Barbara Bush's Barbecue Chicken
Recipe: #35447
August 10, 2020
Categories: Sauce, Chicken, Grilling (Outdoor), Whole Chicken, Marinades and Brines, Chicken Marinade, more
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Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (752.3 g)
- Calories 996.3
- Total Fat - 57 g
- Saturated Fat - 31.6 g
- Cholesterol - 938.5 mg
- Sodium - 3004 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 55.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.2 g
- Sugars - 36.4 g
- Protein - 63.5 g
- Calcium - 184.1 mg
- Iron - 13.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 55 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Place chicken in a plastic bag set in a shallow dish.
Step 2
For marinade, stir together 3 tablespoons lemon juice, cooking oil, salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, and garlic.
Step 3
Pour over chicken.
Step 4
Close bag.
Step 5
Marinate in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours, turning often.
Step 6
In a saucepan, combine water, onion, sugar, butter, mustard, vinegar, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
Step 7
Bring to boiling, reduce heat.
Step 8
Simmer, uncovered for 20 minutes.
Step 9
Stir in catsup, Worcestershire, 6 to 8 tablespoons lemon juice, and red pepper.
Step 10
Return to boiling, reduce heat.
Step 11
Simmer, uncovered for 50 to 60 minutes or until reduced to about 4 cups.
Step 12
Meanwhile, drain, chicken, disacrding marinade.
Step 13
In a grill with a cover, arrange preheated coals around a drip pan.
Step 14
Test for medium heat above the pan.
Step 15
Place chicken, bone side down, on grill rack over drip pan.
Step 16
Cover and grill for 50 to 60 minutes or until chicken is done (170 degrees for breast meat and 180 degrees for thighs and legs), brushing often with barbecue sauce the last 10 minutes of grilling.
Tips
- The First Lady shared this recipe with "Hometown Cooking Magazine",