Make your own from-scratch maple barbecue sauce to marinate chicken breast tenders! Let the marinade work its magic for two hours to a day in advance, then grill the meat. Serve it with some sauce kept stashed separately in the fridge.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chicken, maple
Author: Beth Cato
Ingredients
3 - 4poundschicken tenders
1/2cupbrown sugarpacked
1cupketchup
1/4cupred wine vinegar
1/4cupwater
1/3cuppure maple syrup
1TablespoonWorchester sauce
2teaspoonsground mustard
2teaspoonspaprika
1 1/2teaspoonskosher salt
1teaspoonblack pepper
Instructions
Place the chicken tenders in a sturdy gallon sealable bag. In a bowl, mix together all of the other ingredients. Pour enough of the sauce into the bag to coat the chicken; reserve the rest of the sauce for serving later. (If the sauce gets contaminated by the raw meat, boil it to make sure it's safe to eat.)
Let the chicken marinate in the fridge for anywhere from 2 hours to a day.
Heat up your grill [or, alternatively, bake it in your oven]. Grill the chicken at medium heat for 4 minutes, then turn to cook another 4 minutes, and longer as needed. Check for doneness by testing the temperature in a thick section; it should be at least 170-degrees.
Serve immediately. Chicken is fantastic hot or cold, and can be frozen with sauce for later enjoyment, too.