BBQ Chicken with Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce

The Ritz Carlton BBQ Chicken with Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce - citrus brined chicken(lemon, orange, grapefruit and rosemary) with homemade BBQ rub and homemade Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce. Baked in the oven for 60-90 minutes.

On day two of cooking school we made smoked chicken.  I was in heaven!  The chicken was soaked in a brine overnight and then covered with a BBQ rub.  We smoked the chickens outside on the grill.  I skipped going outside because it had started to rain a little.  While the chickens were smoking we made a honey mustard BBQ sauce that was fantastic!  This chicken was one of my favorite dishes at cooking school.  I cleaned my plate!

Our grill at home isn’t tall enough to smoke chicken, so I decided to roast it the oven.  I used my Pampered Chef stoneware Bundt pan as a vertical roaster.  It is perfect for roasting chicken because it doesn’t have a hole in the top of it – the drippings all go in the pan and not in the oven.

The Ritz Carlton BBQ Chicken with Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce - citrus brined chicken(lemon, orange, grapefruit and rosemary) with homemade BBQ rub and homemade Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce. Baked in the oven for 60-90 minutes.

The brine is full of amazing flavors – lemon, orange, grapefruit and fresh rosemary!  We let the chicken hang out in the brine for about 24 hours.  We used a 2.5 gallon ziplock bag and sloshed it around every few hours.

The Ritz Carlton BBQ Chicken with Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce - citrus brined chicken(lemon, orange, grapefruit and rosemary) with homemade BBQ rub and homemade Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce. Baked in the oven for 60-90 minutes.

About an hour before we started cooking the chicken, we rubbed the chicken with the BBQ rub.

The Ritz Carlton BBQ Chicken with Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce - citrus brined chicken(lemon, orange, grapefruit and rosemary) with homemade BBQ rub and homemade Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce. Baked in the oven for 60-90 minutes.
We baked the chicken at 400F for about 1 ½ hours (our chicken was almost 5 pounds).  Here is what it looked like when we took it out of the oven – see all the drippings!
The Ritz Carlton BBQ Chicken with Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce - citrus brined chicken(lemon, orange, grapefruit and rosemary) with homemade BBQ rub and homemade Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce. Baked in the oven for 60-90 minutes.

The final product was amazing.  It was just as good at home as it was at The Ritz Carlton.  We both loved every bite!

BBQ Chicken
(Printable Recipe)



Brine
1 gallon water
6 tsp brown sugar
¾ cup kosher salt
1 lemon
1 orange
1 grapefruit
2 springs fresh rosemary
1 bay leaf
1 tsp black peppercorns
2 tsp juniper berries (I couldn’t find these)
4 cloves garlic

Rub
4 Tbsp sea salt
3 Tbsp black peppercorns, ground medium coarse
4 Tbsp brown sugar
4 Tbsp sweet paprika
1 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp onion powder

Heat 2 cups of water in a  small pot with salt and brown sugar until salt and sugar dissolve.  Allow to cool for 5 minutes.  Toast the peppercorns and juniper berries in a small pan for about 30 seconds until fragrant  Crush the peppercorns and juniper berries with mortar or flat part of knife.  Smash garlic cloves.  Place chicken in large bowl or ziplock bag.  Cut the citrus in half and squeeze over chicken, and drop the citrus over the chicken.  Add garlic, spices and herbs.  Pour remaining water and dissolved salt mixture into bowl or bag.  If your chicken floats, weigh it down with a plate.  Cover and refrigerate 8-12 hours.  Flip chicken every few hours.

Remove chicken from brine and pat dry with paper towels.  Place all ingredients in a non-reactive bowl and mix.  Place chicken on a clean dry surface or large bowl and sprinkle the rub on the meat, turning to get the whole chicken covered.

Preheat oven to 400F.  Place chicken on vertical roaster/Bundt pan and bake 60-90 minutes, until internal temperature reaches and holds at 165 F for 30 seconds.  Allow chicken to rest for 5 minutes and serve with BBQ sauce.

Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce

6 Tbsp honey
½ cup yellow mustard
3 Tbsp sugar
1 cup rice wine vinegar
½ tsp cayenne
1 tsp fresh black pepper
1 tsp fresh white pepper
½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp unsalted butter
salt
pepper

Combien all ingredients except Worcestershire and butter in a saucepan and simmer for 10 minutes.  Remove from heat and stir in Worcestershire and butter.  Keep cold.

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  1. It looks like it turned out perfectly and the sauce, dripping onto the plate is appealing.

    You could always spatchcock or butterfly the chicken to get it on your grill.

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