Whip up some homemade barbecue sauce in minutes and use it on chicken breasts (on the bone), chicken thighs, wings or even a full roast chicken. Chicken on the bone with the skin on is best. I cooked it in the oven but you could use it for the barbeque too.
For the barbecue sauce – (enough for 4)
1 tbsp soy sauce
5-6 drops of Tabasco sauce (or a fresh chili)
1 tsp paprika (smoked, if you have it)
1 tbsp honey
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tbsp malt vinegar
2 tbsp Worstershire Sauce
Black pepper
Put all the sauce ingredients in a saucepan and bring it to a gentle simmer. Leave to simmer for 4-5 minutes, turning it down if it starts to boil up too much.
Take some whole sweet potatoes (don’t peel them), wrap them in tinfoil and place in a baking tray. Bake in the oven at 200 degrees for about 45 mins (depending on their size). Prod them with a knife to see if they are soft before taking them out.
Put your chicken into a baking tray, cut a few slits in the skin, smear it with the barbecue sauce (rub it in with your hands), cover the baking tray with tinfoil and bake in an oven pre-heated to 200 degrees for about 35 minutes for chicken breasts (for full chicken or wings, follow pack cooking instructions).
Unwrap your sweet potatoes, cut down the middle and add a little dollop of butter or a slug of olive oil, salt and pepper. Serve with the chicken and the extra sauce drizzled over the top. Add a little bit of salad, some fresh spinach leaves with sliced peppers for some crunch.
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