54 barbecue chicken recipes

Homemade hot barbecue sauce with tomato juice, brown sugar, chili powder, and cider vinegar. Aromatics steep in the sauce then get removed for a clean finish.

Grilled Gulf Red Snapper with Basil Lime Sauce recipe

Garlic-anchovy rub with olive oil, anchovy paste, crushed garlic, and black pepper. A savory, umami-rich paste for lamb, chicken, or fish. Four ingredients, intensely flavorful.

Sesame mustard rub: crushed garlic, mustard seeds, lime zest and juice mashed into toasted sesame oil. A five-ingredient marinade for beef, chicken, pork, lamb, or fish.

Lemon olive oil basting sauce with garlic, oregano, and lemon zest. A bright, Mediterranean-style sauce for grilling chicken, lamb, pork, or fish.

Grilled chicken breast marinated in red wine and thyme, basted with a slow-roasted garlic puree. Ten cloves of garlic deliver mellow, sweet flavor.

Mesquite grilled chicken marinated in cumin, lime juice, garlic, and olive oil, served with a roasted corn and black bean relish with cilantro. A Southwestern grilled chicken dinner with smoky depth.

Sybil Carter's homemade barbecue sauce starts with bacon drippings and builds layers of tangy tomato, brown sugar sweetness, mustard bite, and hot pepper heat. Doubles easily and keeps in the fridge for weeks.

Grilled leg of lamb with currant-bell pepper chutney: red wine and curry-marinated lamb grilled over mesquite, served with a sweet-savory port and currant chutney.

A zesty Southwestern marinade built on Bloody Mary mix, horseradish, Dijon mustard, and green chilies. Ready in 10 minutes, killer on chicken, lamb, or grilled steak.

Surprise your loved one with this scrumptious chicken dish that will add a kick to anyone's tastebuds.

Grilled chicken breasts with a curried peach and Vidalia onion relish spiked with cayenne, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar. Make the relish up to 5 days ahead.

Spicy vinegar marinade with red wine vinegar, juniper berries, cloves, bay leaves, rosemary, thyme, and basil. A bold aromatic marinade for lamb, chicken, and barbecue.

Grilled tuna steaks with a pureed yellow pepper sauce, served alongside grilled zucchini, red onion, and potatoes splashed with balsamic vinegar. A colorful, restaurant-quality seafood dinner.

Grilled red pepper compound butter blends roasted red bell pepper, jalapeno, shallots, garlic, Dijon, and cayenne into softened butter. Slice pats onto hot grilled fish, chicken, or steak.

Beach-style steamed crawfish layer fresh crawfish, red bliss potatoes, sweet corn, and lemon over hot seaweed. A New England-meets-Cajun shore feast.