Since flying-by-ties-of-my-apron is usually the way I cook, I pulled these together at the spur of the moment. Just like last week, not knowing what to make for dinner, I scrounged the fridge and cupboards and 40 minutes later laid chicken parm on the table with pasta. Last minute is what I’m good at. This chicken was originally intended for Chicken Tikka Masala but I didn’t feel like making that.
How about some Oven BBQ’d Chicken (with homemade sauce) and a Blogging Mama’s Red & Green Cocktail instead? Surely that screams holiday. So let’s get started.
You will want to make the chicken first. Unless of course your dexterity with knives increases with alcohol. If that’s the case start at the bottom of the post and work your way up.
Oven BBQ’d Chicken:
2 to 2 1/2 pounds meaty chicken pieces (breasts, thighs, and drumsticks – I used thighs)
1/2 cup chopped onion (1 medium)
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon cooking oil
3/4 cup bottled chili sauce
2 tablespoons honey (I don’t like honey and don’t normally have any around, but I had some lavender honey and used that instead)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
You can also add 1/2 teaspoon prepared horseradish and 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper, neither of which I had on hand.
1. Skin chicken, if desired (I did). Rinse chicken; pat dry. Arrange chicken pieces, meaty sides down, in a 15x10x1 inch baking pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Drain fat.
2. Meanwhile, for sauce, in a saucepan cook onion and garlic in hot oil until tender but not brown. Stir in chili sauce, honey, soy sauce, mustard, horseradish and red pepper (if used); heat through.
3. Turn chicken skin side up. Brush about half of the sauce over the chicken. Bake for 20-30 minutes more until chicken is tender and no longer pink. Reheat remaining sauce and serve with chicken.
(makes 6 servings)
Blogging Mama’s Red & Green Cocktail
There is no exact science to this and I am sure this is called something else, somewhere else but here is what I do:
Into a highball glass mix the following:
a few cubes of ice
3 oz of cranberry/raspberry juice
3 oz of tonic water
1 shot of vodka
two slices of lime
You could add a few cranberry’s for extra color and flavor but I didn’t have any to hand.
Remember to enjoy all recipes responsibly!
I plan my meals out otherwise my family would be eating cereal every night! Thanks for the recipe looks delish! Have a wonderful weekend!
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It all looks good. I would eat/drink that. My spur of the moment meals never look that good, think more along the lines of white rice and an over-easy egg. Or frozen chicken strips. My culinary genius always involves shopping for stuff I never have on hand.
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That BBQ sauce sounds pretty good, although with 3/4c of chili sauce, I wonder if it's too spicy for my wife.
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Yum. We had chicken last night too. I used chicken breast cut in half and then added swiss cheese and rolled it up and wrapped some bacon around it. On mine I added some pesto. Yummy! Weird. I never knew you didn't like honey. Me neither!
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Both recipes sound wonderful…even the drink at 10:13 am….
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the chicken looks pretty good. m y wife used all the chicken for soup, so'll i'll have to remember this for next time..
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That drink sounds delicious! YUM!!!Actually so does the recipe!
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I'll take the cocktail and watch somebody else make the chicken. Guess what arrived in the mail today! There are two little Canadian boys who now think you are the COOLEST person in the whole world. And my oldest actually said that. Their dad thinks you're pretty cool too.
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I'm definitely going to make that cocktail when I have the in-laws over during the holidays. And drink lots of them.
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BBQ chicken and cocktails – I'm coming over!
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Both recipes sound wonderful…even the drink at 10:13 am….
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