Big Green Egg Chicken Legs Recipe
Remove from the refrigerator and let rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
Big green egg chicken legs recipe. While chicken is resting at room temperature heat a big green egg to 400 degrees. I do chicken quarters leg and thigh. Eyes scan over the little meat counter.
We also use a Stainless Steel Vertical Chicken Roaster but a Stainless Steel Grid will do the job just fine. Beef prime ribs. Set the EGG for direct cooking without the convEGGtor at 375F191C.
You can find leg quarters at any grocery. Youve got a couple other suggestions as well. Finely crush the cumin seeds in a mortar and mix thoroughly with the other rub ingredients.
Set up your EGG for indirect cooking with the ConvEGGtor in the legs up position. I usually go for 450 degrees with the lip open and flames dancing. Ignite the charcoal in the Big Green Egg and heat the EGG with the convEGGtor to 200-210C.
For these smoked chicken legs I used my Big Green Egg and set it at 275-300 with 2 chunks of pecan wood. Its going to take a little over an hour to get these chicken legs there. Place a ½ cup of Mortons kosher salt into a large pitcher.
Get the temp nice and hot because you are going to drop that chicken to get a nice seer on each side. Place the chicken on a. When using chicken legs apply the rub under the skin of the thigh by carefully lifting the skin.
