Recipe – Grilled BBQ Chicken

phillynikongal — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:01:52 +0000

I like BBQ sauce. What I don’t like is store bought BBQ sauce. I don’t know what’s really in it, and it more or less tastes the same. I will make some exceptions however, if I am in Kansas City and I’m buying jars of sauce that are made in the place I’m buying them at. Of course right now, I can’t remember the name of the place, or the sauce! Oh well.

I digress.

I have a habit of taking meat out of the freezer and choosing a recipe around the meat. Today was chicken. But I wanted to make BBQ chicken. So I set out to find a delicious sauce that was both tasty and easy to make. Between allrecipes.com and Yummly, I was confident that I would find something.

And I did!

However, I lacked red wine vinegar. All I have is white distilled vinegar. So I did some research as to whether I could substitute the two. After all was said and done, I said screw it and did it anyway. And my results were delicious! I added a couple things, changed a couple things, and made it mine.

The best part? You can throw it all in the blender and you’re good to go! Or, if you wanted to heat it up on the stove, you can do that too! However, if you’re using it as a marinade before cooking, and you want to heat it over the stove, be sure to cool it down to room temperature before you pour it over raw meat. I just marinated my chicken with the sauce straight from the blender.

In hindsight, I should have taken a photo of it in the blender. But alas, I did not. Oh well!

Recipe – Grilled BBQ Chicken

Prep Time: 40 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Marinated chicken breasts in a sweet and tangy homemade sauce. Perfect with some mashed potatoes or rice, and maybe a salad on the side as well. Enjoy!

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 cups ketchup
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp minced garlic
2 1/2 tbsp dry ground mustard
2 tsp paprika
2 tsp sea salt
1 1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
2 dashes of hot pepper sauce
1 tbsp oil
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

Directions

For the Sauce

In a blender, combine brown sugar, ketchup, vinegar, water, Worcestershire sauce and garlic. Season with mustard, paprika, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and hot pepper sauce. Blend until smooth.Transfer to a clear container or a jar.

For the Chicken

In a shallow dish, place chicken breasts in a single layer and pour an even amount of sauce over the chicken. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, or longer if you prefer.
Heat oil in a griddle pan over medium high heat and add chicken breasts. Reserve the remaining marinade. Grill chicken breasts for about 5-6 minutes on each side, or until cooked through.
In a small pan, heat the remaining marinade to boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve over chicken.

Notes

Sauce recipe is adapted from Allrecipes.com.

http://www.estherfox.com/2012/02/recipe-bbq-grilled-chicken-sweet-tangy-sauce/

Hope you enjoy it as much as Mr. Fox and I did!

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