Barbecue Sauce for Chicken
Submitted by katy421
Thin, tangy vinegar and peanut oil basting sauce with tomato paste, mustard, and hot sauce for grilled chicken. Whisk it together in 5 minutes and brush it on while the charcoal does the work.
YIELD
6 servingsPREP
5 minCOOK
20 minREADY
5 minNot every barbecue sauce needs to be thick and sweet.
This one is a thin, punchy basting sauce built on peanut oil and vinegar with just enough tomato paste to give it color and body.
Mustard, garlic salt, and a few dashes of hot sauce round it out, and the whole thing comes together in the time it takes your charcoal to ash over.
Brush it on as your chicken grills, building up layers of tangy, slightly spicy flavor with each pass.
Pro Tips
- Whisk vigorously right before each basting; oil and vinegar love to separate
- Apply with a long-handled brush in the last 15 minutes of grilling so the sugars don’t burn
- This sauce works as a marinade too; let the chicken soak for an hour before grilling for deeper flavor
- Double the batch if grilling for more than 6 pieces; you want plenty for repeated basting
Ingredients
Directions
Combine ingredients and beat with a whisk until well blended. Use as baste for charcoal-broiled chicken.
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