Grilled Chicken with DIY Barbecue Sauce

By lamarandrose

Dress up grilled chicken breasts with any one of our easy DIY barbecue sauces: sweet and smoky, sriracha-ginger or chipotle barbecue.

Ingredients

• Chipotle Barbecue Sauce
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 finely chopped chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, plus 1 tablespoon adobo sauce
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• Chopped cilantro, if desired
• Sriracha Ginger Barbecue Sauce
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup Sriracha sauce
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• Sesame seed and chopped green onions, if desired
• Sweet and Smoky Barbecue Sauce
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon liquid smoke
• Chicken
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Details

Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from bettycrocker.com

Preparation

Step 1

In medium bowl, stir ingredients for desired barbecue sauce(s) until well blended.
Heat gas or charcoal grill.
In small bowl, spoon 1/2 cup desired flavor barbecue sauce for brushing chicken. Reserve remaining barbecue sauce for serving with chicken breasts.
Brush oil on both sides of chicken breasts.
Place chicken on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 5 minutes.
Turn chicken, cook 5 to 7 minutes longer or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (at least 165°F).
Brush both sides of chicken breast with barbecue sauce during last few minutes of grilling.
Serve with reserved barbecue sauce.