BBQ Chicken

I love this dish for its simplicity. After a quick browning you can walk away for 35 minutes and get the rest of your meal ready or finished. 

BBQ Chicken

Marinade:
1/2 cup ketchup
1 Tablespoon mustard
2 Tablespoons honey
2 Tablespoons cider vinegar
2 Tablespoons canola oil
1 Tablespoon dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2-4 dashes cayenne pepper


Chicken thighs and legs, breasts work OK too (just may need cooked a little longer)


Mix marinade
Add to gallon bag with chicken and put back in fridge for the day. Overnight is even better.

Cook over DIRECT heat on a grill, skin side down, for 5 minutes. Turn over, pour on leftover marinade and cook over INDIRECT heat for 35 minutes. NEVER lifting grill lid. After the time is done check with thermometer to be sure chicken is 165 degrees.

Chicken Strips with Homemade Honey BBQ

Making your own chicken strips is easy and skip all the crazy long unpronounceable ingredients.  They are freezer friendly and re-heat easily.  Great cold for lunches too.  Want nuggets?  Cut up the chicken a little smaller and fry it up just the same.

Chicken Strips with Homemade Honey BBQ                                    Printable Recipe

Sauce:
1-1/4 cups ketchup
1/3 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon liquid smoke
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon plus a dash onion powder
Dash red cayenne powder
Dash garlic powder
Dash cumin




Batter:
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
2 cups all-purpose flour (or Jovial Einkorn flour)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper


Chicken wing pieces or you can use cut up chicken/turkey breast or tenders OR bake prebreaded frozen chicken tender/wings


Canola oil for frying


Sauce...
Combine the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until ingredients are well combined and bring to a boil. Then reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 15 to 20 minutes. It will thicken as it cool. Keep in fridge.


Heat oil to 350 degrees in a deep fryer.


Combine the beaten egg with the milk in a small bowl. In another small bowl, combine the flour, salt, and pepper.


Dip each piece of chicken first in the flour mixture...
then into the milk and egg mixture...

and back into the flour.

Arrange chicken on a plate until each one is coated with batter.

Fry the pieces for 9 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown. My self cut tenders were thinner, I think I did about 5-6 minutes.

Drain on paper towels or a rack.

Drizzle or dip in the honey bbq sauce. Awesome cold out of the fridge!

Gluten free version!! *I found I didn't use as much coating with this so start off with 1 cup of GF flour.  You can always add more to your breading dish if you need to.

Also works great with Jovial Einkorn flour!!

Mexican Chicken Casserole

Mexican Chicken Casserole

2 large chicken breasts
1 cup sour cream (lite can be used)
2 cans cream of chicken soup (I use Campbell's Healthy Request or make your own)
1 or 2 4 ounce cans green chilis (I use 1)
1/2 can of drained whole corn (optional)
2 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
6 - 8 small soft tortillas


Parboil chicken and cut up. Combine chicken, soup, sour cream, green chilis, and corn if you are using that. This particular recipe I did not.


Cut up tortillas using a pizza cutter.

Layer tortillas on the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish...

then chicken mixture, cheese, tortillas, chicken....etc....

until you have some tortillas on top and some cheese.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until hot, bubbly, and tortillas on top are crispy.

You can put more tortillas on top if you like. Looks like I used too many in the middle to get better coverage on top.