Gold BBQ Chicken Thighs with Mustard Sauce

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Gold BBQ Chicken Thighs with Mustard Sauce brings chicken thighs, barbecue seasoning, and a mustard-based barbecue sauce together on a grill set for direct and indirect cooking. The sauce uses yellow mustard and Dijon mustard with cider vinegar, molasses, honey, butter, Worcestershire sauce, and seasonings.

Watch How to Make It

The chicken cooks over direct heat first, then moves to indirect heat after being coated in the warm gold barbecue sauce. Additional sauce can be served alongside the finished chicken, if desired.

Ingredients You'll Need

Chicken thighs are seasoned on both sides with barbecue seasoning before grilling. The seasoning is given approximately 5 minutes to sweat into the chicken before it goes over the direct-heat side of the grill.

The gold barbecue sauce starts with yellow mustard and Dijon mustard. Cider vinegar, molasses, honey, butter, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, black pepper, onion powder, cayenne, dried oregano, and seasoned salt are stirred together with the mustards in a grill-safe pot.

How To Make It

Set the grill up for both direct and indirect cooking before starting the sauce and chicken. The sauce remains over indirect heat while the chicken is prepared and grilled.

Preheat the grill to approximately 400°F, with one area set for direct cooking and another for indirect cooking. Place the yellow mustard, Dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, molasses, honey, butter, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, black pepper, onion powder, cayenne pepper, oregano, and seasoned salt in a grill-safe pot.

Stir the sauce ingredients until well combined. Place the pot over indirect heat on the grill and allow the sauce to warm while preparing the chicken thighs.

Season the chicken thighs generously on both sides with the barbecue seasoning. Allow the seasoning to sweat into the chicken for approximately 5 minutes before grilling.

Place the seasoned chicken thighs over direct heat. Grill them for 4-6 minutes per side, or until the internal temperature reaches approximately 172°F.

Dip each grilled chicken thigh into the warm gold barbecue sauce, coating both sides. Move the coated thighs to the indirect-heat side of the grill and cook for an additional 5 minutes to allow the sauce to set.

Remove the chicken thighs from the grill. Serve with additional gold barbecue sauce, if desired.

Serving & Variations

Serve the chicken thighs with additional warm gold barbecue sauce when desired. The sauce can be kept on the indirect side of the grill while the chicken is being prepared and cooked, then used to coat the thighs before their final 5 minutes over indirect heat.

Wrapping Up

These grilled chicken thighs use a direct-heat cook followed by an indirect-heat finish after the sauce is applied.

Recipe created by Cookinwithbabe for Trust Me Try It.

Gold BBQ Chicken Thighs with Mustard Sauce

Print Pin Rate

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 17 minutes minutes

Total Time: 27 minutes minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 2 lb chicken thighs
• 3-4 tbsp barbecue seasoning
• 1/2 cup yellow mustard
• 1/3 cup Dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 3 tbsp molasses
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 3/3 /4 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp cayenne
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1/4 tsp seasoned salt
• 2 tbsp butter

Instructions

• Preheat the grill to approximately 400°F, setting it up for both direct and indirect cooking.
• In a grill-safe pot, combine the yellow mustard, Dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, molasses, honey, butter, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, black pepper, onion powder, cayenne pepper, oregano, and seasoned salt.
• Stir until well combined, then place the pot on the grill over indirect heat and allow the sauce to warm while preparing the chicken.
• Season the chicken thighs generously on both sides with the barbecue seasoning.
• Allow the seasoning to sweat into the chicken for approximately 5 minutes.
• Place the chicken thighs over direct heat and grill for 4-6 minutes per side, or until the internal temperature reaches approximately 172°F.
• Dip each thigh into the warm gold barbecue sauce, coating both sides.
• Transfer the chicken to the indirect heat side of the grill and cook for an additional 5 minutes to allow the sauce to set.
• Remove from the grill and serve with additional gold barbecue sauce, if desired.