Grilled Chicken Thighs with Roasted Garlic Lemon Barbecue Sauce & Summer Salad
45 minutes
Serves: 4
Versatile bone-in chicken thighs are easy to roast in the oven or are a grilling natural, especially when partnered with this zesty barbecue sauce spiked with caramelized garlic and freshly grated lemon peel.
Ingredients
- 1 head garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 (20 ounces) Just Bare Bone-In Chicken Thighs
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1-1/2 cups barbecue sauce
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1-1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°F. Slice the top off of garlic, just exposing the cloves. Place on a 6-inch square of foil; drizzle with olive oil and wrap foil around garlic. Arrange chicken on foil-lined baking sheet; season with salt and pepper. Place chicken in oven; place wrapped garlic on oven rack next to baking sheet in oven. Roast chicken and garlic 30 to 35 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink near bone (165°F internally) and garlic feels very soft when pressed.
- Squeeze garlic cloves from papery skins; mash with fork in small bowl. Stir in barbecue sauce, lemon juice, and lemon peel until well blended. Brush half of sauce on chicken; save the remainder to serve at the table.