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Finger-Licking Good Chicken with Homemade Barbecue Sauce

Finger-Licking Good Chicken with Homemade Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for Homemade Kicking Barbecue Sauce:

  • 1 (24 oz.) jar pasta sauce, I like Classico Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce
  • 1 cup onion, chopped fine
  • ⅓  cup brown sugar, packed
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons spicy brown mustard or yellow mustard (don’t use Dijon)
  • 1 tablespoon chili pepper sauce, I like Trader Joe’s brand or ½-1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce, to taste

Ingredients for Chicken:

  • 12 bone-in chicken thighs (about 3-3½ pounds)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a medium saucepan, combine all sauce ingredients and cook over medium heat, stirring often for about 20-25 minutes, until sauce is thickened.
  • While sauce is heating, remove all skin from chicken thighs. Place thighs in a 13 x 9 inch Pyrex dish or pan lined with foil.
  • Set aside 2 cups barbecue sauce for later.  Pour remaining sauce over chicken.  Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
  • To finish off the chicken, broil or cook on the grill.
  • To broil: Place chicken on a foil-lined baking sheet.  Cover chicken with half the remaining sauce.  Broil for about 5 minutes until chicken is caramelized.  Turn over, spread with remaining sauce, and broil for about 5 more minutes until caramelized.
  • To grill: Prepare grill to cook at medium heat.  Brush chicken with barbecue sauce and cook until caramelized, about 5 minutes.  Turn chicken over, brush with more sauce and cook about 5 more minutes until caramelized.

Nutrition

Serving: 1thighCalories: 220kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 22gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 713mgFiber: 1gSugar: 19gBlue Smart Points: 7Green Smart Points: 7Plus Points: 6