BBQ Chicken with Coffee Dry Rub & Hawaiian BBQ Sauce

April 09, 2024

This isn't your average grilled chicken recipe. It starts with a punchy, memorable homemade dry rub. Then you give it a first cook in the oven before giving it a good coating of our uber-flavorful Hawaiian Style BBQ Sauce. Finish it up on a hot grill to develop a crisp charred exterior.

The dry rub in this recipe is made with salt, seven spices, and a special ingredient: decaffeinated coffee granules. And it's not just for chicken! You can use this dry rub on anything, from poultry to beef to cauliflower to eggplant—any food you'd like to roast, bake, or grill.

BBQ Chicken with Coffee Dry Rub & Hawaiian BBQ Sauce

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Servings

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Calories

441

Prepare yourself for a flavor explosion. The combination of coffee dry rub and our Hawaiian Style BBQ Sauce will knock your socks off and make you wonder why you ever prepared chicken any other way.

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Ingredients

For the dry rub:

1 teaspoon pink Himalayan salt
1 heaping tablespoon organic garlic powder
1 heaping tablespoon organic onion powder
1 heaping tablespoon organic ground coriander
1 heaping teaspoon organic ground thyme
1 heaping teaspoon organic sage – rubbed
1 heaping teaspoon organic ground paprika
1 heaping teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons ground organic instant decaf coffee

For the chicken:

4 pounds bone-in chicken pieces, with or without skin
2 tablespoons Primal Kitchen Avocado Oil, plus more for oiling the grill
1 bottle Primal Kitchen Hawaiian Style BBQ Sauce

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Directions

Arrange the chicken on a baking sheet and allow the chicken to come to room temperature (about 15 minutes). Meanwhile, mix together all the dry rub ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 400ºF.
Drizzle the outside of all of the chicken pieces with avocado oil. Season the chicken pieces generously with the dry rub, and use your (clean) hands to rub the dry rub into the outside of all of the chicken pieces.
Slide the baking sheet into the oven. Bake the chicken for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat up your grill.
Remove the chicken from the oven.
Pour the Primal Kitchen Hawaiian BBQ Sauce into a bowl. Brush each piece of chicken thoroughly with the sauce. Go back for a second or third coat, if desired. Note: Use tongs to handle the chicken; it'll be hot just out of the oven.
Pour a little avocado oil into a small bowl. Dip a clean kitchen towel into the oil. Pick up the towel with tongs and rub it over your grill grate. You don't want to drench the grill grate in oil; a little bit will do to keep the chicken from sticking.
Place the chicken pieces on the grill grate. Cook on medium-high heat for 5 minutes, covered.
Open the grill and, using tongs, turn the chicken pieces over. Cook for 5 minutes on the other side.
Remove the chicken from the grill and place on a plate. The chicken is cooked all the way through when a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat reads 165ºF for breast, and 170ºF for thighs.

Recipe Note

Nutrition information calculated using Cronometer using bone-in, skinless chicken.
Instead of drizzling the chicken with avocado oil, try using Primal Kitchen Avocado Oil Spray.
To save time for the future, double or triple the dry rub recipe. Store the extra dry rub in a resealable bag, small mason jar with lid, or spice jar.