From late March through late October we use our barbecue grill at least twice a week. I will sometimes use it to make Shelly and I a quick lunch, but most of the time I use it when it comes to preparing our dinner. One of the things I enjoy preparing on the grill is chicken. It cooks up pretty fast and I can use just about any marinade, rub or seasoning to give it flavor.
If you’re looking for a semi-spicy, but not overly-spicy barbecue sauce recipe, you will enjoy the one below. My wife messes with using a marinading container, but I simply pour the cooled sauce into a large plastic zipper freezer bag along with the chicken, seal the bag and toss it into the refrigerator. I’m a guy and I don’t like dirtying up more dishes than I have to.
Homemade Spicy Barbecue Sauce Recipe
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 small onion, diced
8-ounce can tomato sauce
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
3 teaspoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
In a medium saucepan heat up the olive oil with the diced onion. Simmer over medium heat until the diced onion is fork-tender. Add in the remaining ingredients and bring to a boiling over medium-to-high heat. Boil the mixture for 2 minutes and remove from heat.
Use the barbecue sauce as a marinade for chicken or use it to baste chicken that you’re going to toss on the grill. If using it as a marinade, pour the sauce into a marinading container, place chicken pieces inside, coat them in the sauce and refrigerate for 4-6 hours. Remove from refrigerator and bake or grill the chicken until done.
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This is a nice BBQ recipe. It is simple and should be tasty. I think I would use the plastic freezer bag to marinade the chicken too.
Fresh bbq sauce with chicken on the grill is one of the best dinners. I am so looking forward to better weather so we can start using our grill again.
This is a nice sauce recipe Sam. Like you I am not into the messes and marinating in the frig is quick and easy. Right now here it is snowing. Nope not in Canada but in the states which is odd this late. This reminds me summer might one day arrive.
Thank you for the recipe. My son is a diabetic and passes on the sugar laden sauce. I will make this with that new sugar free brown sugar and see if he likes it.
I have never attempted to make my own barbecue sauce before but this sounds really good and super easy. I think I am going to give it a try this summer thank you for sharing this recipe and have a nice weekend.
I have been craving BBQ chicken since it feels like grilling weather where we live. Thank you for the sauce recipe!