This simple BBQ sauce recipe is my base recipe for all my BBQ sauce recipes. I use it for a marinade, to sauce up my grilled meats, for pulled pork sandwiches, for my tex-mex tacos- for whatever! You can use this base recipe and cook it with fruit to make fruit BBQ sauces. It's very versatile.
This week I used this recipe as a marinade and to bake the kids chicken tenders in. I would have grilled the chicken but revert back to my first paragraph- not possible to grill and make sure the baby isn't diving off the couch head first.
BBQ Sauce
Fridge:
3/4 cup ketchup
3 tbs maple syrup
Counter:
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 garlic clove minced
Pantry:
2 tsp Wostershire sauce
4 tbs brown sugar
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar (you can substitute white vinegar)
Pinch of red pepper flakes
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
Tools:
Mixing bowl
Whisk
Add all the ingredients to the bowl and whisk together. This can keep in the fridge for a week. For a thicker sauce you can simmer this on low for 5-10 minutes until your desired thickness.
I poured this over 1.5 lbs of chicken tenders and marinated it in the fridge for 2 hours. I poured the marinade and chicken into a casserole dish and added 1/2 of a medium yellow onion sliced. I covered the dish with aluminum foil and baked for 20 minutes covered at 350. I removed foil and cooked for another 15 minutes uncovered.
The kids loved it!! See below: it wasn't possible for Charlie to stuff more chicken in his mouth and yes I take his shirt off for messy food.
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