BBQ Drumsticks with Brown Sugar Sauce
Happy 4th of July! Here's a another great kid-friendly recipe from What's Cooking's Michelle Stern, perfect for your Independence Day barbecue or any other day, for that matter. What's Cooking offers cooking classes, parties, and gifts for children and families. Visit What's Cooking at www.whatscooking.info.
BBQ Drumsticks with Brown-Sugar Sauce
My husband is my best critic in the kitchen - he loves bold flavors and raved about this sauce. We used Trader Joe's organic ketchup which doesn't include any high fructose corn syrup--I think it made all the difference.
1 cup ketchup
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbs cider vinegar
3 pounds chicken legs
salt and pepper to taste
- Get your barbecue ready, so that it heats up while you prepare the barbecue sauce.
- In a bowl, combine ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire and cider vinegar. Season with salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper.
- Spray your grill with a bit of canola oil spray before putting the chicken on.
- Put the chicken on the grill, skin side down. Cook for approximately 10-12 minutes, checking occasionally to be sure there aren't flare-ups from the fat in the skin.
- Turn the chicken and cook on the other side for an additional 10-12 minutes. Near the end of the cooking time on the second side, baste the chicken with your sauce. Cook for a few additional minutes, being careful not to let the sugar in the sauce burn.
- Turn the chicken again and baste the second side.
- Serve with extra sauce on the side for dipping
Servings: 6
Preparation time: 10 minutes
CALL THE KIDS:
- Measure and combine all of the ingredients for the barbecue sauce
- Sprinkle the drumsticks with salt and pepper
- Dish out sauce to serve on the side
Nutrition (per serving): 123.8 calories; 15% calories from fat; 2.1g total fat; 17.8mg cholesterol; 491.6mg sodium; 260.9mg potassium; 22.8g carbohydrates; 0.4g fiber; 20.6g sugar; 22.4g net carbs; 5.0g protein.
