Accidental Indian Barbecue Chicken

Accidental Indian Barbecue Chicken. A flavour fusion of Indian spices with a terrific homemade barbecue sauce. You’ve never tasted anything like it.

Accidental Indian Barbecue Chicken. A brilliant fusion of flavours!

Originally published June 2011.

Today’s recipe is a tale of two chickens. I had two whole chickens which I cut into parts to try two different barbecued chicken recipes.

One was using our recent Brown Sugar and Balsamic BBQ Sauce . The second, a simple grilled chicken that was marinated with the Indian Spice mix, Garam Masala.

Brown Sugar Balsamic Barbecue Sauce

Each side of the grill was occupied by one of the two version, both which turned out to be quite excellent.

As I was glazing the the chicken on one side of the grill with the barbecue sauce I looked at the other side of the grill and had a thought. I wonder what the marinated chicken would be like with some of the homemade BBQ sauce?

At that very moment Spouse stuck her head out the kitchen door.  “You should try putting some of that BBQ sauce on the Indian marinated chicken.”

Indian garam masala spice mix. Easily found in the spice aisle or at the bulk store.

Well, I guess that little coincidence sealed the deal and I did exactly that. The result was simply incredible; so much so that I have been craving more of this chicken every day since.

This is definitely not boring BBQ chicken! It is simply one of the most flavourful things I have ever cooked on the old gas grill. Let me know if you agree.

Find the recipe for the Brown Sugar & Balsamic BBQ sauce here.

Accidental Indian Barbecue Chicken. A brilliant fusion of flavours!

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Yield: 6 servings

Accidental Indian Barbecue Chicken

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Additional Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes

Accidental Indian Barbecue Chicken - a flavor fusion of Indian spices with a terrific homemade barbecue sauce. You've never tasted anything like it.

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Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken , cut into individual pieces and trimmed of excess skin and fat or about 3 pounds of chicken pieces.
• 1 clove finely minced garlic
• ½ tsp cumin
• ½ tsp ground cardamom
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 3 tsp garam masala
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp black pepper
• juice of one lemon
• 1 cup Brown Sugar Balsamic BBQ Sauce (RECIPE LINK IN NOTES)

Instructions

1. Trim the chicken pieces well and mix all of the other ingredients except the barbecue sauce.
2. Marinate the chicken in a Ziploc bag for about an hour before cooking completely on a gas or charcoal grill.
3. in the final 15 minutes of cooking time, continuously brush the barbeque sauce in several layers onto the grilled chicken turning it several times during the glazing process.
4. Great served with a simple fresh summer salad and/or baked potatoes.

Notes

Brown Sugar and Balsamic BBQ Sauce

Nutrition Information

Yield

6

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 535Total Fat 28gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 18gCholesterol 176mgSodium 1023mgCarbohydrates 21gFiber 1gSugar 16gProtein 48g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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