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Maple Barbecue Grilled Chicken

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Barbecued chicken thighs breasts and drumsticks glazed in a sticky sauce
Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova

Sweet, sticky, charred, and crispy: Barbecued chicken is one of the surest signs of summer. Store-bought sauce has nothing on this easy homemade version, which uses maple syrup for sweetness and Sriracha for heat. Use whatever bone-in chicken parts you like and save the leftover sauce for everything else you plan to grill this week.  

  

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