Hi guys me and the Foodtube family together with our friends at LV
Are here to help you guys out!
You've told us what you're biggest cooking headaches are
So together we'll show you our secret tips and tricks
which will change the way you cook forever
DJ BBQ is going to make sure your barbecue chicken is perfect...
every single time
It is barbecuing season!
and what's the most popular meat to cook up on your grill?
it is chicken!
But so often...
people burn the outside and it's still raw in the middle
Well DJ BBQ is here to give you some helpful tips
on how to master your meat
Now it all starts with the barbecue
We're going to be rocking in-direct cooking
So we've got hot heat on this side... come over here
that's were our hot coals are and then over here...
Is the in-direct side
The safe area...
So we're gonna sear the meat on the hot side
and then... if we get any kind of flare ups or into trouble
we want to cook it from the middle... we move it over to the safe side
So the in-direct side
We've got... four beautiful chicken thighs and drumsticks
Dark meat, flavour, bones...
If you're going to marinade the meat... shake off all the oils man
you get any kind of oils on the coals they're gonna flare up
and they're gonna burn your chicken
So now we're gonna put a lovely rub on these...
Garlic granules and onion granules and salts and maybe a bit of brown sugar and some chili's
Oregano or Oregono man
First tip when you're barbecuing
see you got the fat on one side
and there's the meat... so you wanna go fat side down
when you first put the meat on the barbecue
So here we go...
You want to sear it for about a minute... a minute and a half
and that brings all the juices in there
Remember you want moist chicken
So we got some flare ups, you know, it's too hot over there
To calm down the flames... put the lid on
Barbecues work with oxygen flows... there's holes in the bottom, there's holes in the top
So, when you put the lid on, it calms things down
We've given each side of the chicken a couple of minutes of direct heat
So I'll move them away from the heat... flip everything
and then... I put the lid on
and turn this outdoor grill into it an outdoor oven
and make sure all of the meat is cooked from within
Now it's cooking all the way through
You can do this guys...
Just give it about another ten minutes, but keep checking on it man
Watch...your...meat!
Time now to check our chicken man...make sure It's got good colouring all around
Perfect!
That's the exact color I want on my chicken
It's important to flip these things, that way it's cooked all the way through
Another important tip...
Tongs not prongs
See these things, that'll pierce the muscle
and release vital juices and then it dry's out your meat
You wana use tongs, and also...have another pair of tongs
One for the raw meat and one for the cooked meat
No cross contamination
So we're getting towards the end
I reckon these things need about five to six minutes of cooking
So... now's the time to add... the barbecue sauce
It's sweet, it's smokey, it's got those dark sugars in there
But those sugars will burn
Add the sugars near the end of your cooking process
Now...we're going to bath that sauce all over there
We don't want them to burn on...we want them to cook on
I want all of that beautiful, sweet, smoky flavour all over this chicken...
Because we're not over any of the direct heat
We're not going to burn the sauce... we're not going to burn the sugars
Let's close the lid and cook it on,,,
I got another important tip for you guys, when you're taking the lid off your barbecue
Most people just tend to do this...pull it straight off
Like this, and that creates a vacuum.
and all of the ash on the bottom goes up
Ash on me... not good
We want to crack the lid... like that
and then pull it off
That way, you don't do the vacuum, no ash hits your meat
and you get meat that looks that beautiful!
Look at these guys, how good does that look, huh?
Time to eat
Our chicken off the barbecue
Come on guys...
We're now going to check to see if the juices are running clear
and this bad boy is cooked
Clear...no pink bits
Just beautifully cooked chicken... oh that's good
perfectly cooked and really juicy
Juicy....good
and with that sweetness on the barbecue sauce
And there you go...see...to the bone
The meat is nice and cooked
Perfect drumstick!
Not burnt on the outside
Cooked all the way through to the bone
Remeber those tips and you can be a grill master
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and I've got barbecue fingers, which are going in here with my chicken
We'll catch you guys next time!