Applesauce Barbecue Chicken (Or Pork Chops)
Created by KittenCal on January 24, 2012
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 25m
- Cook Time: 45m
- Recipe #4305
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 pounds chicken thighs (8 thighs, or desired chicken pieces or thick-cut pork chops)
- Salt and fresh ground black pepper
- Oil, as desired for browning
- 295 grams applesauce (chunky, 1 1/4 cups)
- 1 1/4 cups barbecue sauce (use your favorite)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 to 4 tablespoons brown sugar (or to taste)
- 2 teaspoons chili powder (mild)
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
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Step 2: Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Season skin side of chicken with salt and pepper. Add to the skillet and brown on both sides (about (3 minutes per side). Transfer skin-side up into baking dish.
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Step 3: In a bowl combine the BBQ sauce with all remaining ingredients (depending on how sweet your BBQ sauce is I recommend starting with 1-2 tablespoons of brown sugar then adding in more to taste). Pour sauce over the chicken pieces turing the pieces to coat in the sauce (chicken should be skin-side up before baking).
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Step 4: Bake uncovered for about 40-50 minutes or until tender and cooked through (cooking time will vary for different chicken pieces or for pork chops.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (427.4 g)
- Calories 778.1
- Total Fat - 43.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 11.5 g
- Cholesterol - 250 mg
- Sodium - 1136.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 53.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.3 g
- Sugars - 43.5 g
- Protein - 42.6 g
- Calcium - 60.8 mg
- Iron - 2.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg