Grilled Butterfly Chicken Legs

I absolutely love these chicken legs butterflied because the binder, seasonings, and sauce get on all sides and inside of the leg, making the meat taste much better and more flavorful. It helps to have them butterflied because they cook evenly, and they don't roll around the cooking grill grates. This is definitely one of the ways I like to make chicken legs.

Instructions

1. 01

   Rinse and clean the chicken legs with cold water and pat them dry with a paper towel.

2.  

   Ingredients

   • 12 Chicken legs

3.  

   

4. 02

   Butterfly cut the chicken legs to help open them up to allow the seasonings to season the chicken legs. This also helps cook the chicken legs quicker.

5.  

   

6. 03

   Coat all sides of the butterfly chicken legs with olive oil for the binder.

7.  

   Ingredients

   • Olive oil

8.  

9. 04

   Season all sides of the butterfly chicken legs with Char-Griller Creole Seasoning & with a Cajun Seasoning.

10.  

    Ingredients

    • Char-Griller Creole Seasoning, to taste
    • Cajun Two Step Seasoning, to taste

11.  

    

12. 05

    Fire up your Char-Griller Gravity Fed 980 with lump charcoal to 505°.

13.  

    

14. 06

    Grill for 30 minutes, flipping them periodically, and begin to sauce.

15.  

    

16. 07

    Sauce the butterfly chicken legs with the raspberry chipotle sauce for the last 10 minutes.

17.  

    Ingredients

    • 12 ounces Blues Hog Raspberry Chipotle Sauce

18.  

    

19. 08

    Remove and enjoy!

20.  

    

    View this post on Instagram

    A post shared by James Llorens III (@certified.creole.bbq)

    Share this recipe

    Print the recipe