeknight dinner but i think they have
fancy enough flavors you could do dinner party chicken thighs
absolutely well we're gonna finish off this tray
maybe we'll share with our kids probably there's a lot of chicken
I hope you guys make this recipe at home if you do snap a photo
because they're incredibly photogenic chicken thighs share it online use the
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your family and cheer you on your way to becoming a
backyard barbecue hero see you next time
Todd you know we wrapped filming right