Grilled Chicken Tacos

hey welcome back to how to barbecue right i'm malcolm reed today i'm going to show you how i do grilled chicken tacos now i've got some boneless skinless thighs that i'm going to get in a marinade then we're going to put them on the grill get them seared up nice cut them up dress them with my favorite taco toppings it's gonna be great for a quick dinner let's get to cooking i love cooking these boneless skinless thighs on the grill because they stay juicy and they have a ton of great flavor you could substitute chicken breast if you wanted to but give that dark meat some love it's really good on the grill makes excellent taco now with these you don't have to do a whole lot to them i've just got some dexter russell shears and i'm just going to clean them up just a little bit sometimes they'll have some excess fat on the outside i'm just going to trim it off i'm not worried about getting every bit of it because we are going to render some of that fat as they cook so i'm just going to give them a quick clean now we're going to drop these thighs right down the ziploc bag and i whipped up a cilantro lime marinade that we're going to soak these boneless skinless thighs in it's got some fresh cilantro garlic onion some lime zest lime juice canola oil a little seasoning it's great on chicken i've even used it on beef and pork it makes a really good soaks almost like a chimichurri marinade all those fresh ingredients the lime is going to work on the meat it's going to tenderize those thighs even more you just want to make sure you move them around in the bag a little bit get all that goodness all over them so i'm going to stick these in the refrigerator for about two hours come back i'm going to fire up the weber we're going to get to cooking so after the chicken's marinated for about an hour and a half it's time to fire up the grill and you could use any grill you want for this cook today i'm using my 22 inch weber kettle got some royal oak charcoal briquettes going in a couple tumbleweeds to get it fired up about 15 minutes those coals are good and hot i'm setting up a two zone fire in the weber today so i have a cool side and a hot side for searing put all the coals to one side get the grate in place and just close the lid and make sure my vents are 100 open i want air flow i want that grill to get good and hot so the grill's almost ready now i've just got the chicken out of the marinade and i want to get a little extra seasoning on it you see we still got some of the cilantro some of the garlic the onions stuck to it that's okay but the chicken's really changed colors that's what i want to see that lets me know that it's absorbed a lot of that marinade flavor so i'm just going to kind of flip them around i want to put some mexican seasoning on both sides and you can use whatever kind of seasoning you like that's my grande gringo that's what i'm going with i'm not going heavy i'm just giving a little light dusting just for some added flavor we'll get the back sides flip it over it's already smelling good garlic cilantro lime it can't be bad hey we're ready to go the grill so the weber's good and hot got all the hot coals over to the right side i've got a cool side over on the left and that's what i'm going to start these boneless skinless thighs i'm just going to put them over here for about five minutes i'll come out and flip them so they cook even then we're going to sear them at the very end over the hot coals i just want to get them started over here and these boneless skinless thighs cook really quick that's what i like about them it's not going to be a long cook we're talking 15 20 minutes tops get the lid closed all right it's been about five minutes so i'm gonna come back in we're going to look at these thighs and give them a flip over they're cooking good getting some color on them every five minutes we're just going to come back and keep turning them there's nothing to it super simple close the lid keep cooking all right it's been 10 minutes we're just going to keep flipping them i can already tell we're going to be searing here another two or three minutes that'll be about the 12 13 minute mark put a quick sear on them on the hot side so these thighs are ready to sear and i'm just doing a couple of them at a time you don't have to put all of them over the hot coals take your time that way you don't burn them up it only takes a few minutes on each side so don't walk away at this point talk a minute 32 minutes you need to flip them go another minute 32 minutes and we should be about 175 internal which is perfect for boneless skinless thighs sometimes they want to stick a little that's okay we're going to cut them all up for tacos anyway but that is looking good that sear action over those hot coals is where it's at as they start getting done i just move them over to the cool side again gonna let those hang out while we finish these up be taco time and it's been about 15 minutes and i think we are there on pretty much all of them i mean look at the char you got it on both sides chicken sizzling ready to be ate that's some grilled chicken for tacos right there i'm gonna cover these with foil real quick get my grill cleaned off warm my tortillas up let me show you how i build these i just got my trusty wooden paddle it's gonna knock anything off if you can see it don't take these tortillas very long you could use corn or flour today i have flour i'm just heating them up they start to poof a little bit that's when they're done i got a little tortilla warmer we're going to throw them in all right we're ready to build some tacos now chicken's rested just a few minutes they don't have to sit long all i'm gonna do is pull it out off the plate save that juice that's in that plate we're not done with that and when i cut it up i just like to cut it in thin little strips bite-sized pieces now you could serve just these grilled chicken thighs with black beans rice as a stand-alone meal you don't have to build tacos with them but my family loves them just this family-style taco before i get too far into it oh that looks beautiful thighs cooked all the way through bingo melts in your mouth it's juicy it's really better than chicken breast i promise you just give it a try don't let that dark meat fool you juice is just pouring out of these thighs and they cooked in 15 minutes i mean you marinate them for about two hours hour and a half fire up the grill that looks good now all that juice we had there don't think i'm gonna let that go to waste we're drizzling it right over the top i'm even gonna give it one more little sprinkle just for good measures grande gringo make it pop now to build these tacos we're just gonna take our tortillas i'm gonna throw them right here on the board grab me some tongs a little bit of that chicken thigh that we grilled off marinated seasoned put it on the weber a couple slices of avocado now this is how i like them you could do anything you want if you want lettuce and cheese by all means go to it but i've got fresh avocado i've got some pico tomatoes onions a little cilantro jalapeno i'm gonna give it just a little extra cilantro because i like it and to set these tacos off i made up a real quick sour cream sauce with a little lime juice lime zest and some valentino hot sauce hit it with a little more of that hot sauce i like mine kicked up one last squeeze of lime and that's what i call a grilled chicken taco you know i got to get a bite i can't make these and not let y'all see me try them oh i need six more fresh flavors the thigh is juicy you can taste the char from it taste the seasonings but the cilantro and the lime the creaminess all that pops with it i love the avocado it's a great taco you know what time it is a little housekeeping i'm gonna finish this taco real quick and that's it a pack of six dollar chicken thighs easy as can be pair it with these fresh ingredients make a marinade throw it on the grill you've got some awesome grilled chicken tacos it's that easy thanks for hanging out with me here today how to barbecue right if you like what i'm doing subscribe to the channel you can find me on facebook instagram twitter and shel and i'll talk about these grilled chicken tacos all the other delicious stuff we're cooking up on our weekly podcast y'all give that a listen too we'll see you next time michelle i got to make you some of these chicken tacos they are the bomb

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Id: 7EXi2PYDWq0

Length: 7min 38sec (458 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 01 2020