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Barbecue chicken recipes for your summer grilling needs

Sun's out, tongs out.
Barbecue chicken recipe for chicken souvlaki

Hellenika's chicken souvlaki

Chris Court (main)

Smell that? It’s the unmistakable fragrance of a barbecue chicken recipe filling the summer air. Chicken often gets a bad rap for being an uninspiring choice of meat, but when thrown on the barbecue or grill, it transforms into something else. And there’s no denying Australians’ love affair with a barbecued chicken when the sun is warm and the days are long. So, we’ve pulled together our best barbecue chicken recipes that work as well for backyard get-togethers as they do quick and easy dinners.

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We take inspiration from Japan and Korea with chicken yakitori and ssäm skewers; Indonesia with fast chicken satays and Balinese curried chicken; the Caribbean with Jamaican chicken wings and spiced chicken thighs with corn, avocado and lime; Greece with Hellenika’s excellent chicken souvlaki; and the US with our Southern-style bbq chicken recipe. Plus, in these recipes you’ll find a few tips and tricks for throwing a chicken on the barbecue and keeping it moist.

Sun’s out, tongs out. It’s time to barbecue some chook with our best barbecue chicken recipes.

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Yakitori Yurippi’s chicken and spring onion skewers

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Photo: Benito Martin

Ben Williamson’s harissa chicken, smoked labne and charred lime

Photo: Mark Roper

JoyBird’s Balinese curried chicken

Photo: Will Horner

Turkish-spiced chicken with grape cacik

Chicken satay
Photo: James Moffatt

Tony Tan’s guide to making chicken satay

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Chicken teriyaki with wasabi slaw
Photo: William Meppem

Chicken teriyaki with wasabi slaw

A plate of barbecued chicken thighs on a mint green background.
Photo: Chris Court

Hellenika’s chicken souvlaki

Pounded chicken with jaew
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Pounded chicken with jaew

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chicken ssäm skewers

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Turmeric chicken with cucumber salad
Photo: William Meppem

Turmeric chicken with cucumber salad

Jamaican chicken wings
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Dave Pynt’s Jamaican chicken wings

Spiced chicken skewers
Photo: Chris Chen

Spiced chicken skewers

Chicken Satay Skewers for dinner
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Fast chicken satay

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Photo: Rob Shaw

Malaysian barbecued chicken with kerabu rice salad

Photo: William Meppem

Charcoal-grilled chicken with aji (Pollo a la Brasa)

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Grilled chicken with salmoriglio

Japanese chicken thigh skewers (yakitori recipe)
Photo: Benito Martin

Chaco Bar’s chicken thigh skewers

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Photo: William Meppem

Spiced chicken wings with Roast Garlic and chipotle salsa

Photo: Chris Court

Smoky chilli chicken with barbecued corn, crushed avocado and soft tacos

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Thai-style grilled chicken (Gai yang)

Photo: William Meppem

Grilled chicken, peach and avocado salad

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Grilled chicken with cucumber, carrot and Asian herb salad

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Barbecued chicken with blackened okra

Photo: Chris Court

Southern barbecue chicken drumsticks with mop sauce and potato salad

Photo: William Meppem

Barbecued spiced chicken with corn, avocado and lime

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Photo: William Meppem

Jerk chicken with coconut rice and pineapple relish

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Huli-Huli chicken

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Char-grilled chicken with corn salad and buttermilk dressing

Photo: Chris Court

Pancetta-wrapped barbecue chicken

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Photo: John Paul Urizar

Korean-style grilled chicken

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Memphis-style beer-can chicken with potato skins

Photo: Chris Court

Fragrant chicken with sumac onions

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