When I served this to my family, my husband immediately asked what was on the barbecue sauce. He said it tastes different, but good different. He even scooped a few more to his chicken piece because he thought it tasted so good. When I told him it was apple butter, he was a bit skeptical. Well, husband dear, you weren’t the only one. I was skeptical too the first time I read the recipe. But then again, it turned out quite well, didn’t it? He could only agree.
See what our friends from Cooking With Sugar have to say about this recipe:
“Oven Roasted Chicken with Apple Butter Barbecue Sauce is an easy chicken recipe that a friend recommended to me this summer. I have used Apple Butter in cakes and desserts but never in a BBQ sauce. I took her basic recipe and jazzed it up to make it my own. I think I came up with an amazing combination of flavors that works so well with chicken.”
Just like what was mentioned at Cooking With Sugar, you might want to try this with ribs. Since it tastes really good with chicken, it will probably taste as good with ribs. Try it and let me know!
Ingredients
For Apple Butter BBQ Sauce
- 1 (17 oz.) jar of MUSSELMAN’S Apple Butter
- 1 cup of Heinz ketchup
- 2 tablespoon Heinz Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 cup Heinz apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Bertolli olive oil
- 3 tablespoon Kikkoman soy sauce
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoon McCormick onion powder
- 1 teaspoon McCormick crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
- 2 teaspoon McCormick paprika
- 1/3 cup Domino brown sugar
For Chicken
- 10-12 Tyson chicken thighs
- Salt and fresh ground black pepper
Instructions
Mix all the ingredients for the BBQ sauce in a bowl until completely combined and sauce is smooth.
Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper and place in large zip lock bar with half of the sauce. Refrigerate the other half of the sauce for later. Place chicken in refrigerator to marinade for at least an hour or overnight.
When ready to cook, preheat oven to 450°F oven with rack on the second level from the top. Place chicken on baking pan sprayed with Pam, skin side up uncovered, and roast for about 30 minutes or until chicken is done.
Once chicken is done remove from oven baste once more with sauce and serve extra sauce on the side.
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Quick Tip: Chicken can also be grilled on an outdoor BBQ.
Thanks again to Cooking With Sugar for this amazing recipe.
