Buy Now → Grilled BBQ Chicken Thighs - Filipino Style
This grilled bbq chicken thighs is a bbq grilling season staple. You will love this Filipino-style version. It is sweet, salty and have tons of umami. You will love it!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Marinate: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: Makes 20 skewers 1x
- Category: mains, sauces
- Method: barbecue
- Cuisine: filipino
Ingredients
Scale
10 - 12 boneless skinless chicken thighs cut into 1" pieces
Grilled BBQ chicken thighs marinade:
1 cup banana ketchup (Jufran Banana Ketchup)
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sweet dark soy sauce (kecap manis)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
5 cloves of smashed fresh garlic
2 inches of sliced ginger
1 tsp black pepper
Instructions
Make the marinade
- Add all the marinade ingredients to a medium-size pot
- Bring to a low simmer and cook for 15 minutes. The sauce should be sticky, and darker in deep red color.
Prepare the chicken thighs
- Cut into 1” bite-size pieces. Set aside.
Marinate the chicken
- Cool down your sauce.
- Use ¼ cup of the sauce as the marinade.
- Marinate the chicken thigh pieces for 1 hour or overnight for best results.
- Keep the rest of your sauce in an airtight container and store it in the fridge. This will be your BBQ sauce for basting.
Skewer the chicken
- If using bamboo skewers, soak them in water for 30 minutes prior to grilling.
- When you are ready to grill, skewer the chicken thighs closely together.
Grilling the chicken skewers
- Preheat your barbeque, make sure it is on low when cooking the chicken.
- Start basting right away with the reserved marinade to start developing the flavors.
- The chicken skewers should be done in 15 minutes, with an internal temperature of 165 ºF.
Notes
- **Substitute banana ketchup with regular ketchup.
- Marinate the chicken for an hour or overnight for best results.
- Soak the bamboo skewers for 30 minutes before grilling to avoid burning them.
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