BBQ Chicken Thighs on the Traeger
With some staple pantry ingredients, you can put together a quick and delicious BBQ-inspired marinade for these chicken thighs which are then grilled on the Traeger and glazed in Southern-Style Whiskey BBQ Sauce.
Equipment
- Shallow pan or dish
- Whisk
- Traeger grill
- Instant read thermometer
- Basting brush
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Signature Farms bone-in skin-on chicken thighs
- 1 cup Signature Select Southern Style Whiskey BBQ sauce
- 2 green onions
- 1/2 cup Signature Select Soy Sauce
- 1/2 cup Signature Select Brown Sugar
- 1/4 cup Signature Select White Wine Vinegar
- 1/4 cup Signature Select Louisiana Hot Sauce
- 1/4 cup Signature Select Dijon Mustard
- 1/4 cup Waterfront Bistro Cocktail Sauce or ketchup
Instructions
- In a pan or shallow dish, make the marinade for the chicken.
- Combine the soy sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, hot sauce, mustard and cocktail sauce (or ketchup) and whisk well.
- Add about 1/4 a cup of water and whisk until well combined.
- Pat the chicken thighs dry with a paper towel and then place them in the marinade.
- Turn to coat.
- Cover the pan and refrigerate the chicken for 20 minutes.
- Preheat your Traeger grill to 325*.
- Slice the green onions on a bias and set aside.
- When the grill is hot, remove the chicken thighs from the marinade and place them directly on the grill.
- Close the lid and cook the chicken for about 20 minutes.
- Check the internal temperature and continue cooking until the temperature reaches about 135*.
- Brush the chicken with some of the Signature Select Southern Style Whiskey BBQ Sauce.
- Turn up the temperature of the grill to 375*.
- When the chicken has reached an internal temperature of 170*, remove them from the grill.
- Sprinkle the BBQ chicken thighs with green onions and the watermelon with chopped cilantro.
- Serve and enjoy!