honey-garlic bbq chicken

get a big bowl
chop up a bunch of garlic cloves real nice
stick em in the bowl
add a bunch of soy sauce
add some dry basil
add some chili flakes
add some honey or sugar
add chicken pieces (drumsticks and thighs best)
let sit for a couple hours, turn them in the marinade if need be

heat up your grill real hot
then bring it down to real low
stick the chicken on the grill
baste with the marinade and turn it, repeat for a while
eventually switch to a non-chicken-contaminated marinade and a new brush
when it's basically done, baste on both sides with honey and let it crisp up for a minute on the grill

eat

gimme a beat, watch me flow

gimme a drumstick, watch me eat it

oh damn

i made chicken with a honey-mint glaze the other week, but roasted (no grill); made some spanish rice to go with

i might make this tonight. maybe i'll make some potato salad too.

gonna make an asian-style cabbage slaw with sesame oil rice vinegar etc

actually i don't have a grill, can i broil or wok this or something?

you can probably just roast it with a lot of basting and finish it under the broiler

or make chicken adobo—simmer the chicken parts in soy sauce / rice vinegar / some water etc for half an hour and finish them under the broiler, keep the juice in the pan and boil it on high until it reduces to a nice sticky sauce

hmmm.... just in a deep dish on the stovetop?

ya!

this is a good basic recipe, it's very futzable-with

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/dining/the-minimalist-twice-cooked-full-of-flavor.html

did you make it am

i made mine and it was ~yummy~ though i singed it a bit too much

great now I'm hungry and I am hours away from being anywhere near a stove/grill

curse you

dont curse me, thank me later

can't talk, cursing

DONT curse

This sounds really good, might get a pack of drumsticks and make it this weekend.

thats more like it

just mind you keep the heat real low otherwise all the sugar in the marinade will burn too much. and baste compulsively.

Having to tend the grill without looking away is just the best excuse to have some cold beers at hand, esp now that we're into the temps in the 90s.

thats what im sayin

If you have fancy grill skills, grill it indirectly with some tasty wood chips for smoke (something fruity), then do the last minute (with the glaze) directly over the coals.

Delicious!

I reduced some of the marinade into a glaze, and I'm going to try it on a couple of grilled peaches tomorrow.

my chinese bbq sauce would also work real well here.

1 cup dry sherry
1 cup hoisin sauce
1 cup ketchup (i use organic ketchup from TJ's -- no corn syrup)
1 tbsp. minced peeled fresh ginger
4 tbsp. rice vinegar
2 tbsp. honey (i use a whole foods "mango honey")
2 tsp. sambal
1/2 tsp. five-spice powder
2 garlic cloves, minced

Preparation:
Combine all sauce ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a simmer. Cook mixture 5 minutes, stirring frequently.

excellent all around.