If you want to make things particularly easy for yourself you can buy a delicious barbecue rub and sauce at big green egg dealers and most supermarkets.
Big green egg grilled chicken breast recipes.
The chicken is seasoned with a tasty homemade rub.
Toward end of cooking time top each breast with slice of ham and cheese.
Join chef jason from 5280 culinary as he shows you how to cook the juiciest chicken on the big green egg.
Cover the chicken with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours and up to 8.
Set the egg for direct cooking at 350 f 177 c.
Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Brush the chicken with the vegetable oil.
This delicious recipe only requires chicken olive oil a delicious rub and barbecue sauce to serve with it.
Cooking an entire chicken requires some extra preparation and cooking time.
To make highway chicken also known as lemon pepper chicken on the big green egg you must first flatten the chicken so the entire bird cooks evenly in about 30 minutes advises big green egg it then requires a marinade made of pepper garlic sage and grated lemon zest and should be left to marinate for four hours.
Place the chicken breasts in a large shallow dish and pour the marinade over the chicken to cover.
Place the chicken on the grill skin side down for 20 25 minutes then flip for another 20 25 minutes.
Remove chicken from marinade shaking off excess.
I recently started using a grillgrate on my big green egg and it has made a world of difference when i grill meats like chicken breasts.
If you like your chicken with crispy skin grill the chicken thighs on the skin for 15 minutes and move them around from time to time.
Rub the chicken under the skin and outside of the skin with the barbecue sauce.
This is a very simple recipe for cooking chicken thighs with grilled vegetables in the big green egg.
To make the marinade using a whisk mix the coconut milk cilantro cinnamon lime juice and jalapeno in a small bow.
Cover with grill lid or foil until cheese is melted about 2 minutes longer.
They will sear the chicken extremely fast virtually preventing it from sticking.
If you can try to avoid putting the chicken dead smack over the fire or you may end up with a little char on your bird.
Cook on egg until browned on outside and cooked through to center 2 to 3 minutes per side.
Set egg for direct cooking at 500 f 260 c.
This sets on top of your existing grate and the fins get extremely hot.
