Best Grilled Chicken Thighs

Serves 4 to 6
In step 1, the chicken can be refrigerated for up to 2 hours before grilling.

Ingredients
  • 8 (5- to 7-ounce) bone-in chicken thighs, trimmed
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
 PASTE
     3 T Dijon mustard
     5 garlic cloves, minced
     1 T finely grated lemon zest
     2 t. fresh tarragon minced
     1-1/2 t kosher salt
     1 t. water
     1/2 t pepper
(Combine all these paste ingredients in a bowl

To Prepare
1. Place chicken, skin side up, on large plate. Sprinkle skin side with salt and spread evenly 
with one-third of spice paste. Flip chicken and spread remaining two-thirds of paste evenly 
over flesh side. Refrigerate while preparing grill.

2A. For a charcoal grill: Open bottom vent halfway. Light large chimney starter mounded 
with charcoal briquettes (7 quarts). When top coals are partially covered with ash, 
pour evenly over half of grill. Set cooking grate in place, cover, and open lid vent halfway.
 Heat grill until hot, about 5 minutes.

2B. For A GAS GRILl: Turn all burners to high, cover, and heat grill until hot, about 15 minutes.
 Leave primary burner on high and turn off other burner(s). (Adjust primary burner
 [or, if using 3-burner grill, primary burner and second burner] as needed to maintain 
grill temperature around 350 degrees.)

3. Clean and oil cooking grate. Place chicken, skin side down, on cooler side of grill. 
Cover and cook for 20 minutes. Rearrange chicken, keeping skin side down, so that 
pieces that were positioned closest to edge of grill are now closer to heat source and 
vice versa. Cover and continue to cook until chicken registers 185 to 190 degrees,
 15 to 20 minutes longer.

4. Move all chicken, skin side down, to hotter side of grill and cook until skin is lightly
 charred, about 5 minutes. Flip chicken and cook until flesh side is lightly browned, 
1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to platter, tent with aluminum foil, and let rest for 10 minutes. Serve.

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