Sometimes is pays to be picky. Or at least to be cooking for picky guests. I was hosting a summer get together and, by request, was making my “Magic Hamburgers.” However I knew one of my guests would not eat ground beef, so I was on a two-fold mission: find something delicious that she will like and find something with ingredients I already have.
Enter Sweet & Spicy Barbecue Chicken. Mission accomplished.
I am so thankful for my picky dinner guest. If not for her, I would not have found this recipe and my life in the kitchen would not be the same.
In all seriousness, this barbecue sauce is incredible. I love that it is so easily made from basic ingredients commonly found in the pantry. The hot sauce, along with the black pepper, add the perfect zing which can be altered to your heat tolerance. I prefer using chicken tenders, though you can easily adapt this recipe to whatever part of the chicken you like to grill. It also makes for great barbecue chicken sandwiches.
- 1 cup ketchup
- ¼ cup Dijon mustard
- ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce
- ¼ cup hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- Fresh ground pepper (to taste)
- 1 lb chicken breast tenders
- Mix first 6 ingredients in bowl.
- Place chicken in ziploc bag. Pour ½ sauce in bag, making sure chicken is well coated. Marinate for at least 4 hours.
- Grill chicken as usual, about 3-4 minutes per side.
- Serve with remaining barbeque sauce for dipping.
Adapted from Food & Wine
