After missing last week’s Martha Mondays project I was keen to get back to cooking with my favourite bloggers. Brette chose Barbecue Chicken and I loved the simplicity of the recipe. Only a few ingredients and all that I had in the kitchen cupboard already.
I did make a couple of changes. Firstly, I never eat meat which is attached to the bone so I wasn’t going anywhere near drumsticks or wings and I used chicken breast instead. It just took a little longer to cook in the oven.
Now, I made the sauce and it was nice but I had imagined something a bit more smokey and after a rummage in the kitchen cupboard and fridge, I found the perfect thing. Brown Sauce. I reckon I added about a teaspoon to a tablespoon of it. Just a little but it made a difference.
I served the chicken with garlic rice and peas (I was in a rush) but we loved it. And we will definitely be having this again for dinner very soon.
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~ Pru
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It looks nice and saucy Pru. I will make ours tonight for dinner. I’m not sure what brown sauce is, but I have some liquid smoke in my cupboard. I’m just not sure of all that sugar. 🙂 We’ll see what I come up with. 😉
I think the sugar made it nice and sticky. I did cut the recipe down by half as it was only for two chicken breasts. Brown sauce is a tomato/vinegar based sauce found next to the ketchup in the UK. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Sauce . Its great in a bacon or sausage sandwich and I sometimes use it when making spaghetti bolognaise or chilli to add a bit more flavour. Can’t wait to see your results!
~ Pru
I just made some barbecued chicken – with the bones in – sorry. Your barbecue sauce is a lot like mine. Basically simple ingredients, but you can step it up by adding spices, etc. Enjoy!
http://frenchtwistedwoman.com/2012/03/06/barbecue-chicken-aka-the-only-chicken-macgyver-will-eat/
I’m making mine tonight and will hopefully get the results posted tonight too. I love your picture with the ingredients all labeled. How do you do that?
Thanks Sara. Can’t wait to see how yours turned out and what you thought. I use picnik.com to do the words on the photo but it is soon closing down (but is free to use) to edit photos.
Pru
I missed this MM but Ir’s on this weeks menu. I love simple! 😉