BOURBON GLAZED BARBECUE CHICKEN LOLLY POPS

Big Green Egg 

Barbecue by Miss Kristi Lou

Oh boy these are glorious, so juicy so flavoursome with a marinated barbecue spice rub and a bourbon sopping glaze these will have your family or guests absolutely delighted.

Ingredients 

(serves 4)

8 chicken drumsticks

4 tbsp barbecue seasoning rub

(homemade rub recipe below)

150ml bourbon barbecue sauce

(homemade recipe below)

To turn the chicken drumsticks in to lolly pops, simply chop off the narrow end top knuckle bone about 1/4 of a inch, this will leave a straight bone handle, next to clean the bone handle make a cut to the bone about 1-2 inches down the drumstick all the way round, pull the skin up and off the drumstick leaving you with a clean trimmed bone.

To level of the bottom of the drumstick so the lolly pop can stand upright simply cut the bone at the bottom straight.  Smooth the skin down the drumstick to the base of the drumstick. 

Toss the drums in your barbecue dry rub.  Heat your grill to 230 C / 446 F.  I cooked these with indirect heat.  Stand the lolly pops upright and cook for 20 minutes, now start to sopping your drums with the gorgeous glaze, you can dip and roll them or sop, do this every few minutes for the next 10 minutes until they are cooked to 75C / 167 F, take off the grill and serve immediately.

Barbecue Spice Rub

7 tbsp dark brown molasses sugar

1 tbsp sweet paprika

1 tbsp smoked paprika

1 tbsp dried chipotle flakes

1 tbsp dried ancho flakes

1 tbsp salt

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp onion powder

Combine all ingredients together evenly, store in a glass air tight ball mason jar, this rub will last for 3 months ensuring the best flavours.

Texas Style Barbecue Sauce

1 cup Heinz tomato ketchup 

2/3 cup molasses brown sugar

3 glugs old Worcestershire sauce

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

1 tsp chipotle powder

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

Heat in a saucepan until desired consistency.

The Jack Daniels Maple Sopping Sauce

200ml Jack Daniels 

300ml maple syrup

50 ml molasses 

1 tbsp tamarind or lime juice

3 tbsp honey

Combine all ingredients until the honey is incorporated.